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Seun Kuti, the son of famed artist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has leveled allegations against late politician MKO Abiola and his wife, Simbiat. Seun claimed in an Instagram live video that Abiola and his wife set up his late father for armed robbery during Muhammadu Buhari’s military administration, accusing Fela of stealing their Ferrari at gunpoint. According to Seun, during Buhari’s military rule,…

In various interviews with The Guardian and TheCable news outlets, Kokori spared his thoughts on the Nigerian polity. Below are fifteen (15) of his views on June 12 and it’s aftermath. Chief Frank Kokori, iconic labour leader Fighting for MKO Abiola’s mandate brought Kokori into collision with the military June 12 as a Historic Watershed: Kokori views the June 12 struggle as a pivotal moment…

MKO Abiola story: Crisis of the late 90’s in Nigeria’s history

In 1993, after series of agitation to the military government led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida to hand over to a democratic government, he then decided to hand over to a democratic government and on June 12, 1993 there was an election.It was a tug of war between Chief Moshood Kahimawo Abiola of the Social Democratic Party(SDP) and his opposition Bahir Othma Tofa from the National Republican…

Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi “worthless” – Tinubu’s campaign

The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dismissed the endorsement of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing it as “worthless.” It said the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, will not lose sleep over Mr Obasanjo’s action, because the former president is a “political paper weight” who had not successfully made anyone win election in…

Victor Omololu Olunloyo: A voyage into history, By Femi Kehinde

At a later time, when I then became involved in several endeavours, I visited Chief Obafemi Awolowo in his Oke Bola, Ibadan, house and we had lunch together. We had amala, ewedu with beef together and I was surprised and I asked him: “But they said you don’t eat meat?” He laughed and said, “Omololu, that was (a) media creation, I eat beef. You cannot live in Ibadan without eating amala.” (Awolowo…

2023: Atiku, June 12 and Keyamo’s Attempt to rewrite history, By Paul Ibe 

Former vice president of Nigeria and PDP presidential candidate 2023, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku was instrumental in birthing June 12 following his stepping down for MKO Abiola to emerge as the SDP candidate and eventual winner of that historic election. It was to his credit that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party worked assiduously for the exit of the military and enthronement…