MKO Abiola

June 12: Ogun Gov. Abiodun pays homage to Abiola’s family, urges national perseverance

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has urged Nigerians to remain committed to the democratic process and have faith in its ability to...

26 years after, Mrs Kudirat Abiola’s children sue Buhari, demand $10m compensation

Nearly 26 years after Mrs Kudirat Abiola, wife of the late Chief MKO Abiola was felled by assassins’ bullets, her children have instituted...

Democracy Day: FG declares Monday, June 13 public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 13, a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which falls on June 12. This...

Tofa

MKO Abiola’s poll challenger, Bashir Tofa, 1993 NRC Presidential Candidate, dies

  The 1993 June 12 Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, from Kano, has passed on....

After 13 days in custody, MKO Abiola’s children freed

By Boye Ajayi Two sons of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola, have been freed after they...

Bandits break into MKO Abiola’s Ikeja home, cart away cash, valuables

About 22 years after the demise of Chief MKO Abiola, some gunmen have invaded and ransacked his Ikeja residence. The robbers, who invaded the...

June 12: Abiola’s family patriarch to Buhari: Recognize him as ex-President 

  Twenty-two years after the annulment of his electoral mandate, Chief MKO Abiola’s family has demanded the de-annulment of the June 12 Presidential...

Chief MKO Abiola’s personal physician, Dr Ore Falomo, is dead

Chief MKO Abiola’s personal physician, Dr Ore Falomo, is dead. It was reported that Falomo died in the early hours of Saturday after...

Ogun govt. seeks permission to dualise three FG roads

Ogun State government has sought the permission of the federal government to dualised three major Federal roads, linking the state and Lagos under...

Why my mum advised MKO Abiola to drop his political ambition – Kola Abiola

Kola Abiola, first son of late Chief M.K.O Abiola, has revealed that his mother Alhaja Simbiat Atinuke Abiola,  advised her husband not to contest...

Buhari and the June 12 saga by Reuben Abati

There are three aspects – the strategic, the political and the legal – to the Federal Government’s decision to replace May 29 with...