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Dangiwa Umar Commends Tinubu for Honouring June 12 Heroes, Urges Deeper Democratic Reforms

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2026

Retired military officer, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Rtd), has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for recognising the contributions of military officers and other pro-democracy activists who played key roles in the struggle against the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential

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Tinubu Defends Reforms, Vows to Crush Terrorism in Democracy Day Address

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday used his 2026 Democracy Day address to reaffirm his administration’s commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s democratic institutions, defeating insecurity, and delivering economic prosperity through ongoing reforms.Addressing the nation to mark June 12, Tinubu celebrated Nigeria’s 27 years of uninterrupted democratic

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President Tinubu and June 12

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2025

By Tunde Rahman Around this period in 1993, precisely on June 12, 1993, the day of that historic election, this writer operated in two different but mutually reinforcing capacities. While I was the Political Correspondent of the old Daily Times, covering the then-unfolding electoral process in Abuja, I was also an officer in the Nigerian […]

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June 12: Who needs IBB’s confession?

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Some broken hearts never mend/Some memories never end/Some tears will never dry/Our pains over June 12 will never die! (Adapted from Don Williams’ “Some Broken Hearts Never Mend”). On the day former self-styled military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) celebrated his 70th birthday, I was in Minna, the Niger […]