Tag: APC

2023: “APC plans to derail polls; place them on watch list” Atiku’s men urge security agencies

Aminu Imam

…”Allegation, height of delusion”, Tinubu’s spokesman fires back The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to incite violence in order to derail the 2023 elections. Spokesperson of the campaign, Kola Ologbodiyan, raised the alarm in a statement he issued in Abuja, on Friday. Ologbodiyan said the campaign “alerts our nation and the international community of designs being promoted by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to…

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2023: All you need to know about what Tinubu said at Chatham House

Aminu Imam

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday addressed Chatham House in London ahead of Nigeria’s presidential election in February next year. Tinubu, who has been addressing various strategic groups in Nigeria at town hall meetings, travelled to the United Kingdom weekend to share his campaign plans at Chatham House – a globally admired and respected platform for intellectual engagement on different issues of contemporary interest to people around the world. Tinubu, in his speech, emphasised Nigeria’s role in Africa as a big brother and…

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2023: ‘Some APC leaders sponsoring calls to set up Interim Govt. after Buhari’, Buba Galadima alleges

Aminu Imam

A leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is behind calls for an interim government to run the country after Muhammadu Buhari’s 8-year term ends in 2023. This is less than a hundred days before the general elections. In a published interview at the weekend, Galadima, a close ally of former Kano governor Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who is the NNPP’s presidential candidate, called the people behind the move “enemies of Nigeria and democracy.” He said that some…

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2023: APC raises ??190m in donations in less than two minutes

Aminu Imam

The APC has broken a fundraising record in the annals of our political history.  Yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, the APC Presidential Campaign Council unveiled a crowd funding for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima, and in less than two minutes raised over N190 million. Considering that no individual can donate more than N50 million, this is good news for the APC and a big boost to the ruling party. This demonstrates that Nigerians believe in the ability of the APC presidential candidate and his running mate…

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APC Campaign: Tinubu to speak at Chatham House UK, on security, economy

Aminu Imam

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will embark on foreign trips from December 4 to meet global leaders and pitch his presidential aspiration. The presidential candidate, according to reports, is scheduled to travel to key Western capitals from December 4th, and is expected to return to Nigeria latest December 12th to continue his campaign rallies and stakeholders’ engagement. It was gathered from campaign sources that Tinubu and his delegation will be in London, United States of America, France and key European Union (EU) member States to share his…

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2023: “ICC is not competing with PCC” – TSG National Coordinator

Aminu Imam

The two Presidential Campaign Councils of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not competing with each other, but working towards the success of its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the general elections. National Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council, (ICC), Ali Silas Agara, stated this when he supervised the inauguration of Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors of the Media Directorate, under the Director, Media, of the Council, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, yesterday, in Abuja. According to him, “The ICC and the Presidential Campaign Council, (PCC) are working…

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2023: ‘Why Tinubu won’t attend Arise News presidential town hall’ – APC Presidential Campaign Council

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not attend the Arise News presidential meeting.  The PCC told the media organisation to stop advertising Tinubu will attend its town hall meeting billed for December 4, 2023.  A statement by its Director Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, said: “Our attention has been drawn to an advertisement by Arise News in connection with a Town Hall meeting scheduled for 4 December. “We are surprised that the TV station listed our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a participant, when there was no prior consultation…

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BVAS: Adamu recants, says APC not opposed to new electoral technologies

Aminu Imam

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has disclaimed reports going round that he is opposed to the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Results Viewing Portal, IReV, for next year’s general election. Adamu, at a news conference yesterday in Abuja, said he was only concerned about the challenges of electricity supply and irregular telecommunication signals in some voting districts of the country. The APC helmsman had earlier been reported to have said that he was…

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2023: APC Support Group applaud CAN for soft-pedalling on Muslim-Muslim ticket

Aminu Imam

A support group, under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC), City Boy Progressive Group has lauded the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) for rescinding its decision not to support the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the vexed Muslim-Muslim ticket. It had earlier been reported that Christian leaders under CAN had decided to reconsider their stance on the issue of Muslim- Muslim ticket and may have Tinubu the benefit of doubt ahead of the 2023 polls. The APC presidential candidate had on Wednesday met with the leadership…

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2023: Buhari pledges support for Tinubu\Shettima as APC flags-off presidential campaign in Jos

Aminu Imam

…Asiwaju pledges good governance President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of his support ahead of the 2023 general elections. President Muhammadu Buhari, who flagged-off the campaign yesterday, at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos, Plateau State, said the APC has all it takes to win the elections because of its performance and level of acceptance in the country. The President assured the APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu of his support ahead of the 2023 general elections. Buhari, who presented the APC…

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