{
  "id": 2575973,
  "title": "Yari accepts appointment as APC 2027 presidential campaign DG",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/yari-accepts-appointment-as-apc-2027-presidential-campaign-dg",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T12:48:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/yari-accepts-appointment-as-apc-2027-presidential-campaign-dg/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, representing Zamfara West in the Senate, has accepted his appointment as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election. Yari expressed his gratitude to President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership for entrusting him with this responsibility. The Presidential Campaign Council, consisting of 223 team members, was constituted by President Tinubu and includes President and Vice President Kashim Shettima as Chairman and Vice-Chairman I, respectively. Yari pledged to conduct the campaign with discipline, unity, and respect for all Nigerians, and called on Nigerians to choose progress over division.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Adeleke’s Tinubu visit customary, no plan to join APC – Campaign council",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/adelekes-tinubu-visit-customary-no-plan-to-join-apc-campaign-council",
        "published": "2026-08-22T07:25:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Yari leads APC 108-member campaign council for Tinubu’s re-election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/yari-leads-apc-108-member-campaign-council-for-tinubus-re-election",
        "published": "2026-08-22T09:20:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Yari accepts appointment as APC Presidential campaign council DG",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/yari-accepts-appointment-as-apc-presidential-campaign-council-dg",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:30:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Yari accepts appointment as APC 2027 presidential campaign DG",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/yari-accepts-appointment-as-apc-2027-presidential-campaign-dg-2578957",
        "published": "2026-08-22T13:04:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}