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APC presidential campaign council to be ready next week Sources

Aminu Imam

The Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), will be ready next week, ahead of the September 28 kick-off date of the presidential campaigns, according to a top party leader. The APC leader was quoted as saying that “the team is almost ready. We are taking our time to accommodate all interests in the party and support groups in the country at large. We dont want to take anything for granted. The council will be ready in time before the commencement of the presidential campaigns on September…

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2023: Crisis rocks APC over composition of Presidential Campaign Council list

Aminu Imam

The composition of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Presidential National Campaign Council list has led to a crisis in the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. It was learnt that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party is not pleased with the role allotted to them in the council. According to a source who spoke to newsmen, major directorate positions in the council are led by loyalists of the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is coming after Tinubu submitted the presidential campaign council…

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‘APC will triumph in South-East in 2023 poll’, Uzodimma boasts

Aminu Imam

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 elections in the South-East geo-political zone. The Governor, who is also the Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in the South-East, said this at a seminar organised by the party for its candidates in Owerri, the State capital, noted that it was the only party with structures in all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria. Uzodimma said: APC is already winning, and will win in the South-East; because APC is the only…

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2023: “Ive no rift with APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu” Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has played down reports that he is at odds with the partys National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu ahead of 2023 general elections. Tinubu, who stated this when he visited the National Secretariat of the party for a meeting with the National Chairman and members of his National Working Committee, (NWC), stressed that they have come a long way and that he has no ill will toward Abdullahi. It was gathered that Tinubu held a closed-door session with the…

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Shaaban vs. APC/Uba Sani: Court adjourns till Oct. judgment on Kaduna APC 2023 Guber Primary tussle

Aminu Imam

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir A Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna, has adjourned till October 13 for judgment, the case filed by Sani Shaaban over the conduct of All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries conducted by the party in Kaduna for the 2023 elections. Recall that Sani Shaaban had dragged the APC Senator representing Kaduna-Central and gubernatorial candidate of the party and other stakeholders before the High Court over the conduct of the partys gubernatorial primaries without legal and due delegates. The counsel to Sani Shaaban, John Mshelia, said the court adjourned…

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Sha’aban vs APC/Uba Sani: Court adjourns Kaduna Guber Primary tussle to October 13th for judgement

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A federal high court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned to 13th of October for judgment, the case filed by Sani Shaaban over the conductof All Progressive Congress APC primaries conducted by the party in Kaduna for the 2023 elections. Voice of Liberty Liberty Correspondent, Sani Magaji Muhammed reports Sani Shaaban had dragged the All Progressive Congress APC, Senator representing Kaduna Central and gubernatorial candidate of the party and other stakeholders before the high court over conduct of the partys gubernatorial primaries without legal and due delegates. The counsel to Sani Shaaban,…

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2023: ‘Muslim-Muslim ticket will spell doom for Party’, APC group tells Buhari

Aminu Imam

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the auspices of ‘The League of Concerned Christian Youth in the APC‘, have said the party is pressing the self-destruction button for sticking to the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for the 2023 elections. The youths said the decision by the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to choose Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate portrayed the APC in bad light before the generality of Nigerians. The convener of the group, Patrick Maiyaki, yesterday, in Abuja, said that President Muhammadu…

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2023: ‘Why Nigerians will appreciate APC govt. in 6 months’ – Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Says elections will be free of intimidation  President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja, told Nigerians that in six months, they would appreciate the governing party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The President, who received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), led by its Chairman and Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, at the State House, said the APC under his leadership will continue to respect Nigerians by ensuring that their votes count and the peoples voice matters in choosing political leaders at different levels. President Buhari noted that non-interference…

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Lawyers threaten to sue Buhari, INEC over APC’s REC nominees

Aminu Imam

A former vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Ikeja branch of the body, Dr. Monday Ubani, has threatened to drag President Buhari and the Senate to court if they do not withdraw and reject the nominations of the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) nominees deemed to be APC members.  Reacting to the statements by some groups, Ubani said the 2023 elections are very key to Nigerians in terms of leadership recruitment, particularly as it affects electing the next president.  He called on Nigerians to mount pressure on the…

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2023: Buhari warns APC decampees not to link their anti-candidate campaigns, to him

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari says he remains a disciplined soldier of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and will, in all the coming elections, support only those candidates fielded by the party and no other. The president made his position known in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday, in Abuja. The Nigerian leader also warned decamped party members and some others who are still in court against official candidates of the APC that they are on their own and that nobody outside the party should link what they…

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