Tag: Democracy Day

June 12 Democracy Day Celebrations: Nigerians cheer Buhari at his last Eagle Square Special Parade

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari received a rousing welcome from students, guests and dignitaries yesterday at the Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the June 12 Democracy Day celebrations. The president was received on arrival by the Commander of the Nigerian Army’s Guards Brigade before he mounted a special podium for the rendition of the National Anthem. While inspecting the guards in a special parade vehicle, the president was cheered by guests, particularly students who waived the Nigerian flag. This was followed by Military and Police March pasts in slow and quick steps,…

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June 12 Democracy Day: “Get your PVC, elect best candidates to sustain democracy for good governance” Liberty TV Boss urges Nigerians

Aminu Imam

…Pays tribute to founding fathers In commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration, the Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nig Ltd., owners of the No. 1 Arewa News Channels, TV and Radio FM stations, Alh. (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has tasked citizens to ensure that they get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to enable them to exercise their civic rights in voting in and out bad candidates to sustain democracy for good governance in the country. A statement to Voice of Liberty online yesterday, quotes Dr. Ramalan as describing the…

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Democracy Day: Buhari decries annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election

Aminu Imam

…Pledges free, fair, transparent electoral process President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election twenty-nine years after describing it as “an incident emanated from the worst of our leadership”. The president stated this yesterday, during a nationwide broadcast as part of the activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day in Abuja. The President, therefore, urged the Nigerian people should not to forget the labours of the nation’s founding fathers by making sure they make their political leaders accountable. Buhari said the election revealed the…

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Democracy Day: ‘It’s time to work for unity, security, equity, inclusiveness’ – Atiku

Aminu Imam

Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that this historic June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria, is a period to rally around all compatriots; to think and work in concert for the unity, security, equity, inclusiveness, socio-economic prosperity and equitable development of the country. Atiku, who said that this year’s Democracy Day provides the nation with no room to stomach rhyme and rhetoric, but salient facts, sobriety and promise of a better tomorrow, added that this historic June 12, is indeed one of…

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June 12 Democracy Day: “Get your PVC, elect best candidates to sustain democracy for good governance” Liberty TV Boss tells Nigerians

Aminu Imam

…Pays tribute to founding fathers In commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration, the Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nig Ltd., owners of the No. 1 Arewa News Channels TV and Radio FMs, Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has tasked citizens to ensure that they get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to enable them to exercise their civic rights in voting in and out bad candidates to sustain democracy for good governance in the country. A statement to Voice of Liberty online on Sunday, quotes Dr. Ramalan as describing the…

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June 12: Election fraud now Nigeria’s political culture ? Okei-Odumakin

Aminu Imam

Civil Rights activist and president, Women Arise (WA), Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has said June 12 was a struggle against election fraud. Odumakin, however, lamented that such fraud has since become the country’s political culture, pointing out that election space had been totally militarised and monetised as people, according to her, “speak about hundred million Naira being spent like sachet-water and thousands of dollars for delegates in the face of an impoverished populace”. Besides, the rights activist, who noted that the occasion would afford the opportunity to remember heroines and heroes,…

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Security, employment, top PMB’s speech on Democracy Day

Aminu Imam

…Says ‘Nigeria is moving forward despite challenges’…’2.5m farmers benefitted from FG’s agric intervention programmes’ – Buhari  President Muhammadu Buhari, while commemorating June 12 Democracy Day yesterday, said the country’s security challenges would be surmounted. In a nationwide broadcast early yesterday morning, the President said the unintended consequences of defeating the insurgency in the North-East are what the country was facing, posing a more onerous challenge. He explained that after driving out and defeating insurgents from their hideout, they have now moved in-country, and are the reason for the unintended insecurity…

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Democracy Day: Some protesters take to the streets in South

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….”June 12 protests are sponsored” – Idahosa Nigerians have taken to the streets across some States in the southern region, protesting insecurity, unemployment, grinding poverty, even as they demanded for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. The protest was mainly by angry youths who defied Police warnings to take to the streets, especially in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Edo and Rivers States. According to reports, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the Police fired teargas to disperse protesters at the Gudu area, where the protest there began around 8:30 am,…

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Liberty TV & Radio FM Stations congratulates Nigerians on June 12 Democracy Day

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As Nigeria marks the 22nd anniversary of its return to civilian rule, ATAR Communications Nig Ltd., Owners and Operators Of Liberty TV and Radio FM Stations in Nigeria and UAE, has congratulated the Federal Government of Nigeria and the people for sustaining the country’s democracy in spite of present challenges. In a goodwill message on the occasion of 2021 Democracy Day, the Liberty Broadcast Media Group congratulated Nigerians for keeping faith in our democracy and supporting the nation tenaciously all through the years. The Group observed that democracy, globally acclaimed…

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Democracy Day: IPOB planning to hijack protests, cause mayhem – Northern Group raise alarm

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…Cites reasons why Coalition won’t participate in planned protests…Buhari addresses nation today The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has alleged that the Indigenous people of Biafra, (IPOB), are plotting to hijack a protest set to hold across the nation today, Saturday, June 12. It was gathered that the CNG spokesman, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, at a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, disclosed that the pro-secession group has finalised plans to infiltrate the protest and cause mayhem. He revealed that the CNG will not be participating in the protests. He said, “We can’t…

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