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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has described claims by former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi of threats to his life as misleading and baseless.    Ganduje, in a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday night, called Obi’s allegations “sheer mischief and outright falsehood” designed to gain public sympathy, emphasizing that …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of suffocating opposition elements in the country.    Atiku stated this while reacting to comments made by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, Peter Obi.   On Monday, Obi alleged that …

Head of Uganda’s military, who is also the son of longstanding President Yoweri Museveni, has threatened to behead the country’s most prominent opposition leader.Gen.Muhoozi Kainerugaba, widely regarded as the heir apparent to his father, is no stranger to controversy, frequently making provocative posts on social media. In 2022, he faced backlash after threatening to invade Kenya, a statement he later apologised …

Reno Omokri has gone on Instagram give compliments to Peter Obi.  Reno, who has been known to regularly criticise Peter Obi, took to Instagram to call the former Labour Party Presidential candidate the biggest opposition figure in Nigeria.  He added that anyone who thinks he is bigger than Obi is “deluded”.  This appears to be an attack on Atiku Abubakar, …

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has spoken about the challenges he faces daily being an opposition figure in Nigeria, disclosing that he has made personal sacrifices as a result. “Oppositions here are actually difficult. If I tell you what I face, what I go through, what my family goes through, you wouldn’t even …

Tanzanian opposition party Chadema has alleged foul play in the ongoing local elections, reporting that three of its members were k!lled in incidents linked to the vote. The party has accused authorities of orchestrating violence and election rigging to benefit the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.   Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe announced on X that Modestus Timbisimilwa, one of …

President Joe Biden’s administration had previously said González had earned the most votes in the disputed July 28 election, but had fallen short of acknowledging him as president-elect. ADVERTISEMENT The US government has recognised Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the ‘president-elect’ of the South American country, months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won the disputed July election. …