Despite the state’s current level of insecurity, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has emphasised that his administration is unwavering. In an interview with BBC pidgin, the governor declared that his government would never pay ransom to a bandit. Last Sunday, gunmen who were allegedly bandits abducted more than a hundred people from three separate churches. … Read more
On Saturday, Demola Olarenwaju, Senior Political Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, stated that erstwhile New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso cannot be “flirting with the opposition by day” and “romancing President Bola Tinubu by night.” Olarenwaju said Kwankwaso and others like him should follow in the footsteps of Atiku, former … Read more
The Kano State Government has cautioned Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s followers not to abuse or make offensive statements about Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the Kwankwasiyya movement’s leader. Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Director General of Media and Publicity at Government House, Kano, made the warning on Saturday while distributing motorcycles to party members at the Open … Read more
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in 2023, has designated January 23 a “Day of Betrayal”. Kwankwaso made the announcement in response to Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s decision to dump the NNPP. the Kano governor officially resigned from the NNPP on Friday, ahead of his impending … Read more
Rep Riley Moore, a United States Congressman, has stated that the US will ensure that all Nigerians can live and practise their faith without fear of persecution or death. Moore stated this in a post on his verified X handle on Saturday. The legislator was reacting to the US-Nigeria security partnership. He wrote, “Establishing the … Read more
Just hours after Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf announced his resignation from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), the party’s national head, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, hosted a meeting with various Kwankwasiyya factions at his apartment on Miller Road in Kano. The groups, chosen from various sections of the state, paid Kwankwaso a visit … Read more
Honourable Idris Dankawu, a House of Representatives member representing the Kumbotso Federal Constituency, has officially resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Dankawu’s formal resignation letter to the party’s national leadership on Friday cited persistent internal crises and leadership disarray at the ward, local government, state, and national levels as the cause for his … Read more
Buba Galadima, a former ally of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State’s friends are urging him to forsake the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and its National Leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Galadima believes that Yusuf’s allies started this campaign three months into the governor’s term. In an interview … Read more
Afam Ogene, a member of the House of Representatives, has claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is involved in destabilising the Labour Party. Hon Ogebe made this claim during an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television program watched by DAILY POST, on Friday. He said, “We’re Africans. If the witch cries at … Read more
Political commentator Mahdi Shehu has slammed Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s alleged defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), warning that the decision would result in several political and democratic victims in the state. Shehu made the remarks in a post published on X on Friday, describing the governor’s choice as a hazardous political … Read more