Almost 32 years after his annulment of the 12 June 1993, presidential election — regarded to be the freest and fairest poll in the country’s history — the then military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.) has finally admitted that the philanthropist and candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the election. The long-awaited …

Journalists are chronic name droppers. A man of God will brag about hearing the voice of God from the burning bush. A pen peddling journalist will go a step in the surreal. They were in the burning bush with God. Telling you a shocking reality is an occupational hazard. I was close to Alhaja Kudirat Abiola during the 12 June …

This month, almost to the week, three years ago, we revisited our lamentations on the epochal fallouts, and consequent upheavals that dogged the incidents that culminated into what we have called the new-old “Democracy Day”. It was titled “Once Upon A 12 June”. Three days ago, we marked the 2024 version of our Democracy Day with some stumbling drama, high-octane …