THE GUARDIAN Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that Nigeria may not celebrate another Democracy Day as one nation if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to listen to the people and decentralise the system of government. Soyinka said this yesterday…
THE NATION A handful of protesters on Saturday defied the Delta State Police directive that banned protests across the state. The protesters who marched from Enerhen to Refinery Junction, stopping briefly at Airport and Jakpa Junctions respectively, in Uvwie Local…
DAILY POST President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday morning, addressed Nigerians to mark the 2021 Democracy Day celebration. The speech reads in full, “I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom…
PUNCH NIGERIA John Alechenu examines Nigeria’s democracy over the last 22 years since the military was haggled out of power after decades of repressive rule ended in 1999 For the self-styled military president, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (retd.) and his comrade…
PUNCH Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity to reflect on our journey as a nation, our achievements and struggles. 2.…
THE NATION Thousands of Nigerians sacrificed their lives to fight for the restoration of democracy. The June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola has become a watershed in Nigeria’s political history. It was…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa WHEN the military regime led by the cunning General Ibrahim Babangida once again postponed civil rule elections to June 12, 1993, it was unaware it was setting an historical date that will eventually consume it and…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa MANY of us who organised the bloody mass street protests, stay-at-home and sustained a five-year campaign to force the military de-annul June 12, 1993, presidential election did not believe in that year’s elections. We knew the…