By Col Abubakar D. Umar (Rtd) When the President called to inform me of his decision to magnanimously confer on me the the National Award of Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR, on account of my much advertised role in the struggle…
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President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Rtd), a prominent advocate of democracy and one of the vocal supporters of the June 12…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu to promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to investigate the unlawful annulment of the elections of June 12 1993 and to identify those…
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A former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said Nigeria successfully got civilian rule in 1999 but has yet to get real democracy. Fayemi, who served as Minister of Mines and Steel Development, made this statement as the…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken a swipe at opposition parties, declaring that it was a “pleasure” to witness the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) in disarray. The president made the remarks on Thursday during a…
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President Bola Tinubu will address the nation at 7 am on Thursday as part of activities to mark the 2025 Democracy Day celebration. Tinubu will also attend a joint session of the National Assembly at the National Assembly complex in…
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The Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Tuesday, revealed that the Senate was preparing legislation to formalise the annual presidential address on June 12 Democracy Day, citing the date’s enduring historical…
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President Bola Tinubu would on June 12 confer National Honours on selected legislators in commemoration of Democracy Day. This is contained in a statement by the House Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr., in Abuja on Sunday. The News…
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Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has called on President Bola Tinubu to settle the ₦45 billion debt owed to the late Chief MKO Abiola by the Nigerian government. Lamido made this appeal during the public presentation of…
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