One of the highlights of the recent celebrations of Democracy Day, on June 12, was the series of anniversary lectures organized to mark 25 years of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday assured Nigerians of better days ahead. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, gave the assurance in a statement...
The presidency has reacted to an incident involving President Bola Tinubu during the Democracy Day event in Abuja. The president missed a step while climbing the...
My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the 12th day of June 2024....
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has enjoined Nigerians to bear the present pains occasioned by economic reforms being implemented by this present administration, as it would...
Nigeria is preparing to celebrate its Democracy Day on June 12 with a series of events planned by the Federal Government. The Secretary to the Government...
It was a bloody Democracy Day on Monday after gunmen suspected to be militia attacked some communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has told Nigerians to be hopeful of good times ahead despite the pains they may be going through at the moment. Tinubu...
Rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA), says Nigerians have nothing to celebrate under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the country marks democracy...
This current presidential election in Nigeria, since the return to democracy in 1999, is exceptional. There are many issues to consider, it is the most controversial...
In what has become a norm for President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation on the occasion of Democracy Day every June 12, this year’s celebration...
Fellow Nigerians, Today, June The 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation. From 1999, we consistently...
President Muhammadu Buhari promised to ensure a “free, fair, and transparent electoral process” in next year’s federal elections. Buhari gave the commitment during his 2022 Democracy...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians as part of activities marking the country’s Democracy Day on Sunday morning. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to...
The police command in Ogun State has stated that no protester nor hoodlum was arrested during Democracy Day celebration in the state. ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the...
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Claim: President Muhammadu Buhari made a bold claim on Saturday that his administration had lifted 10.5 million Nigerians out of poverty in the past two years....
Operatives of the Nigeria Police on Saturday shot teargas canisters at June 12 protesters in Gudu area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The protesters who...
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed the rationale behind the shift in the date of Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12. Buhari made this disclosure...
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday that his administration has achieved a lot in its six years, and that more developments are still to come. The...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has advised against incendiary rhetorics and criticism of leaders that are detrimental to the corporate existence of the nation. Lalong stated...
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria has called on Nigerians to prepare for a protest march and a boycott of the 2021 Democracy...
Twitter users in Nigeria have reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech. The president addressed Nigerians on Friday morning on the activities and achievements of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that his government had recorded notable achievements in the course of implementing its priority objectives and establishing a solid foundation...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, state that the celebration of this year’s democracy day in Nigeria was being done at a difficult time due to the...
The Presidency on Wednesday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tell Nigerians why he stayed away from the May 29, 2019 inauguration of of President Muhammadu...
The recently performed ritual tagged; Democracy Day offered me the ample opportunity to ruminate over the marriage of two unwilling brides who had no say in...
Majority nay votes from senators elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday silenced a motion on President Muhammadu Buhari’s June...
Following a comment that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is imbalanced in terms of appointment, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has carpeted former President Olusegun Obasanjo that his...
Former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, and former senator, Shehu Sani have urged Nigerians to speak against bad government, especially as the citizens are daily...
Three persons were on Wednesday arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, after a planned June 12 rally torganised by the Yoruba Summit...
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as a national tragedy the celebration of Democracy Day this year under a government led by President Muhammadu....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the first Democracy Day celebrated on June 12 as another great feat achieved by President Muhammadu Buhari’sgovernment. In a...
Former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has surpassed Nigerian presidents that ruled between 1999 till present. Osoba who spoke in...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has said that declaring June 12 as Democracy...
President Muhammadu Buhari has renamed the Abuja National Stadium as Moshood Abiola National Stadium. He made the declaration in his speech during the first Democracy Day...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi on Wednesday promised to make the state one of the oil-producing states in Nigeria. The governor who spoke during his swearing-in...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday harped on the virtues of democracy as incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari and his Deputy, Yemi Osinbajo were sworn into office....
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Public Holiday Act Amendment Bill which recognises June 12 as the country’s new Democracy Day. The bill, which has...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the decision to shift the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office from the traditional...
The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by some groups and foreign interests to disrupt the May 29 inauguration. In a statement...
Foremost lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has declared as illegal, President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to declare June 12 as Democracy Day. The former president of Nigeria Bar...
The Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has described President Muhammadu Buhari as the “father of Nigeria’s modern democracy” for his declaration of June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to declare June 12 Nigeria’s new Democracy Day...
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says President Muhammadu Buhari is well within the law to confer national honours on deserving Nigerians, dead or...
The family of the late MKO Abiola has written to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for awarding the nation’s highest honour to their patriarch who is the...
By Prince Singa Edward Zhattau… The President was at it once again when he pronounced that “…after due consultations, the Federal Government has decided that henceforth,...
The long clamour for June 12 to be declared Democracy Day in Nigeria has come to a fruitful end as the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government...
By; Jerome-Mario Utomi… It is a familiar teaching among Christians that the fall of the first man, Adam was though plotted by the serpent but brought...
Former President General of Apex Igbo socio cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Dozie lkedife, has written off the just celebrated Democracy Day in Nigeria saying, “it...
