Anniversary of the June 12, 1993 Election Annulment
Today is the 18th anniversary of the June 12 1993 election won by MKO Abiola which was annulled by the military government led by General Ibrahim Babangida. Brief video update above. Also, a great highlight from the archives below of the presidential debate between Abiola of the SDP and Bashir Tofa of the NRC. This [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Nigeria Post-Election Violence Escalates – Governor Elections Postponed
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2xyyYe/edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/21/nigeria.elections/index.html?eref=edition_africa http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/04/201142074432442694.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Babangida’s Interview with CNN
Babangida wants to be President again….and he is defending his record. He says that Abacha actually saved Nigeria by holding the country together. Although he admits the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election was “wrong”, he says he was judged unfairly and harshly. See the videos above and below. http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2010/09/22/purefoy.nigeria.elex.babangida.cnn.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )How Governors Rig Elections, By Donald Duke
http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=16&Itemid=475 Great expose by former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke about the sophistication that goes into election rigging in Nigeria. Read and weep.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )BBC Hardtalk Interview with Obasanjo
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6856270488304190813&ei=k-3HSb7vIJ6q_AHs67neAQ&q=hardtalk+obasanjo&hl=en&emb=1 Former President Obasanjo was recently a guest on the BBC’s “Hardtalk” programme. This is a very interesting interview in which Obasanjo is grilled about his record in office, corruption in his government and allegations of corruption against his daughter, his role in mediating the Congo conflict, and his successor Umaru Yar’Adua. Enjoy. http://twitter.com/maxsiollun
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 32 so far )Babangida: The Real Reason I Annulled June 12
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=134857 From This Day. IBB: The Real Reason I Annulled June 12 By Omololu Ogunmade, 02.05.2009 For the first time since the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late business mogul, Bashorun MKO Abiola, former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has given a reason for the annulment. He said he was [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 11 so far )How the British “Rigged” Nigeria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070730.shtml This is an extremely controversial topic. We often hear southern Nigerians complain of “northern domination” and that the British colonial authorities were biased in favour of the north. How true are these claims? In this controversial audio documentary the BBC investigates claims that the British colonial authorities deliberately rigged Nigeria’s independence elections to ensure [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )JUNE 12, 1993 ELECTION: FULL RESULTS
Since the 15th anniversary of the landmark June 12, 1993 election just passed, I thought it was an opportune time to publish the full results of the election. On June 15, 1993 the National Electoral Commission (NEC) released the results from 14 states (including the Federal Capital Territory). The following day (June 16, 1993) the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )WHAT IF ABIOLA HAD BECOME PRESIDENT?
As the 15th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election approaches, I ask a question that Nigerians rarely ask, and will never know the answer to. The facts of the annulment are well known. After the painstaking eight year conduct of a “transition programme” to return Nigeria to civilian democratic rule after [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 24 so far )ARE NIGERIANS BEING UNFAIR TO OBASANJO?
What a difference a few years make. A decade ago, General Olusegun Obasanjo was hailed as a respected international elder statesman with goodwill at home and abroad. His return to politics has utterly tarnished his reputation and Nigerian newspapers are flooded with daily vitriolic attacks on his leadership, personality and private life. It seems that [...]
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