The Nigeria Police Force has revealed the identity of the professor who brutalized her orderly in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as Professor Zainab Duke-Abiola. Duke-Abiola, the Chairperson of the Akasoba Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ACPCR), is the widow of the late Chief MKO …

The Nigerian Air Force on Wednesday disclosed plans to establish an aviation city in Osun State while it formally took possession of the MKO Abiola Airport, Ido-Osun, Osun State. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, who …

Former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Bashir Tofa, is dead. According to sources, Tofa died at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness. Confirming his death, one of the deceased’s relations said, “Alhaji Bashir Tofa died after a …

Governor Bala Mohammed has referred to MKO Abiola, the self-proclaimed winner of Nigeria’s presidential election on June 12, 1993, as “the most acceptable democrat” in the country. Bala stated during the distribution of empowerment items to youths and women in Gamawa LGA of the state as part of the Kaura …

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late MKO Abiola, says her family is grateful to Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, for the role he played in seeing to it that her father was honoured. In June 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari conferred on Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday broke his silence over the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. Obasanjo, who described Abiola as his school mate at the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, lamented that the cancellation of June 12 …

A N100m lawsuit has been filed against the police by Kassim and Aliyu Abiola, two children of the late Nigerian politician MKO Abiola. The two children of the self-acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in the lawsuit filed on their behalf by Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate …

Seven suspects have been arrested in connection to a robbery attack in the Lagos mansion of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The attack reportedly occurred while one of Abiola’s wives and two daughters were fast asleep and after 3 robbers allegedly assessed the Toyin Street …

The Head of Abiola family in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Chief Olanrewaju Abiola, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari, to actualise the mandate that Nigerians gave to the late Chief Moshood Abiola on June 12, 1993, by conferring an official status of an ex-President of the country on him. Olanrewaju …

It was exactly 30 years since the June 12, 1993, presidential election generally believed to have been won by the late Bashorun MKO Abiola but annulled by the then-military government. Abiola died in the ensuing attempt to reclaim his mandate in 1998, about four weeks after the military ruler who …

Family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday said the Federal Government has not fulfilled promises made to the family. Rahaman Abiola, who serves as the Secretary of the family, disclosed this in an interview with journalists when a delegation …

The founder of the One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj ji, has said he would expose what happened between former military head, Ibrahim Babangida, and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late M.K.O Abiola. He made this statement while speaking on the challenges rocking Nigeria at a …

Elder statesman and former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori said he is dying in a hospital bed. In a distressed call made to our correspondent at about 12:40 a.m. on Thursday, the Abacha nightmare said life was fast ebbing …

Grammy nominated afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was his political mentor. The son of late afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti disclosed this while speaking on his relationship with the president in a recent interview with a media personality, Chude Jideonwo. He explained that he has …

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Information Technology (IT) Guru, Abidemi Adeyi, popularly known as Abi, has made a bold statement in the hospitality industry by floating Bakersfield Pastries in Lagos, Nigeria. The one-of-a-kind pastry restaurant offers a unique range of custom-made pizzas and sandwiches. Recommended articles Police mum as Ilorin emir issues three illegitimate warnings …

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The inauguration ceremony for newly elected governors and president was held recently with fresh governors and political officeholders enjoying massive support from their people, who crowded the venues of their inauguration ceremonies. But for the governor of Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun, the reverse was the case on his big day. …

Dr. Leke Pitan, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Health has said that the transformation of the health sector of the state under a former governor of the state, now the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is unprecedented …