The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has set aside the 2014 judgment of the Federal High Court in Lagos that authorised Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) to take possession of a N30 billion, 44-room mansion in Ikoyi, Lagos, owned by Alhaji Agboola Abiola, son of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola. In a unanimous judgment delivered on 18 June 2025, and …

Son of the late Chief MKO Abiola, Jamiu Abiola, has said Nigeria would have achieved far greater economic development if his father had been allowed to assume the presidency after the 1993 presidential election. Speaking during Channels Television’s 12 June Special Forum on Thursday, held to mark 26 years of uninterrupted democracy, Jamiu reflected on the global economic environment at …

Alhaji Lekan Abiola, one of the sons of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola —winner of the annulled 12 June 1993 presidential election — on Thursday revealed that former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has apologised to the family for invalidating the election. During the MKO Abiola Memorial Symposium and the unveiling of the forthcoming book, MKO Abiola: …

Senator Husain Osun honours the legacy of June 12 and pledges a new era of people-focused leadership for Osun State

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has explained how he was able to survive what he described as evil plan of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, to kill him, after his arrest, alongside General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and business mogul and winner of the 12 June 1993 elections, Chief Mko Abiola, attributing his survival to the special grace of God. …

Some broken hearts never mend Some memories never end Some tears will never dry Our pains over 12 June will never die! Adapted from Don Williams’ Some Broken Hearts Never Mend On the day former self-styled military President Ibrahim Babangida celebrated his 70th birthday, I was in Minna, the Niger State capital where the self-styled ‘evil genius’ has his palatial …

The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has highlighted free and fair elections as the best way to honour the memory of the acclaimed winner of the 12 June presidential election, Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, and other democratic heroes. Describing free and fair elections as the lifeline of any virile democracy, Adeleke acknowledged the sacrifices and struggles that paved …

One of the captivating political campaign lines of Moshood Abiola has been immortalised in a seminal work by Prof. Tunde Ope-Davies (Tunde Opeibi) of the University of Lagos. Titled, Discourse, Politics and the 1993 Presidential Election Campaign in Nigeria, the book documents the drive of the gladiators to secure the mandate of the electorate. Ope-Davies’ uncanny nose for hidden details …

President Bola Tinubu has honoured the winner of the annulled 12th June 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, 25 years after his demise. Of the over 14 million votes cast in the election, Abiola was said to have won almost 60 per cent, making him the winner of the election. Compared to previous elections marred by fraud, …

My 12th June was hectic as usual; it started very early in the day as I led my parishioners to pray against destiny destroyers. There are many intriguing cases of destinies that were, well, inexplicably destroyed in the Bible; a few examples were Abel, whose offering God accepted but who, as a result, got killed by his brother Cain whose …