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FACT CHECK: Can the GCFR national honour be awarded posthumously?

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday night, announced that Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the popularly acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 general election –...
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FLASHBACK: How four teenagers hijacked a Nigeria Airways plane ‘for MKO Abiola’

It was on this day 24 years ago that four Nigerian teenagers, irked by the illegal and unjust annulment of the June 12, 1993...
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Osinbajo’s father-in-law ‘annoyed’ that Abiola was misled into declaring himself president

Olutayo Soyede, close associate and son in-law of late Obafemi Awolowo, who is also the father in-law of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says it...
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Obasanjo: Abacha wanted to poison me in prison but God gave me a unique power

  Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has narrated how fasting and prayer saved him from Sani Abacha, the late head of State, whose killer squad allegedly poisoned...
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Annulment – The last act

By Eric Teniola Of all decisions that General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (75) made during his eight year rule in the country, none is graver than...
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Opadokun: Obasanjo picked May 29 as Democracy Day to spite Abiola

  Ayo Opadokun, former General Secretary of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), says June 12 — rather than May 29 — should be celebrated as Democracy Day. According to Opadokun,...
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