Abiola was believed to have won the June 12 exercise which was adjudged the freest and fairest election in the history of the country The family of Chief MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, on Saturday, said the Federal Government is yet to fulfil the promises made to the family. … Read more
Some call Chief M.K.O Abiola a philanthropist, a politician, a business tycoon, and so on. The late businessman cum politician was well-known due to his immensely successful career in business, and consequently, politics. However, different quarters have told the younger generation that this man attempted to Islamize Nigeria. To back up this argument, history has … Read more
In 1993, something happened which I believe only few can remember Four Nigerian youths hijacked a plane that was conveying the vice president of China and other people from Lagos to Abuja. As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG , This was done by the four youths who belonged to Movement for the Advancement of Democracy. This … Read more
Renowed Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome secured the release of Kassim and Aliyu, sons of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 election, Moshood Abiola. The two men were arrested after suspected robbers invaded their father’s Lagos residence on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 carting away valuables. They were charged to Magistrate Court 1, Ogba, for conspiracy, burglary, … Read more
The family of late Moshood Abiola, the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has disclosed what transpired when some gunmen stormed their residence. EkoHotBlog had reported that gunmen invaded the residence of the late businessman in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday. In a statement on behalf of the family, Tundun Abiola, daughter of the … Read more
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has vowed to bring to reality in the state, the vision of the acclaimed winner of the June 12 , 1993 Presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. Abiodun stated this on Wednesday during the June 12 anniversary commemoration and 2019 Democracy Day celebration, held at the MKO Abiola Stadium … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu has advised that young Nigerians should be educated on the significance of the June 12 anniversary. The Governor stressed that it is through the formal education on the importance of the day that the people will appreciate and immortalize the acclaimed winner of the adjudged freest and fairest election … Read more
A Nigerian human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to recognise other Nigerians who played a part in the struggle for the annulled June 12, 1993, election. He made this known during a Channels TV programme, on Wednesday. He said the federal government should go beyond conferring national honours … Read more
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has made it known that June 12 was a much more significant day in the history of democracy in Nigeria than May 29. According to the party leader, June 12 coincides with the day that the seed of today’s democratic sprouting was sown 26 … Read more