Democracy Day
16 Jan
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the Federal Government to consider January 15 as the true democracy day.
29 Jun 2023
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...
13 Jun 2023
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the story of June 12 and the events that followed it will continue to be told to generations of Nigerians.
13 Jun 2023
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, yesterday, said that Nigerians should use this year’s Democracy Day celebration to take stock of both progress and challenges in the nation’s democracy.[
12 Jun 2023
Nigeria’s former military head of state, Ibrahim Babangida, has said the count political leaders have not utilised the gains of democracy.
12 Jun 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) has assured Nigerians that their sacrifice shall not be in vain even as the nation continues to groan as a result of the recent removal of payment on fuel subsidy.
12 Jun 2023
The Labour Party (LP) candidate during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi on Monday said that he remains convinced that a New Nigeria is possible.
12 Jun 2023
Fellow Nigerians, It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola…
12 Jun 2023
Even as June 12, 1993, being marked today as Democracy Day remains sacred in the annals of the country’s history as the day that birthed true democracy, the swearing in of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023 (30 years after) as Nigeria’s president...
12 Jun 2023
As Nigeria marks this year’s Democracy Day, the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) has said the country’s democracy, although not perfect and still growing with pockets of stormy and smooth sails, has brought many gains.
12 Jun 2023
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has felicitated with Deltans and Nigerians on this year’s Democracy Day.
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