MKO Abiola

Following the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day by President Muhammadu Buhari in honour of late MKO Abiola, Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has affirmed that the President believes in the mandate of the acclaimed winner of 1993…

The Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oba Francis Alao has described the newly institutionalized June 12 as a celebration of mediocrity, adding it is also a mockery of what the late Moshood Abiola fought and died for. Oba Alao lamented the quality…

The former governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has today commended President Muhammed Buhari for honouring the late MKO Abiola with the declaration of June 12 as Nigeria's Democracy Day. Fayose faulted…

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, said on Wednesday that with the declaration of June 12 as democracy day, memories of late Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of the then election, will continue to linger on in the minds of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, conferred the posthumous national honour on the presumed winner of June 12, 1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola, as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), and both the late…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s apology on behalf of the country to the family of late MKO Abiola on Tuesday aroused emotional instability as personalities wept openly at the venue of the event. The unexpected tendering of the apology by…

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally conferred the posthumous award of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on the presumed winner of June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola. At the event…

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has spoken against President Muhammadu Buhari's recent public defence of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, saying it was impossible to praise Abacha while honouring the late…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja offered an unreserved apology on behalf of the Federal Government to the family of MKO Abiola, over the annulment of June 12, 1993, poll, presumably won by late Abiola. The President…

THE family of late MKO Abiola and some Civil Society Organisations have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to end poverty in the nation, as that was what Abiola stood for. They made the call at the MKO Abiola’s…