NIGERIA: University Of Lagos Renamed M.K.O. Abiola University

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, may 29, 2012 on state-run television the renaming of University of Lagos to M.K.O. Abiola University in honor of the "June 12", 1993 presidential candidate who allegedly was said to have won the election, but was nullified by the Ibrahim Babangida-led military juntas on the grounds of election irregularities in what would lead to power sharing between the civil and military sector. According tp President Jonathan, the name change was meant to honor Abiola's "Martyrdom" to mark the nation's 13th year anniversary of uninterrupted democracy.