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- ↑ ANN, new party generates N50m from membership dues https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/ann-new-party-generates-n50m-membership-dues/
- ↑ PVC Collection Campaign: Vindicating ANN’s Ideology of ‘Technoticianism’ https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/02/10/pvc-collection-campaign-vindicating-anns-ideology-of-technoticianism/amp/
- ↑ INEC presents certificates to 21 newly registered political parties http://punchng.com/inec-presents-certificates-to-21-newly-registered-political-parties/
- ↑ Alliance for New Nigeria http://www.inecnigeria.org/?page_id=932&id=ANN Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
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