Tag: APC

“APC, Tinubu will win in 2023” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Says APC lucky to have him as presidential candidate  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is lucky to have the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate.  The President made his prediction on Wednesday, in an interview in the United Kingdom after meeting with His Royal Majesty, King Charles III in Buckingham Palace. According to the President, APC is lucky to have Tinubu as its presidential candidate. When asked about the chances of his party (the…

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Kaduna Guber: Uba Sani invites challenger to work for APC’s victory in 2023

Aminu Imam

The governorship candidate of the APC in Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has called on his challenger, Sani Sha’aban, to join hands with him to deliver the State to the ruling party in the 2023 elections. Sani made the call yesterday in an issued statement following a Federal High Court judgment that upheld his nomination as the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in the 2023 election. Recall that it was earlier reported that the Federal High Court, Kaduna, dismissed the suit filed by Sha’aban seeking the nullification of Uba Sani’s candidacy…

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Just In! PDP files fresh suit against APC

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a fresh suit against the All Progressives Congress (APC), asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to sack the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by Abdullahi Adamu. In the fresh suit, according to reports, the PDP accused the ruling party of illegality in the process that produced the party’s national officers and candidates. The suit, filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ayo Kamaludeen Ajibade, on PDP’S behalf, demanded that all candidates produced by the APC for the…

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2022 APC Convention: “I have nothing against Osinbajo” – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

…Says “It is over” The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu stated this on Monday, in Kano, when he addressed a group, who worked for the presidential bid of Osinbajo. Recall that in the build-up to the APC presidential primary; there were varied reactions after the vice-president declared his bid to contest the presidency with Tinubu also in the race. Speaking on Monday, Tinubu said there was no issue between him and the vice-president.…

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Court nullifies all APC primaries in Rivers, sacks candidates

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has nullified all the primaries conducted by All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State. The court gave the decision yesterday in a suit brought before it by some aggrieved members of the party who had during the primaries of the party lamented exclusion. Recall that some aggrieved APC members loyal to the Governorship candidate of SDP, Senator Magnus Abe, had approached the Court challenging the conduct of the Primary election with claims of exclusion from the delegates’ primaries conducted in…

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Presidential Campaign List: ‘Excluded members given other roles’ – APC

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and Governor of Plateau State, Dr. Simon Lalong, on Friday, doused tension brewing among party supporters when he announced that members who didn’t make the PCC list have big roles to play at the regional, zonal and grassroots level. Lalong made the clarification at the unveiling of the Action Plan and PCC inauguration at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The development is coming barely 24 hours after the APC released a fresh PPC list on…

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2023: “I can’t speak on Osinbajo, Lawan, Amaechi’s commitment to Tinubu project” – APC Chairman, Adamu

Aminu Imam

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has opened up on the silence of some presidential aspirants who lost out in the June 8 Special Presidential Convention of the Party. Adamu said while they remain members of the party, he could not assess the level of their commitment to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidential project. Although Tinubu had won the ticket of the party during the convention, however, some of his rivals like Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and former…

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El-Rufai heads Kaduna APC Campaign Council with 989 members, 22 Directorates

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor Nasiru el-Rufai of Kaduna State

Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna has ermerged as the chairman of the state Campaign Council with nine hundred and eighty nine (989) members and twenty two (22) directorates.  The Campaign council also have Senator Uba Sani; the state party gubernatorial candidate, his running mate and incumbent Deputy Governor Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe as Deputy Chairmen 1 and 2 respectively. The Council with 22 Directorates and 989 members, has Air Commodore Emmanuel K. Jakada (rtd), the State Chairman of APC, as Vice Chairman 1 while RT Hon Yusuf Ibrahim…

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2023: APC releases amended Presidential Campaign Council list

Aminu Imam

The Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appeared to have made decisive inroads into the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), as it has released a fresh list, naming Adamu as second in command of the council, yesterday. In the list, which was signed by the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, as opposed to the initial 422-member list signed by the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president, Muhammadu Buhari was still named as Chairman of…

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2023: APC asks INEC to replace Lawan with Machina as Yobe-North senatorial candidate

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Bashir Machina as the party’s authentic candidate for the Yobe-North senatorial district in the 2023 general elections. The APC, in a letter dated October 12, titled: ‘Notification of Court Judgment In Favour of Bashir Sheriff’, and signed by its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and the Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, directed INEC to also publish the name of Machina in its portal, in line with the court order. Recall that a Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe…

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