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2 days ago
A stalwart of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, has said the ambition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the second term in office remains sacrosanct. Kwankwaso, a former Commissioner for Rural Development, who aligned himself with the recent comment of APC Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, insisted that with or without…
7 Feb
  The Rabiu Kwankwaso-led faction of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Friday, rejected the recent convention that led to the election of Dr. Agbo Major as the party’s National Chairman. The faction also denounced the convention as illegitimate and reaffirmed that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), formed in 2022 under INEC supervision,…
23 Jan
Ahead of the 2027 poll, former presidential candidates of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi
19 Jan
The Chief Executive Officer of Clearview News Desk Sam Odion Bello has hailed the member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa's effort to reconcile Kwankwaso and Ganduje. This is as many citizens of Kano are commending the reconciliation initiative by Jibrin. Speaking during a radio interview in Kano on Thursday, Jibrin described the…
3 Jan
The Nigerian Youths for Atiku (NYFA) has urged Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 President Candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) to stop attacking the reputation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Director of Communications of NYFA (Nigeria & Diaspora), Mr Dare Dada, made the call in a statement on Friday in Lagos.…
NNPP
2 Jan
The opposition New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has raised concern over the alleged plan by President Bola Tinubu's administration to return the nation to a party system. Though, NNPP claimed to have actively contributed to the success recorded by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 presidential poll but vowed that the reverse…
6 Dec
The crisis within the opposition New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) remains unresolved as a faction of the party, led by Dr. Agbo Gilbert Major, insists that the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, remains expelled. At a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Major accused Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya group of engaging in…
5 Dec
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has the potential for credible opposition and preparation for a better outing at the next general elections. But typical of all the opposition parties, it is showing symptoms of a divided house, suffering from command and control malaise, and perhaps at higher temperature, KEHINDE OLATUNJI reports. One of the…
3 Dec
The manifesto released by the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has shown alignment with the tax reform proposed by President Bola Tinubu. This is amid his current stance against the Tax Reform Bills, which have passed a second reading in the Senate after they were presented by the…
Military kills Turji’s son, other terrorists
22 Nov
A Chieftain of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano, Ilyasu Kwankwaso, has challenged the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), to prefer workable solutions to end the myriad of security threats bedeviling the Northern region. Kwankwaso insisted that rather than threatening President Bola Tinubu's administration with change in 2027, the ACF would have come up with pragmatic…
18 Nov
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has alleged that some Lagos forces plan to colonise Northern Nigeria. Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, also alleged that Lagos is playing a role in the issues bedeviling the Kano emirate. He made this known during the…
7 Nov
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf finally broke the silence over the perceived crisis in the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano and the alleged grudge between him and his godfather Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Yusuf who stated that there is no iota of truth in the stories already gaining momentum in the political space, insisted…

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