FULL LIST: Tinubu confers national honours on Kudirat Abiola, Soyinka, Ken Saro-Wiwa, others

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced national honours for dozens of Nigerians as part of events marking democracy day. He made this announcement at the National Assembly during his State of the Nation address. Among the notable honorees are the late Kudirat Abiola, who received a posthumous Commander of the Federal Republic title, and Nobel…

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‘I have no interest in partisan politics,’ Tunde Onakoya reacts to criticism over visit to Tinubu

Nigerian chess champion and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has responded to the wave of criticism trailing his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu, making it clear that the meeting was not an endorsement of any political interest. Onakoya met with the president on Monday and presented his Guinness World Record certificate…

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June 12: FG cancels Democracy Day parade

… as Tinubu addresses Nigerians The Federal Government has announced the cancellation of the scheduled military parade to commemorate the 26th Democracy Day, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The details of activities marking the Democracy Day released on Wednesday by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Democracy Day celebration, indicated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would…

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