Tag: APC

‘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: “I’ve 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 party’s 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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Sha’aban 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 Sha’aban over the conduct of All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries conducted by the party in Kaduna for the 2023 elections. Recall that Sani Sha’aban 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 party’s gubernatorial primaries without legal and due delegates. The counsel to Sani Sha’aban, 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 Sha’aban over the conduct of 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 Sha’aban 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 party’s 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 people’s 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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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, APC’s 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 party’s 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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