Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has formally resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing the need for strategic political realignment in response to Nigeria’s evolving political landscape. In a press statement released on Sunday, the former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate announced that...
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A major political realignment is underway as the Kwankwasiyya Movement has confirmed that its leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will formally join the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday, March 30, 2026. According to a press statement issued by the movement, Kwankwaso is scheduled to officially register with the ADC...
Kano State Deputy Governor, Aminu Gwarzo, has stepped down from office following mounting political pressure and allegations from the Kano State House of Assembly, which had initiated moves to impeach him over alleged misconduct. In a statement released Friday by the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Gwarzo’s resignation was described as a...
Presidency has urged opposition parties to end what it described as “constant lamentation and unwarranted outrage” over the Electoral Act and the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying their claims are misleading and politically motivated. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday conducted a bye-election in Kano State, with three major opposition parties missing from the ballot. The affected parties are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and a coalition involving the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The election was held...
Federal Government has approved the sum of N5 billion as intervention fund for traders affected by the fire outbreak that razed large sections of the popular Singer Market in Kano. This is just as state governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of...
Kano State Government has assured residents that the prolonged emirate tussle in the state will soon be resolved through peaceful and inclusive means. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, gave the assurance on Thursday while briefing journalists in Kano, saying the administration had already taken firm...
Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, son of former Kano State Governor and national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has resigned his appointment as Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Kano State. His resignation also ends his membership of the Kano State Executive Council...
Former Kano State Governor and national leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (RMK), has received a solidarity visit from residents of Nasarawa Local Government Area at his residence in Kano, reaffirming the movement’s resilience and growing grassroots support. The visit comes barely days after Kano State Governor,...
National leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has announced that the Kwankwasiyya movement will henceforth observe January 23 as “World Betrayal Day.” Kwankwaso made the declaration while addressing supporters at his residence in Kano, against the backdrop of the defection of Kano State Governor,...
Kano State House of Assembly has released the official list of lawmakers who have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), following the resignation of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the party. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Assembly, Kamaluddeen Sani...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has strongly condemned the resignation of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from the party, describing the move as a betrayal of the mandate freely given to him by the people of the state. In a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), alongside a wave of high-profile political figures across the state, sparking intense speculation over an imminent political realignment. The resignation, which also affected 21 members of the Kano State House of Assembly,...
The political pathway appears increasingly clear for Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), following what sources describe as a decisive, high-level meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. Politics Digest reliably gathered that the governor’s camp erupted in...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Monday held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, a development that has intensified political speculation in the state. The governor according to Channels TV and, was seen arriving at the President’s office around 4:13 p.m., sparking renewed...
Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is currently locked in a high-stakes political standoff over his planned defection from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Politics Digest reports. Despite weeks of back-channel negotiations, the top hierarchy of the APC at both state and...
New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Saturday re-elected Dr Ahmed Ajujia as its National Chairman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajuji was re-elected unopposed through voice votes at the party’s National Convention held in Abuja. The convention, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has revamped its leadership structure in Katsina State, expressing strong optimism for electoral victory in the forthcoming 2027 General Elections. The party on Monday elected and affirmed new executive officers during a well-attended congress in Katsina, monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop “sitting on the fence,” insisting that the electoral body must immediately disown what it described as illegal congresses allegedly planned by the Kwankwasiyya faction led by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. In a statement on...