As part of activities commemorating the 2023 Democracy Day, Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the committal of six convicts on death row to life imprisonment and also released 40 inmates. The governor made the pronouncement on Sunday while speaking at the June 12 commemorative anniversary and Nigeria’s Democracy Day, held at the M.K.O…
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Democracy Day: FG declares Monday Public Holiday
To celebrate this year’s Democracy Day, the Federal Government has declared Monday, June 13, 2022, as a public holiday. Dr Shuaib Belgore, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, stated in a statement released on Thursday that the declaration was made on behalf of the Federal Government by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.…
June 12: FG Declares Monday Public holiday, Warns Against Agitation That Threatens Nation’s Unity
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 14th June, 2021 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration as it warned against agitations capable of threatening the Unity of the country. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians on this occasion and…
Obasa Calls June 12 Positive Reference Point For Peaceful Polls in Africa
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election claimed to be won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola as not only mother of democracy in Nigeria but also in the African continent as a whole. He also described the election as…