Tag: APC

2023: Onanuga, Alake, Keyamo to head media directorate of APC presidential campaign

Aminu Imam

A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), Bayo Onanuga, along with a former Commissioner of Information in Lagos State, Dele Alake, and the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, are to head the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. While Onanuga was appointed Director of Media and Publicity, Alake was announced as Director of Strategic Communication. The former Lagos State commissioner held this same position when President Muhammadu Buhari sought re-election in 2019. In an issued statement yesterday, Onanuga said Festus Keyamo, who…

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2023: “Despite insecurity, ASUU strike, others, APCs chances are still bright” – Masari

Aminu Imam

Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has said that despite the economic, social and political morass the country had been enmeshed in under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, the partys chances are still bright.  The governor, who is serving his second and final term in office, stated this in a published interview at the weekend, while baring his mind on issues of governance in the State, insecurity, the prospects of APC in the 2023 elections, amongst others. According to the governor, “I think this government, the APC government, should…

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2023 Muslim-Muslim APC Ticket DG: “Pope hasnt told me Im wrong” – Gov. Lalong

Aminu Imam

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has lambasted Christians who oppose his acceptance to serve as the Director-General (DG) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Organisation, saying that, as a Catholic with the highest Papal award, the Pope has not told him that what he is doing is wrong. The Governor, who met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja yesterday, while fielding questions from newsmen, said that as an awardee of the United Kingdom (UK)’s Knight of Saint Gregory, he remains a staunch Catholic despite…

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Keyamos 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 Keyamos 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. Lalongs 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 Tinubus campaign DG

Aminu Imam

… As Dino Melaye, Bwala picked as Atikus 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 Zulums 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 partys 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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2023: Amaechi raises alarm of bribery of delegates at APC presidential primary weeks after

Aminu Imam

The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that some delegates were induced with money to vote at the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential primary, which was held in June. Amaechi made the allegation on Saturday, at an event to mark the 60th birthday of Eugene Ogu, the general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a video posted on the Facebook page of the church, Amaechi said the delegates collected money to solve their immediate problems. The former governor was the runner-up at…

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“Nigerias 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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