June 12 Democracy Day – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:54:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png June 12 Democracy Day – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Nigeria May Not Celebrate Another Democracy Day — Wole Soyinka https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-may-not-celebrate-another-democracy-day-soyinka/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-may-not-celebrate-another-democracy-day-soyinka/#respond Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:30:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297417 Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said another Democracy Day may not be celebrated in Nigeria if the system of government is not decentralised. Soyinka said this during an interview with Arise News which focused on the June 12 Democracy Day that was celebrated on Saturday. The Nobel Laureate lamented that the country is on [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-may-not-celebrate-another-democracy-day-soyinka/feed/ 0 NHRC Want June 12 Electoral Officials Honoured https://www.theinfostride.com/nhrc-want-june-12-electoral-officials-honoured/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nhrc-want-june-12-electoral-officials-honoured/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:30:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297166 Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has called for the recognition of the political actors especially election management officials who played active roles in the June 12 elections. Ojukwu said this in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Fatima Mohammed, Ojukwu, on Sunday. He was said to have made the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nhrc-want-june-12-electoral-officials-honoured/feed/ 0 Echoes Of The June 12 Struggle https://www.theinfostride.com/echoes-of-the-june-12-struggle/ https://www.theinfostride.com/echoes-of-the-june-12-struggle/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:00:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297164 What started as the struggle for the actualisation of the mandate given Bashorun Moshood Abiola at June 12, 1993, Presidential Election, controversially annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida, has continued to shape the nation’s democratic experience till date, writes Festus Akanbi. As pro-democracy activists, students, and political office holders gather today to celebrate the historical developments [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/echoes-of-the-june-12-struggle/feed/ 0 We Can’t Forget The Lessons Of June 12, 1993 — Owokoniran, South-west PDP Scribe https://www.theinfostride.com/we-cant-forget-the-lessons-of-june-12-1993-owokoniran-south-west-pdp-scribe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/we-cant-forget-the-lessons-of-june-12-1993-owokoniran-south-west-pdp-scribe/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:30:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297108 The protection of democracy should be at the core of celebrating June 12 as Democracy Day, so that the lessons inherent in June 12, 1993 cannot be forgotten or wasted. This was the position of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Region on Saturday, in a statement by the General Secretary, Rahman Owokoniran, in commemoration of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/we-cant-forget-the-lessons-of-june-12-1993-owokoniran-south-west-pdp-scribe/feed/ 0 We Were Paid ₦1,500 To Counter June 12 Protest — Pro-Buhari Protester https://www.theinfostride.com/we-were-paid-%e2%82%a61500-to-counter-june-12-protest-pro-buhari-protester/ https://www.theinfostride.com/we-were-paid-%e2%82%a61500-to-counter-june-12-protest-pro-buhari-protester/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297109 One of the protesters who demonstrated in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari said he and other members of the group were paid ₦1,500 to hold a counter-protest. The pro-Buhari group’s rally is to show support for Buhari to commemorate the June 12 Democracy Day of Nigeria. Earlier on Saturday, an internal tussle broke out amongst [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/we-were-paid-%e2%82%a61500-to-counter-june-12-protest-pro-buhari-protester/feed/ 0 June 12: Kogi SDP Chair Demands Electoral Reforms https://www.theinfostride.com/june-12-kogi-sdp-chair-demands-electoral-reforms/ https://www.theinfostride.com/june-12-kogi-sdp-chair-demands-electoral-reforms/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:30:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297101 The Chairman of the party, Hon. Mouktar Atima made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Saturday. Atima said without proper electoral reforms, there is no guarantee that the 2023 general elections will not be characterized by “election tatatata” as witnessed in Kogi state during the 2019 general elections. According [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/june-12-kogi-sdp-chair-demands-electoral-reforms/feed/ 0 June 12: Activist Condemns Kogi Govt For Preventing Protests https://www.theinfostride.com/june-12-activist-condemns-kogi-govt-for-preventing-protests/ https://www.theinfostride.com/june-12-activist-condemns-kogi-govt-for-preventing-protests/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:00:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297095 A Kogi born based human rights activist, Austin Usman Okai has condemned the State Government for not allowing June 12 peaceful protests in the State, describing it as an act of totalitarianism. He urged men of good conscience to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order  so as to stop him from derailing democracy. Okai made [...]

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