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Nigeria Decides 2023: Don’t overheat the polity, APC warns opposition parties

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Party (APC) has handed a warning to the opposition parties notably the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) against reckless allegations over the yet-to-be-released results of last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in Nigeria. The party, which gave the warning in an issued statement yesterday by the Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Barr. Festus Keyamo, said continuous reeling out of spurious claims and indecorous statements could incite the citizens. Keyamo, who is presently the Minister of State,…

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2023: APC-PCC optimistic of victory, as Presidential campaigns ends 

Aminu Imam

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said it was optimistic of victory in this Saturday’s presidential election as Nigerians will elect Bola Tinubu, the party’s candidate. This is as 10, 000 Tinubu/Shettima registered support groups said they were mobilising 27 million votes for the APC presidential candidate and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. Dele Alake, the Special Adviser on Media and Strategic Communications of the APC-PCC, who addressed journalists after the round off of campaigns in Abuja on Wednesday, said the party and the council were ready…

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“Obi has no pathway to victory | Race is between Tinubu and Atiku” – Dele Alake

Aminu Imam

Director of Strategic Communication of the all Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Alake, says the Labour Party, (LP) does not have a pathway to victory in the coming election. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, Alake said the race to the presidential villa is between Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC, and Atiku Abubakar, flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). He said opinion polls, such as ANAP/NOI and Nextier, are creating grounds for unrest, and have given the presidential candidate of the LP,  false…

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2023: PSC to drop Naja’atu Bala Muh’d from Police election oversight duties 

Aminu Imam

The Police Service Commission (PSC) is set to drop controversial politician, Naja’atu Bala Muhammad, from election oversight duties. Recall that the embattled Naja’atu had resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Last week, she spoke about how Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC candidate, would be stopped from winning the presidential election. However, on Sunday evening, her name was listed as one of the PSC commissioners that will oversee the activities of the police during the general election. She…

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APC stands with  governors over naira redesign, says Adamu

Aminu Imam

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, says the ruling party stands with the position of its governors on the naira redesign. Recall that the APC governors had asked the Supreme Court to declare the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira swap policy as unconstitutional. Adamu while speaking after a meeting, yesterday, in Abuja with the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu and APC Governors, said the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele,…

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2023: “APC, Tinubu hypocritical; plotting to scuttle elections” – Atiku

Aminu Imam

The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has alerted Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation are manipulating the polity and creating situations for crisis with the objective of scuttling the 2023 general elections. It also alerted Nigerians that the APC is turning the nation into a war zone, having concluded that he (Tinubu) cannot win in the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. The Campaign Organisation, in an issued statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that Nigerians must know that the APC and its Presidential candidate, Tinubu,…

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2023 Guber: Kaduna Traders Association endorses Ashiru

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the race for the 2023 Gubernatorial ambition to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House heats up, the Kaduna State Traders association, with members cutting across the state three senatorial districts, has endorsed Right Honourable Isa Ashiru Kudan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, for the 11th March, 2023 governorship elections.  Ashiru was adopted as its candidate during a stakeholders meeting with the traders in Kaduna. The state chairman of the association, Alhaji Adamu Usman said the endorsement became necessary in the face of the harsh economic situation that…

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2023 elections; Buhari, Tinubu solicits Sultan’s support to win

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Sokoto, called for support and blessings of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, in a statement quoted Buhari and Tinubuas as saying: “We have come here to ask for your support and blessings; we want to win the coming elections.” Tinubu, the first to speak and the first to bait the Sultan, said plainly to leader of the Sokoto Caliphate: “I have come to…

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New Naira: “CBN’s sheer madness is reason why Supreme Court stopped its deadline directive” – APC PCC

Aminu Imam

The Director of Media and Publicity for All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, yesterday, said the failure on part of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN)’s Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to think through the effect of the old naira withdrawal timeframe led to Supreme Court verdict. This coming hours after the Supreme Court temporarily halted the move by the Federal Government through the CBN to ban the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023. Recall that a seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, had…

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2023: “APC disorganisation may help Atiku win presidential election” – Adeyanju 

Aminu Imam

With 20 days to the 2023 elections, there are insinuations that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar might win the poll. A socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has said the disorganisation within the All Progressives Congress (APC) might lead to Atiku’s victory. Recall that lately, there have been claims of crisis within the APC, following remarks by the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, who had accused some people in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of attempting to sabotage his ambition. In some of his campaign rallies, Tinubu…

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