LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention for the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, has described the action of President Muhammadu Buhari to honour the winner of the annulled election, late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, as curious and one sided. Tofa said this in a statement on…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Saturday declared June 12, 2018 as public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 presidential election adjudged to be have won by the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. The state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode in a statement signed by the Secretary to the…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari announced the cancellation of May 29 as the country’s annual Democracy Day, replacing it with June 12. His argument is that June 12 1993 — the date of the election popularly adjudged to be the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history — “was far more symbolic of democracy in…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare the results of June 12, 1993 presidential election and recognise late chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola former President and Babagana Kingibe as former Vice President. The Upper chamber also urged the Federal Government to pay all allowances and entitlement to…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The session of the House of Representatives on Thursday became rowdy as members disagreed over the declaration of June 12 as new Democracy Day by President Muhammadu Buhari. While some feel the President was right and has the power to so declare the June 12 as Democracy Day, others are of the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, said…