June 12th; A revolutionary trigger for a democratic Nigeria

Today's June 12 gave birth to May 29... June 12 is our real Democracy Day.... M.K.O Abiola the symbol of Democracy lives on 23 years after, we still remember that faithful day June 12 1993.

Some stood on June 12, some shat on it....we neither laughed nor cried. as we threw ourselves with the utmost passion to the tasks of struggle in those momentous times: at the barricades; prison lodgings and; meetings in the craze outside world, our position was clear: "Neither MKO or IBB/Abacha" but for the working class' self-emancipation & system change. as with then, today illusions in another custodian is rife; a 1-chance custodian of one kind change.

Corrupt elements, incompetent aides, saboteurs join forces to hinder Buhari — Bashir Tofa

Alhaji Bashir Tofa turns out to be a very insightful person in this interview....President Muhammadu Buhari should take heed to (of) him..

•‘No evidence I lost June 12, 1993 election to Abiola’

•Asks FG not to give impression Saraki is being punished

•His life in ‘retirement’

•Says Ganduje and Kwankwaso haven’t disclosed cause of fight


Remember Alhaji Bashir Tofa?

He was the man who contested the June 12, 1993 presidential election against the late Chief MKO Abiola.  Abiola was generally believed to have won that historic election which was unfortunately annulled by the military. In this interview, Tofa wonders whether anybody said Abiola won the election and he lost. Now a member of the Board of Trustees of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the elder statesman also speaks on the Buhari, Jonathan and Obasanjo administrations as well as other issues in the polity including the on-going war against corruption

It is about one year since the Buhari-led APC took over the leadership of this country. What is your assessment of the government vis-a-vis the promises made during its campaign?

Rowdy Session As Confab Delegates Reject Honour For Abiola …say no to immunity clause

Echoes of the June 12, 1993 presidential election reverberated at the National Conference on Thursday when a motion seeking national recognition for the presumed winner of the poll, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, was moved at the confab.

The motion, which was moved by Orok Duke, saw the delegates divided along regional lines as those from the southern Nigeria favoured the motion while those from the North rejected it.

Those who were opposed to the motion, led by a representative of the civil society, Mallam Nasir Kura, were shouting “no!, no!”

APC MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET: No One Can Use Back Door to Islamise Nigeria - Nafata

A Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket might have a chance if it is headed by a Muslim outside our Islamist core North… just like June 12 where a Yoruba Muslim was at the top of the ticket.