Tag: Opposition
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PDP still viable opposition, says Reps Minority Leader
The Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, has said that in spite the recent defection of two of PDP lawmakers to the ruling APC, the party still remains a viable opposition in the country. Chinda told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that the party was just in a ‘phase of interest…
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Opposition lawmakers want PDP national leadership reconstituted
The Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the House of Representatives has called for the reconstitution of the national leadership of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The coalition made the call in a statement issued by its spokesman, Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo) on Sunday in Abuja.
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Bassirou Faye: Opposition should take a cue from Senegal to remove ruling party – Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the 2023 polls, Atiku Abubakar has said that the victory of Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Senegal has underscored the need for opposition parties in Nigeria to unite and remove President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
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Sierra Leone opposition supporters protest against electoral body
Police and protesters clashed on Wednesday when the supporters of the opposition party All People’s Congress, APC, who are accusing the electoral commission and its chairman Mohamed Konneh of alleged bias in favor of the ruling party. The protesters are demanding the release of a more detailed voter register. “We are here to protest because…
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80-year-old Obiang re-elected President of Equatorial Guinea for 6th term
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has won a sixth term in office, a much-expected result in an authoritarian country with next to no political opposition.
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Opposition sponsoring thugs to destroy our commonwealth in Adamawa – Gov Fintiri
Adamawa Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has accused opposition forces of sponsoring critics and thugs to undermine his administration Fintiri, who spoke to newsmen in the course of inspecting projects around the state capital, Yola, charged the opposition to appreciate his projects and join him in advancing the cause of the state. “They should not be sponsoring…
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Ex-Oyo Gov, Akala replies Makinde for calling opposition ‘charlatans’
A former governor of Oyo State and an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has advised the incumbent Seyi Makinde against abusing or using foul language for his predecessors in any circumstance. Akala gave the advice in an interview with reporters at the empowerment programme of Sen. Fatai Buhari in Iseyin on Friday. The…
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We will reject plot by opposition Govs to truncate our democracy – APC Youths
The APC Youth Solidarity Network (APCYSN) has vowed to resist any attempt by some governors in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (APC) to truncate the nation’s hard-earned democracy due to their selfish taste for power. According to the group, there is an ongoing plot to trigger a mutiny in the ranks of the military to…
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Opposition paid miscreants to boo Buhari in Borno – Presidency
The Presidency has accused opposition politicians of paying miscreants to boo the presidential motorcade in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Wednesday. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the allegation in an interview with the Hausa Service of the BBC. Residents of Maiduguri had on Wednesday, booed the…
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Nigeria needs better opposition to replace PDP – APC
Nigeria needs a more vibrant opposition party than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. It challenged other opposition political parties to fill the gap the PDP is allegedly not fulfilling. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC said: “This is…