MKO Abiola
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One of the captivating political campaign lines of MKO Abiola has been immortalised in a seminal work by Professor Tunde Ope-Davies (Tunde Opeibi) of the University of Lagos. Titled Discourse, Politics and the 1993 Presidential Election Campaign in Nigeria, the book documents the drive of the gladiators to secure the mandate of the electorate.
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Dr. ’Tayo Popoola is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Akoka. In this interview with ONYEDIKA AGBEDO, the scholar of political communication, speaks on the state of the nation.
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By designating June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria, former President Muhammadu Buhari heeded the popular demand to further immortalise the winner of the June 12 ,1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola and put a balm on the wounds inflicted on millions of Nigerians...
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As Nigerians commemorate 30 years of annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Afenifere and Yoruba Self-determination Groups, have tasked President Bola Tinubu on how to achieve the ideals of the election, considered to be fairest and freest in Nigeria’s history.
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