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Nigeria: Presidential Primary - APC Constitutes 18 Sub-Committees for Convention

[This Day] The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up 18 sub-committees ahead of the party's special convention/presidential primary scheduled to hold between June 6th and 8th.

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