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Bola Tinubu
Fuel Subsidy, election defeat: 10 key issues Tinubu addressed in his first Democracy Day broadcast

On Monday, June 12, 2023, President Bola Tinubu delivered his first Democracy Day address in…

Bola Tinubu
‘Those who can’t endure election defeat don’t deserve joy of victory’ – Full text of Tinubu’s Democracy Day address

1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the…

Association for Better Nigeria
Association for Better Nigeria: The untold story of the group Babangida used to scuttle June 12, 1993 presidential election

Classified in many reports as a shadowy group and a willing tool in the hands…

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June 12 Protest: ‘Nobody was harassed or arrested at Ojota’ – Lagos Police Commissioner tells Neusroom despite evidence

Despite video evidence showing police firing teargas canisters, chasing, harassing and arresting protesters and journalists…

June 12 protesters in Lagos
Lagos roads deserted as Police harass, arrest June 12 protesters 

Major highways in Lagos were deserted Saturday morning as Nigeria marked the 2021 Democracy Day…

MKO Abiola June 12
Neusroom’s Michael Orodare spent June 12, 2020 at MKO Abiola’s home and resting place. Here’s what he saw

At 8am on Friday, June 12, 2020, calmness reigned outside the ‘White House’ on Moshood…

June 12- Walter Carrington
Walter Carrington: The ex-US envoy who contributed to Nigeria’s democratic struggles

Walter Carrington, a former Ambassador of the United State to Nigeria, described as a lifelong…

MKO Abiola June 12
20 Important facts about June 12 every Nigerian must never forget

It’s exactly 28 years since business mogul Moshood Abiola’s ‘Hope 93’ campaign full of promises…

Kudirat Abiola
June 12: The heartbreaking story of how Kudirat Abiola road in Lagos got its name

On June 4 2001, the administration of former governor Bola Tinubu rolled out drums to…

June 12 Kudirat Abiola
Kudirat Abiola and 9 other patriots who lost their lives to June 12

In the first six months of its formation, the Justice Chukwudife Oputa’s panel, setup in…

MKO Abiola June 12 election
June 12: How MKO Abiola won Nigeria’s most credible election ever. And why it cost him his life

Although the June 12, 1993 election didn’t produce a President, many foreign and local witnesses…

Abiola June 12
June 12: Full result of 1993 election that would have made Abiola Nigeria’s president

Today, it is 28 years since the result of Nigeria’s fairest and freest presidential election…

Twitter ban Buhari
FULL SPEECH: ‘We have lifted 10.5 million people out of poverty in two years’ – Muhammadu Buhari

Fellow Nigerians, ​I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It…

Kudirat Abiola
The heartbreaking story of how Kudirat Abiola road in Lagos got its name

  On June 4 2001, the administration of former governor Bola Tinubu rolled out drums…

MKO Abiola's residence in Ikeja
I spent June 12, 2020 at MKO Abiola’s home and resting place. Here’s what I saw

  At 8am on Friday, June 12, 2020, calmness reigned outside the ‘White House’ on…

How Nigerians celebrated June 12 as Democracy Day, 27 years after the annulment of MKO Abiola’s mandate

Though a historic day, the state of affairs in the country seems to overshadow the significance of celebrating the democracy day on June 12.

MKO Abiola June 12
How MKO Abiola won Nigeria’s most credible elections ever. And why it cost him his life

Although the June 12, 1993 election didn’t produce a President, many foreign and local witnesses…

June 12 1993
20 Important facts about June 12 every Nigerian must never forget

  It’s exactly 27 years after business mogul Moshood Abiola’s ‘Hope 93’ campaign full of…