POLITICS 11 months ago Photo of MKO Abiola, Shehu Sani & Hajiya Gambo Sawaba After June 12 Movement Meeting in Kaduna, 1993 Shehu Sani, MKO Abiola, and Hajiya Gambo Sawaba after a June 12 movement meeting in Kaduna, 1993. Shehu Sani (born 29 October 1967): Is a Nigerian senator, an author, playwright and a human rights activist. He is the President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria - (CRCN) and the Chairman of Hand-in-Hand, Africa. He was a leading figure in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. He has been arrested and jailed by past successive military regimes in Nigeria. He was released from life im
POLITICS 1 months ago Hajiya Gambo Sawaba: ‘The Most Jailed Nigerian Female Politician. Stories from the life of Hajiya Gambo Sawaba, one of Nigeria's most important female political activists, born on this day in 1933, have become a myth.
POLITICS 1 years ago 10 Nigerian Heroes And Heroines That Will Never Be Forgotten Nigeria has had its fair share of activists and leaders who not only fought for our independence which eventually became successful in 1960 but also fought for the survival and continuity of the nation even after. Heroes like Wole Soyinka & Yakubu Gowon, who are stil alive today, and the likes of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chinua Achebe, and Mary Slessor, who even though are all dead, will never ever be forgotten for the many great things they did for Nigeria While we celebrate new-age heroes like Dora Akunyili and Fela
POLITICS 1 years ago Nigeria must be great again, let all hands be on deck. At Independence, Nigerians were full of hope and great expectations, here we were, just gotten our freedom from our colonial master, Britain, we could not wait to start being our own persons(adult), ready to hit the ground running,take our rightful place in the communities of nations. Thanks to the motion of self-governance initiated by late chief Anthony Enahoro, in 1953,in the Western House of assembly. And other efforts made by our early day heroes among whom were, sir Ahmadu Bello (June 1910-January 1966),