…was a member of NADECO, the coalition that fought for the recognition of the June 12, 1993 presidential election mandateThe former lawmaker and businessman died on Sunday at the age of 80PAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!President Bola Ahmed Tinub…

…statement over the claim that their father was responsible for the annulment of the June 12 election. Abacha's family said former Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's claim was an attempt to rewrite history. They warned that Abacha's memories should not be "tarnished by baseless accusations meant to abso…

…presidential tickets to candidates from the South-East. Drawing parallels to the post-June 12, 1993 political consensus that saw major parties zone presidential tickets to the South-West to assuage regional grievances, Ndu argued that the South-East deserves similar fairness. “Following the annulment of the June 1993 e…

…of Information Policy, which backed the agencies' position. He then filed a lawsuit on June 12, 2023.The defendants in the case include the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the Department of State, and later the CIA.What the courts…

…She later engaged traditional rulers, community leaders and other stakeholders at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Abeokuta. Taken together, the three interventions tell a compelling story: shelter for families, healthcare for citizens and food support for the most vulnerable. Governor Dapo Abiodun’s remarks at the event…

…to fulfil a divine assignment. OPC was born as a child of necessity.” Afolabi said the June 12 mandate of late Chief Moshood Abiola was stolen by the military government, which was not only an insult to the eight million Nigerian voters, who had given that mandate to MKO but especially a direct insult to the over 40 mi…

…Muslim, defied conventional wisdom by picking another Muslim as his running mate for the June 12 presidential election.” Babangida’s comment confirms there was, indeed, such conventional wisdom. Some would, indeed, argue that competence should trump religious balance in national leadership. But in that case, would a Ch…

…the matter to the DOJ’s Office of Information Policy (OIP), which upheld the refusals.On June 12, 2023, Greenspan filed a lawsuit challenging the Glomar responses. The FBI, DEA, IRS, EOUSA, and Department of State were named as defendants, with the CIA later added.Judge Howell’s RulingIn April 2025, Judge Howell ruled…

…member of the National Democratic Coalition, which championed the actualisation of the June 12, 1993, presidential election mandate of Chief Moshood Abiola after its annulment by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. Momodu was also active in the pro-democracy struggle at the time, having worked for Abi…

…is the widow of the late Chief MKO Abiola, who was declared the winner of Nigeria’s June 12, 1993 presidential election by the then National Electoral Commission. The campaign said support for her proposed candidature was gaining traction through the APRC, which it described as a pan-African policy and research network…

…Post.The couple got engaged in February and had planned to get married in Jerusalem on June 12, sending out a "Save the Date" message to friends and family. No specific reason for the split was given, but the two remain close. Cloobeck was having dinner with Lavie at the Mediterranean Beverly Hills hotspot Azur Tuesda…

…us that it was from this platform that he “forewarned the major stakeholders in the June 12, 1993 transition saga,” that he stood as “God’s battle-axe” against military dictatorship, and that he confronted the so-called Third Term Agenda of 2006. A reader who does not share his prophetic self-understanding may raise an…

…the January 15, 1966 coup, the July 29, 1966 counter-coup and the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election as some of Nigeria’s “black days.” This is as he urged Nigerians to learn from those painful episodes to foster unity and national development. Obasanjo spoke in Umuahia during the 60th memorial servic…

…publisher Alex Ibru and the murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola. He spent more than a decade in detention before the Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted him in 2013. Since regaining his freedom, Al-Mustapha has repeatedly defended t…

…rapper and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, participated in the June 12, 2026 Democracy Day protest in Lagos, calling on the government to address the country's growing insecurity and economic challenges.Falz joined his father, prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), alongside thousands of Nig…

…to arise this close to the elections. It reminds one of events preceding the June 12 election, when legal challenges became instruments for creating uncertainty. While people have the right to approach the courts, the timing of such actions is equally important," he said. He maintained that regardless of political inte…

…during Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggle, saying they fought together to actualise the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Chief Moshood Abiola and to end military rule. “Kola Oseni was a warrior for democracy. He believed in the ideals of democracy and good governance and fought for them. “Together, we…

…five-year mandate ends in December 2028. An opposition rally in the capital Kinshasa on June 12 to denounce an attempted “constitutional coup” was suppressed. Several opposition figures, including Sesanga, were wounded during clashes with pro-government activists and the police. The office of the UN human rights chief…

The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria's "Democracy Day" was motivated by self-serving politics,

…axis. The owner, Anas Balarabe Uba of Dandago Quarters, reported the theft on June 12. Investigators later traced the vehicle to Zaria in Kaduna State, where suspects abandoned it and fled upon sighting security operatives. The vehicle has since been returned to the owner. The Command also recovered a Toyota ambulance…

…colour of the cat provided it can catch the rats. But the South used the annulment of June 12 and morally blackmailed the North into accepting it, and is not in a hurry to jettison it. That is why 2027 will be a repeat of 2023. The entire North is battling an amalgam of grave challenges in all facets of life, especiall…

The legacy of June 12 presents a mixed picture of progress and setbacks. Nigeria has made significant democratic progress since the return to civilian rule in 1999. The country has sustained uninterrupted democratic governance for over two decades, witnessed multiple elections, experienced peaceful transfers of power b…

…Act was signed. President Bola Tinubu signed the Nigeria Data Protection Act into law on June 12, 2023. Olatunji said the rapid development of digital technology had made some provisions of the legislation due for an update. He explained that emerging technologies were addressed only in broad terms when the law was ini…

A strange occurrence was recorded in Port Harcourt on June 12, 2026, at Heliconia Hotel & Suites near the NLNG

On June 12, 1993, Nigeria held a presidential election which was internationally accepted as the best in the nation's history. But the government of the day turned it into pyrrhic victory for the winner of the polls. The election has however remained significant because none other, either before or after it has come cl…