Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the opposition is dispatching a 10-man delegation to the US, UK to discredit the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the forthcoming polls.Mohammed said this on Monday while speaking with journalists in Abuja.The minister said the opposition is planning to tell these countries that the Buhari administration has concluded plans of rigging the polls."We can [...]
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The federal government has called on the international community to keep a close tab on the opposition ahead of the elections starting in February.Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said this while responding to the threats of the US and UK to ban those who interfere with the elections.In a statement issued through Segun Adeyemi, his aide on Friday, Mohammed said the stand [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says violence allegedly planned by the opposition is threatening the forthcoming polls.Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, Mohammed said the federal government has intelligence that the opposition is planning "widespread violence."The minister said the opposition is allegedly resorting to this means because "their fortunes have dwindled badly ahead of the polls.""As you are aware, [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the opposition is disappointed that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to die after his illness.Mohammed said this in Kaduna when he visited Nasir el-Rufai, governor of the state, on Thursday.In 2017, Buhari spent 150 days in the UK treating an undisclosed ailment. There were rumours that he had died.He said critics of the All Progressives [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the United Nations over the “thoughtless abuse of human rights” being perpetrated by the federal government in the country.In the petition dated April 30 and signed by Uche Secondus, PDP national chairman, the party also accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of clamping down on the opposition.The party said there is a [...]
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, has urged President Robert Mugabe to resign in the interest of the country.Mugabe is insisting that he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler and has shied away from mediation by a Catholic priest to allow him a graceful exit after the military seized power.“In the interest of the people, Robert Mugabe must resign and [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari says opposition does not mean hostility, enmity or antagonism.Buhari said this on Friday at a meeting with leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The president said democracy needs opposition, but one which is vibrant and responsible.He said the meeting was not a party occasion or a political gathering but [...]
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