‘Democracy Day’: The deception and betrayal of ‘June 12 activists’, By Olu Fasan
General Ibrahim Babangida erred tragically and did a great disservice to Nigeria by annulling the presidential election of June 12, 1993. But nothing has deepened the wounds more than the deception and betrayal of the so-called “June 12 activists”, who turned the annulment into a self-serving political lodestar and built their political careers around it, […]
Democracy Day: CSOs express views, expectations for better Nigeria
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Friday, expressed views and expectations on the nation’s Democracy Day as democratic rule clocks 21 years, which has been with diverse challenges through the years. Speaking with Vanguard, leaders of the CSOs pointed out various challenges that have been bedeviling the expected development in the country […]
Buhari And Abiola: Uncommon Traits!
President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision in 2018 to honour Chief Moshood Abiola as the winner of the June 12, 1993 election was unarguably one of the most profound decisions of his presidency. Coming in the season leading to the 2019 election, it was also widely seen as an unqualified campaign offer to the pro-democracy movement in […]
Hard knocks, praises trail Buhari’s Democracy Day national broadcast
By Clifford Ndujihe and Dapo Akinrefon President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day broadcast, on Friday has elicited showers of hard knocks and praises in the polity. It didn’t address our problems ― Afenifere The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, said that Buhari’s Democracy Day speech was more of a campaign outing because he failed to address the […]
Democracy Day: Buhari assures farmers availability, affordability of fertilizers
Deploys 5,000 Agro-Rangers to protect farmers, investments As cotton, garment industries receive CBN’s intervention By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria and Nigerians celebrate Democracy Day on June 12, 2020, and 21 years of uninterrupted democratic dispensation, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a national broadcast to commemorate the day, assured farmers of availability and affordability of […]
June 12: Our Politics, Elections require improvement — Ize-Iyamu
As Barde hails Buhari for stamping out bad governance By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has called for an improvement in the nation’s style of politics and conducting elections. Ize-Iyamu in his Democracy Day message said in spite of over two […]
