Around 1,500 supporters of Russia's exiled opposition marched Sunday through central Berlin -- led by Yulia Navalnaya and chanting "No to war!" and "No to Putin" -- in a demonstration against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Organisers had called on supporters to take to the streets of the German capital to denounce the war, as well…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has said the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu are killing Nigerians. The former vice president said rather than focus on governance, Tinubu's administration is focused on attacking the opposition. Atiku said this in a statement signed by his Special Assistant…

The lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in October 9 elections, was gunned down in Maputo on Saturday. The lawyer, Elvino Dias, was killed with another candidate, Paulo Guambe, from the Podemos party backing Mondlane. Two gunmen shot up their car while it was immobile on a road in…

Beaten black and blue by internal conflicts, Nigeria’s major opposition parties may have unwittingly reinforced perceptions they’d never be able to provide viable alternatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

Russia opened Wednesday the trial of four independent journalists accused of helping the banned organizations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Moscow trial, which the judge ordered held behind closed doors, comes as a Kremlin crackdown on dissent has forced the vast majority of independent media into exile. It also comes seven months after…

The opposition lawmakers' coalition in the House of Representatives has applauded the decision by the Federal High Court, Rivers State Judicial Division, regarding its declaration that there is no going back on the Rivers Local Government election scheduled for Saturday. Spokesperson of the group, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, described the judgment delivered by Justice I.P.C Igwe…

A group of 60 federal lawmakers from opposition parties has raised concerns about a potential attempt to use the courts to illegally extend the terms of local government (LGA) chairmen in Rivers State. The lawmakers, led by Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, claim that former Rivers State Assembly members who switched to the All Progressives Congress…

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has strongly criticised Senegal's President Macky Sall for unilaterally and illegally postponing the presidential election scheduled for February 25. Frank, in a statement made available to The Guardian, described Sall's action as a coup against Senegal's constitution, raising concerns about the potential…

The recent disclosure by the political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, that leading opposition parties in Nigeria are closing ranks to form a formidable party to sack All Progressives Congress (APC) has been generating mixed reactions from Nigerians.

The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural In the Diaspora (AEISCID) has congratulated the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, on his victory at the Supreme Court, asking him to accept congratulatory messages earlier rejected from the opposition candidates within 48 hours. The five-man panel of Jurists had dismissed petitions of both the People's Democratic Party,…