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‘For fairness, south must finish its eight years’ — Nabena replies Kwankwaso

Tom Okpe 29 July 2025 0

Yekini Nabena, former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has tackled Rabiu Kwankwaso over comments suggesting the North is being sidelined in project distribution under the current administration. Nabena said Kwankwaso’s remarks were aimed at fuelling

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Kwankwaso finally speaks on joining APC, says it’s political sin to abandon party

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 11 May 2025 0

By Agency Report The leader of the New Nigeria People Party, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso has accused the members of the NNPP that recently defected to the APC of betraying the party and the masses that brought them to power. He spoke at his Bompai residence in Kano State. when he received supporters of Senator Abdulraham […]

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2027: Tinubu doesn’t need Kwankwaso to win Kano – Mustapha Kano

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By Samue Luka As Nigeria continue to witness political permutations ahead of the 2027 general elections, a political analyst, Shu’ayb Mustapha Kano has declared that the incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not require the support of former Kano state Governor, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to win majority votes in the state. Speaking to newsmen […]

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Doguwa Fires Back at Abdulmumini, Calls Kwankwaso ‘Grandfather of Insults’

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Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and leader of the Northern Caucus, has responded to Rep Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa’s warning against insulting former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. In a statement, Doguwa described Kwankwaso as the “grandfather of insults” and

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Kwankwaso and the EFCC’s legal battle stalled

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2024 0

The hearing of a lawsuit filed by leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, along with seven others, was postponed due to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) failure to submit court documents at a Kano High Court. The other applicants in the case include the NNPP, Dr. Ajuji Ahmed, […]

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NNPP: Kwankwaso reason for members’ defection to APC

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2023 0

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has revealed the reason for the defection of its former National Chairman, Prof Rufa’i Alkali, and other members of the party, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, on Wednesday said that Alkali, Prof Bem Angwe, Senator Othman Hunkuyi and […]

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Presidential Elections: Kwankwaso will remain serial loser – Ganduje

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By Tom Okpe The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has asserted that former Governor of Kano State and Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso would remain a serial loser in presidential elections in the country. Ganduje made this assertion in Abuja at […]

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Drama as NNPP expels Kwankwaso

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2023 0

The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled its 2023 presidential candidate and national leader, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. Naija News reports that the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Abdulrasaq, Kwankwaso, the former Governor of

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‘Join APC now that I’m in charge’ – Ganduje woos Kwankwaso

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2023 0

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said he is willing to accept his political rival, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), if he decides to defect to the ruling party. The immediate past Kano state governor said this was the best time for his predecessor […]

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Kwankwaso Hints at Serving in President Tinubu’s Cabinet as Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2023 0

Former Kano Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has revealed that he might be among the ministers of President Bola Tinubu. Kwankwaso, in an interview with BBC Hausa, on Saturday, June 10, said he and the President are in the final stage of the discussion on the role he will play in the present government. He […]

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Kwankwaso advises Niger Governor- elect to hit the ground running

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2023 0

By Saka Bolaji The former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has advised Niger state governor – elect, Umar Mohammed Bago to hit the ground running immediately after his swearing in for the socio economic development if he must be a performing governor Kwankwaso who is the chairman of the event, gave the declaration […]

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Incoming NNPP Govt may reinstate Sanusi as Emir of Kano – Kwankwaso

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2023 0

By Idibia Gabriel The presidential candidate of the of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, said the governor-elect ,Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf will revisit the dethronement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, 14th Emir of Kano. Speaking in a viral video, on Saturday. Senator Kwankwao disclosed that the dethronement and balkanisation of the […]

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Kwankwaso making moves to join APC, Buhari’s ally reveals

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2023 0

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 presidential election, is reportedly seeking to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that AbdulMajid Dan Bilki Kwamanda, an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, made the disclosure recently while addressing journalists at the Nigerian Union of

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“Kwankwaso wasn’t in race to win” – Kperogi, reveals real motive

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2023 0

Media scholar, Farooq Kperogi, on Saturday said the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not contest the 2023 election because he wanted to win. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that writing in his weekly column, Kperogi said the former Kano State governor “only wanted to leverage his presidential run to help […]

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Anaebonam: Kwankwaso will win presidential election, revive maritime sector

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2023 0

…Asks Port users, operators, Nigerians to vote for NNPP BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE Dr. Boniface Anaebonam, Founder, BoT Chairman and Spiritual Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, NNPP, has reiterated that the party’s candidate in this year’s Presidential Election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, will emerge as the next elected president of Nigeria. He stressed

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Naira redesign: No bank will deny presidential candidates money, CBN just punishing poor Nigerians – Kwankwaso

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s latest policy allegedly targeting politicians was a waste of time. Kwankwaso said that all the big time politicians, particularly, the presidential candidates either had controlling shares in the big banks or have […]

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Security, education key to poverty reduction, say Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2022 0

By Benjamin Omoike The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Sunday, all agreed that security and education are required to pull Nigerians out of poverty. They said this while responding to questions on the Arise TV Presidential […]

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2023: Why I won’t step down for anybody – Kwankwaso

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2022 0

By Tunde Opalana Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Sunday, explained why he will not step down for another candidate, saying that his party, the NNPP, is on the right track to clinch the presidency of the country. Speaking when he appeared on the Editors Forum, an […]

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Kwankwaso gives condition to withdraw from presidential race

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2022 0

The candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso has given a condition that can make him drop out of the 2023 presidential race. According to the former Kano State Governor, if the party gets a better candidate, he is ready to withdraw from the race. Kwankwaso said he is not desperate to […]

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Kwankwaso unveils campaign manifesto

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2022 0

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, unveiled his campaign manifesto for the 2023 presidential election. Naija News reports that the former Governor of Kano State unveiled the policy document in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Speaking during the unveiling, Kwankwaso pledged to mop up the 20 million out-of-school