Tag: All Progressives Congress

2023: ‘Pack of Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso not threat to Tinubu’ – APC

Aminu Imam

The spokespersons for the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC), in Nasarawa State, Chief Douglas Otaru, has declared that the combination of the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, pose no threat to Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25th presidential election. Speaking while commenting on the campaign visit to Nasarawa State by the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinibu, the APC Spokesman said Nigerians would not be unwise enough to vote…

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2023: “Only ‘sinners’ can fix Nigeria, not holy men” — APC chieftain

Aminu Imam

A member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigerians cannot afford to dwell on integrity in selecting a president because the challenges facing the country require a sinner to fix. He said this during an interview on a television programme on Tuesday. Abayomi, a lawyer, who is the Pro-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University in Ondo State, said poverty is the main challenge facing the country, hence, citizens must consider who can create wealth and not embark on a search for a holy man. According to him, “Only sinful…

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2023: “Invest in Tinubu, get rewards” — Marafa 

Aminu Imam

…Says Asíwájú worth struggling for The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Zamfara State has called on Party chieftains in the State to invest in the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and deliver their polling units in order to get their rewards for hard work. The Zamfara APC-PCC had also engaged the services of over 2,000 top party leaders from all 14 local government areas to promote Tinubu’s candidacy. Their letters of appointment were said to have been issued to all the committee members,…

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2023: ‘Peter Obi, leader of unpatriotic citizens of Nigeria’ – APC PCC member

Aminu Imam

A member of New Media and Special Operations Directorate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, (PCC), Chidimma G. Makuachukwu, has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP Peter Obi the leader of unpatriotic citizens of Nigeria. She made this assertion while speaking in an interview on a television programme. Ada Anambra, popularly known on social media, in the course of the interview, told the anchor of the TV show, that any Nigerian neglecting or trying to undermine the progress thus far in this nation…

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Tinubu praises Bisi Akande’s courage, exemplary leadership

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has praised the party’s former Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, for his courage and extraordinary leadership on his 84th birthday. The former Lagos Governor commended Akande, in an 8ssued statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman in Abuja yesterday, for his helpful contributions to Nigeria and dedication and commitment to progressive politics and good governance. The Asiwaju noted the unblemished public service record of Chief Akande from the start of the Second Republic when he…

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2023: APC berates INEC’s silence on Wike’s 200,000 Special Assistants on polling units 

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), over its continued silence on the decision of Governor Nyesom Wike to appoint 200,000 Special Assistants on Polling Units. In an issued statement yesterday in Port Harcourt, by the spokesman of the party’s 2023 Campaign Council, Sogbeye Eli, the APC said it is only INEC that is empowered by the constitution and the Electoral Act to recruit and deploy electoral personnel. “The recruitment of 200,000 people for deployment at polling units by a Government…

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2023: “No matter how long of protest, we’ll remove fuel subsidy”, Tinubu vows

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Bola Tinubu says he would unfailingly remove fuel subsidies if he is elected Nigeria’s president in 2023. The APC flagbearer made the vow on Thursday, at a luncheon with entrepreneurs in Lagos. He said Nigeria cannot “continue to subsidise fuel consumption in neighbouring countries. “How can we subsidise the fuel consumption of Cameroon, Niger, Benin Republic? No matter how long you protest, we are going to remove the fuel subsidy”, he stated. The former Lagos governor added, “First, the primary responsibility of the…

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Appeal court affirms Uba Sani as Kaduna APC governorship candidate

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Uba Sani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election. Sani, who is the senator representing Kaduna-Central, was selected as the party’s consensus candidate during the primary elections in May. Not satisfied with the process, Sani Sha’aban, one of the governorship aspirants, in June, filed a suit in court seeking to invalidate the process that produced Sani as the APC candidate for the 2023 polls. According to him, the election was conducted without…

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2023: “My government will make sure that Nigerians are safe, secure” – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The campaign train of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, commenced yesterday in Kaduna’s Ahmadu Bello Stadium, signifying the kick-off of the North-West campaign rally. The campaign rally, which is in preparation for the 2023 presidential election, was filled with supporters who had thronged the stadium to show their support to the APC’s Presidential candidate. Kaduna State governor, Nasir el Rufa’i, the host governor of the rally, which was held in the State, appealed to the supporters and the people of the State to…

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2023 N’West Zone APC Campaign Rally Flag-off: Tinubu arrives Kaduna 

Aminu Imam

…Proceeds to bandits den in Birnin-Gwari to commiserate with victims of attacks The All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Kaduna State ahead of today’s North-West flag-off of the presidential and governorship rally of the ruling party in the State. Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, who was accompanied by his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, the Director General of APC Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Atiku Bagudu and Abubakar Badaru, Governors of Kebbi and…

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