Tag: All Progressives Congress

Keyamo’s utterances: ‘APC govt. now short of excuses for its failure’ – Northern Elders

Aminu Imam

Following the statements by the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, that the security challenge rocking Nigeria is not peculiar to Nigeria, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed its disappointment against such utterances, saying it is an indication that the government of All Progressive Congress (APC) is short of excuses for its failure. NEF also expressed anger over Keyamo’s utterances that parents should plead with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who have been on strike for over five months to go back to class because…

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2023 APC Presidential Campaigns: “My appointment as DG not to ridicule Christians, N’Central”, Says Gov. Lalong

Aminu Imam

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has stated that his appointment as the Director-General, All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council is not about religion or an attempt to ridicule Christians and the North-Central geo-political zone. Lalong’s statement is coming on the heels of different calls on him to reject the appointment. One of those who made the call is a group within the APC, christened: “North -Central APC Forum”, which described it as an insult to the region. Speaking on behalf of the Forum in Jos, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said…

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2023: APC announces Lalong as Tinubu’s campaign DG

Aminu Imam

… As Dino Melaye, Bwala picked as Atiku’s campaign spokespersons  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed the Governor of Plateau State governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, (NGF), Simon Lalong, as the Director-General of its Presidential Campaign Council. The APC Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this to State House Correspondents yesterday shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Adamu also announced Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, as the interim spokesman, and a columnist with the LEADERSHIP newspaper, Hannatu Musawa as the…

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2023: Ohanaeze APC Group mobilises for Zulum, Tinubu/Shettima in Borno

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the 2023 presidential and governorship elections, the Ohanaeze APC Support Group, in collaboration with the ‘Solidarity of Youth for Peace and Development’, has flagged-off mobilisation of the electorate for the second-term bid of Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, in the upcoming 2023 general election. The group also announced its unflinching support for former Governor Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and vowed to actualise Governor Zulum’s second term bid and the Tinubu/ Shettima presidential ticket come the 2023 general election. Speaking at…

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2023: Kaduna APC to reconcile aggrieved members

Aminu Imam

The North-West chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will reconcile all the aggrieved members ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The Vice-Chairman of the party in the zone, Dr. Salihu Lukman, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna, yesterday. Lukman said the team was in Kaduna on a fact-finding mission over the incidents that characterised the party’s primaries. “There is a need to take every step necessary to ensure that aggrieved members of the party are brought together. We want to meet with them, hear their…

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“Nigeria’s unity beyond 2023 is my priority” – Buhari tells APC chieftains

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja told stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the unity, security and prosperity of the country would matter most to him, beyond his days in office as President. Addressing the APC delegation, the President said the unity, security and prosperity of the country would matter most to him, beyond his days in office as President. President Buhari, who expressed delight that the APC was on course to achieving that desire, thanked the delegation “for the kind words on my role in processes leading…

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Buhari predicts APC’s 2023 victory at meeting with Shettima

Aminu Imam

…Says ‘I will speak during handover to Tinubu’ President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, predicted the victory of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 election. The president, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, spoke when the APC vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, visited him at the State House, Abuja. In his remark after the former Borno State governor delivered a speech, Buhari said: “I will respond to your speech when I am handing over to you…

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2023: ‘Real reason I chose Shettima as my running mate’ – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says competence, integrity and compassion are his guiding principles in selecting a running mate. Tinubu spoke at the unveiling of Shettima at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja yesterday. He said, though his choice of Kashim Shettima as running mate for the 2023 election was a tough one, he still went for him because he was the best choice. He further said Shettima’s career in politics shows that he was eminently qualified to ensure the APC’s victory in the 2023…

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2023: Shettima to be unveiled as Tinubu’s running mate today

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will today, Wednesday, unveil his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. According to an issued statement yesterday signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, the unveiling event will take place at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, at 11:00 am. “All Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Members of APC Caucus in the National Assembly, Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Presidential Aspirants at…

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2023 APC presidential candidate: ‘Tinubu emerged from purely democratic processes – Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Says his election a reflection of will of party members President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Daura, Katsina State, said he did not interfere in the process that led to the election of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to respect the Party decision as well as his previous track record of competence. Buhari noted that there was no need for him to interfere in the process that brought Tinubu to the fore as the APC flag-bearer because all…

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