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Court of Appeal dissolves ‘Kwankwaso-backed’ Kano PDP exco, upholds caretaker committee

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New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso   The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday set aside the decision of a Federal High Court which recognised Shehu Sagagi as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kano.   Mr Sagagi, who was anointed by former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso to the lead the party in the state, is accused of being loyal to his former party leader, who now defected to the New…

Shekarau to meet Tinubu as group mulls ditching Kwankwaso’s NNPP

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Three months after leading his associates to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with great fanfare in Kano, a former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, appeared set to dump his new party.   On Tuesday, Mr Shekarau’s spokesperson, Yau Sule, said the former governor who is the sitting senator for the Kano Central District, will meet the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Abuja as his group explores its options ahead of the 2023 general elections.  …

Kaduna 2023: NNPP ‘ll win Governorship Election, says Sen Hunkuyi ….. as Kwankwaso unveils Party Secretariat in the State

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The New Nigeria People’s Party Governorship Candidate in Kaduna State, Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi has expressed confident that NNPP will not only win governorship election in the state but will also emerge victorious in the presidential election and other elective positions in the 2023 general election. Senator Hunkuyi made the remark after the unveiling of the NNPP Kaduna State Secretariat by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, the party’s presidential candidate for the next year February Presidential Election. Kwankwaso who was on a two-day visit to Kaduna State, unveiled the NNPP Kaduna…

Kwankwaso, Obi and the Social Media Illusion By Mahdi Garba

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Some months back, I met a journalist, who is a staffer at one of the leading digital platforms in the country. She is from the Igbo extraction and we discussed several issues. We talked about stories in the North West and the conflict ravaging the subregion. Later on, we switched to the economy and the hydra of inflation. I complained bitterly about the rise of staple food products that are even produced locally.   It was as if she was waiting for me to take a breath, then her question…

Senate President, Gov Buni visit former Kano Governor over father’s death

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Saturday paid a condolence visit to former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso over the death of his father, Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso. Lawan was in accompany of the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni and the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Sahabi Yau Kaura during the condolence visit to Kano. Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso died and was buried on Friday. The Senate President and the Yobe State Governor and their…

Presidency wades into Ganduje, Kwankwaso face-off

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Ahead of the controversial visit to Kano by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso on Tuesday, the Presidency on Monday summoned Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the senator to avert breakdown of law and order in Kano State. The governor, accompanied by two serving senators and two members of the House of Representatives from the state, met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari at the Presidential Villa. Mr. Ganduje, however, declined to speak to State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Senator…

Mark, Kwankwaso, Ngige ,Others for Leadership Award of Honour

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Former Senate President, David Mark , former Governor of Kano State, and Senator representing Kano Central in the National Assembly ,Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Minister of labour and Productivity Sen. Chris Ngige are among ten ex- Governors in Nigeria nominated to receive Three- Star Golden Leadership Honors Award by the Transparency Centre Network. Also on the Awardees list are Sen Sam Egwu, Sen Danjuma Goje ,Sen Adamu Aliero ,Adamu Abdullahi ,Sen Jim Nwaobodo , Liyel Imoke and Gen Ike Nwachukwu (rtd). According to the Coordinator of the Centre, Comrade…