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  "id": 2578957,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T13:04:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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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 has accepted his appointment as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election. Yari expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership for entrusting him with the responsibility. The Presidential Campaign Council was constituted earlier by Tinubu, with Yari serving as the council’s Director-General and Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State named Secretary.",
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    "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 Nigeria",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:48:38.000Z"
      }
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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."
}