Tag: Kudirat Abiola

June 12 activists and the betrayal of Kudirat Abiola, By Abimbola Adelakun

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Last Thursday brought the curtain down on the multi-decade quest for justice for Alhaja Kudirat Abiola—wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola—who was assassinated during a dark era in our nation’s history. The circumstances of her killing, during agitations against the annulment of the June […]

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Tinubu confers national honours on Alfred Rewane, Shehu Yar’Adua, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Kudirat Abiola, Soyinka, others (Full list)

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During his State of the Nation address at the national assembly, president Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced national honours for dozens of Nigerians as part of events marking democracy day. Among the notable honorees are the late Kudirat Abiola, who received a posthumous Commander of the Federal Republic title, and Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, […]

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