| 1993 | Jun 12, 1993 - Is it not sad that those who fail to learn from history (past) are doomed to repeat it? “We cannot and should not forget June 12, 1993 because it signalled to the world that Nigeria can organise a free and fair election; that this multi-ethnic, multi-religious society can put its ... From June 12, Nigeria's real democracy day – Groups - Related web pages www.punchng.com/Article-print2.aspx?theartic ... |
Jun 24, 1993 - In a step that drew an almost instantaneous rebuke from the Clinton Administration, Nigeria's military dictatorship annulled the June 12 ... "The Nigerian press, public and leading civilian politicians view the election as the most successful in Nigeria's history and have called upon ... From Nigeria Annuls June 12 Election; US Assails Move - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60328371 ... |
Jun 24, 1993 - On Jun 23, 1993, Nigeria's military dictatorship, led by General Ibrahim Babangida, annulled the Jun 12 presidential election and canceled plans to return the nation to ... The Clinton administration rebuked the move, and said it will suspend a $22.8 million-a-year aid program to Nigeria. From Nigeria annuls June 12 election; US assails move - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/2153492 ... |
Jun 24, 1993 - Los Angeles Times Archives - Research & articles at your finger tips. From Nigeria annuls June 12 election; US assails move - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/2153492 ... |
Jun 30, 1993 - Ibrahim Babangida announced last week that he was voiding the June 12 election. He ordered new elections, claiming the previous vote, ... Two branches of the Nigerian Bar Association, representing 70 percent of the country's 15000 attorneys, announced a boycott of courts until the ... From NIGERIAN PROTESTS, RIOTS GROW OVER VOTE - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
Jul 21, 1993 - The current transition program is the result of the suggestions and opinions emerging from that debate as articulated and presented by a political bureau of eminent Nigerian scholars. The two candidates in the June 12 election emerged from primary elections held in March 1993; ... From Democracy in Nigeria - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-956661.html?refid=gg_x_02 |
Aug 5, 1993 - One official said Abiola wants to testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing on Nigeria. Abiola likely will try to lobby for more Western pressure to force Babangida, a general who has ruled Nigeria since taking power in an August 1985 military coup, to accept the June 12 elections. ... From Nigerian Election Winner Receives American Visa - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-958947.html?refid=gg_x_02 |
Aug 7, 1993 - "We have shown Nigeria, and indeed the world, that Nigerians are capable of finding solutions to their own internal problems," Babangida said on state ... Babangida had orchestrated the June 12 election, down to choosing the only two candidates allowed to contest, both of whom were his ... From NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT TRIES NEW PLAN TO KEEP POWER - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/PI/lib00187 ... |
Aug 22, 1993 - The Nigerian situation has been internationalized from the word go by the federal military government that petitioned to the whole world to send observers to see the June 12 election. Those observers came and were pleasantly surprised at the free and fair nature of the elections. ... From Mashood Abiola The Dallas Morning News - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00377 ... |
Sep 2, 1993 - He was apparent winner of a June 12 election which Babangida refused to recognize. In an ominous development, governors of five of ... The northern Hausa and Fulani tribes have long dominated Nigerian politics and the military, and Abiola's victory was seen as a threat to them. ... From STRIKE BRINGING NIGERIA TO A HALT - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
Sep 2, 1993 - He was apparent winner of a June 12 election which Babangida refused to recognize. In an ominous development, governors of five of ... The northern Hausa and Fulani tribes have long dominated Nigerian politics and the military, and Abiola's victory was seen as a threat to them. ... From STRIKE BRINGING NIGERIA TO A HALT - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
Nov 28, 1993 - Britain, the United States and France condemned the latest military takeover and threatened to toughen sanctions against Nigeria. But they have been silent ... In a speech to the new ministers, Abacha urged all Nigerians to forget the June 12 election and the bitterness it engendered. From NIGERIAN DICTATOR SWEARS IN CIVILIAN-DOMINATED CABINET - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SJ/lib00189 ... |
| 1994 | Jul 23, 1994 - The Post's editorial "Throttling Democracy in Nigeria" {July 11} oversimplifies the country's political problems. The military government that organized the June 12, 1993, presidential election annulled it and resigned without declaring the results. While Chief MKO Abiola claimed ... From Throttling Democracy in Nigeria' - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access ... |
| 1998 | Jun 11, 1998 - "This was the only election in the history of Nigeria where the winner was clear," Mohammed said. "So it is very important not to let that go." Babs Onabanjo, president of the alliance, agreed. "There is no way you're going to address the impasse in Nigeria without addressing June 12, ... From As new leader takes over, community recalls election never enforced - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00003 ... |
| 2002 | Jun 13, 2002 - Speaking in Akure to mark the June 12 elections, Hafsat Abiola stated that "what we have in Nigeria today is not democracy but civil rule because all the ingredients of democracy are still lacking in the last three years. According to her, "I think we still have a lot of work to do ... From Nigeria: Governor Kalu Asks Government to Honour Abiola, Wife As Tinubu Declares … - Related web pages allafrica.com/stories/200206130180.html |
| 2003 | Jun 13, 2003 - Lagos lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi said of the annulled election: "June 12 is a symbol of our democracy. It was a day Nigeria and Nigerians without any discrimination whatsoever united in voting Chief MKO Abiola in the freest election in the history of election in Nigeria. ... From Nigeria: Ukiwe, Gani, Carrington, others slam govt on June 12 - Related web pages allafrica.com/stories/200306130472.html |
| 2004 | Jul 3, 2004 - At great personal risk, Anenih challenged Babangida and the entire military clique, calling for the de-annulment of the June 12 election. ... Ikimi had rallied round Anenih in his fight for the actualisation of June 12, probably the history of Nigeria would have been different today. ... From Still On Abiola, Anenih and June 12 - Related web pages www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2004/07/03 ... |
| 2006 | Aug 22, 2006 - No thanks to the media trial and conviction, which was exploited by the coup plotters, the history books record that Balewa's government was ... That brings me to the IBB ultimate albatross - the annulment of the June 12 elections. In going against the grain of popular opinion of the ... From Nigeria: Before We Lynch IBB... - Related web pages allafrica.com/stories/200608220611.html |
| 2007 | Jun 12, 2007 - Fourteen years after the controversial annulment of the election believed to be the cleanest in the country's electoral history, the poll and what it represents are still relevant today as if all that has come to be known as the June 12 saga happened yesterday. ... From Nigeria: A Harvest of Deaths - Related web pages allafrica.com/stories/200706120101.html |
| 2008 | Jun 25, 2008 - I voted during the June 12 and 1999 presidential elections. I have carefully studied Nigerian history, culture and people. I am widely traveled across the length and breadth of Nigeria. I understand the geographical, cultural and religious sensibilities of the Nigerian people. ... From Nigeria: Democracy Day - Which Date is More Appropriate? - Related web pages allafrica.com/stories/200806250400.html |