The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday filed a petition before the Kano State Election Tribunal seeking to nullify the announcement of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as winner of the gubernatorial poll. It also sought a declaration of its candidate in the election, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, as winner of the March 23, 2019 election, having secured…

The Election Tribunal sitting in Kano has ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) access to electoral materials used for the gubernatorial poll. PDP’s candidate, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, had challenged the declaration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the March 23, 2019…

The last word from Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje before the Kano State supplementary election held was pregnant with deep political implication. The governor, noticing the strong barricades mounted against his second term bid, exclaimed: “I will shock PDP next week.” And true to his boast, he snatched a narrow victory, leaving his challengers with mouth…

Palpable anxiety has gripped the camps of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State as the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal raised to entertain complaints arising from the September 22, 2018 exercise gives its verdict tomorrow. The PDP’s candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and his party had…

Suspected hoodlums have invaded the house of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, and set it ablaze.

Former Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing in Kano, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, has been declared winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in Kano. Yusuf, a son-in-law to former governor of the state and senator representing Kano Central, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, won the PDP primaries during a marathon congress held yesterday at Lugard…

Confusion amid protest may tear apart the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State following the endorsement of former Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing during Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, as gubernatorial aspirant. Kwankwaso had at the PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna at the weekend announced his son-in-law and strong political…