The pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has stated that the 2023 Democracy Day is very significant because one of the leading lights of the 12th June struggle, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is now the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, the organisation said that …

The immediate trigger for this intervention is the recent  announcement of  public holiday declared by the Federal Government for Monday 12th June 2023. It’s in commemoration of Nigeria’s freest election won in 1993 by the inimitable philanthropist and pan-Africanist turned politician, Bashorun Moshood Abiola. The campaign slogan for Abiola’s campaign was Hope ’93.  Interestingly, when campaigns commenced for party primaries …

Last week some politically exposed persons who pretend to be neutral analysts expressed excitement over former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s role in the annulement of the 12th June 1993 presidential election. It was a shocker seeing a sudden veneration of IBB as per that ill-fated transition programme. A programme that even the most optimistic would not waste time to stuff …

Last week as I re-arranged books and old newspapers in my library, I stumbled on a piece of historical evidence that I consider germane to the ongoing discussion on the direction towards 2023. The find was fortuitous because I did not set out to look for it. In fact, I never knew it existed or was there. It was the …