Tag: NNPP

Kano: High tension, as APC, NNPP plans protest for Saturday

Aminu Imam

There is palpable tension in Kano, as stakeholders of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have fixed street demonstration for tomorrow, Saturday. This is as a result of the judgement of the Appeal Court which sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared candidate of the APC, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, as winner of the March 18 election in the State. Addressing newsmen yesterday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, the Director-General of the Gawuna/Garo Campaign Organisation, Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, who led other stakeholders,…

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Atiku urges PDP, LP, NNPP, SDP, others to merge, wrestle power from APC

Aminu Imam

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has warned against the likelihood of Nigeria slipping to becoming a one-party State. The former Vice-President made the remarks yesterday, when he hosted the national executive committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council Nigeria, (IPAC). According to the former Vice-President, the project of protecting democracy in our country is not about just one man. You have come here today to say that we should cooperate in order to promote democracy. But the truth of the matter is that our democracy is fast becoming a one-party system; and,…

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Kano: NNPP drags Judge to NJC over tribunal judgement

Aminu Imam

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has petitioned the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) over uncomplimentary comments credited to Justice Benson Anya against the party and its members while delivering judgement on Kano governorship election petition. Justice Anya allegedly said, Instead of some Kano politicians being allowed to use banditry and violence to abort democracy in Kano State, justice will be used to stop them from destroying democracy in Kano and upward. Recall that NNPP lost at the governorship election petition tribunal in the petition filed by the All-Progressives Congress (APC).…

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Alleged Certificate Forgery: Tribunal sacks Kano NNPP Rep., declares APC winner

Aminu Imam

The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Idris ?ankawu, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for forging his West African School Certificate, (WAEC), which he submitted for election into the Kumbotso Federal House of Representatives constituency of Kano State. Mounir Babba ?anagundi, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), who contested against ?ankawu, had filed a petition, alleging that ?ankawu presented a fraudulent Secondary School Certificate to gain admission into Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Kaduna. Following the petition, Justice I.P. Chima delivered a verdict that sent shockwaves…

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Last Hour Deals: NNPP Transition Committee fumes over alleged sale of public office to Gandujes son

Aminu Imam

Tension rose in Kano on Wednesday evening when the Chairman of the Kano Transition Committee Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, led the Recovery of Public Assets Sub-committee stormed the Kano State Public Procurement Bureau (Due Process Office) allegedly sold to the outgoing governors son at the sum of N10 million. The former TETFUND boss inspected an empty office, which id located at State Road 500 meters away from the main entrance gate of Kano Government House. Bichi, who appeared visibly shocked by his Committee said that what Ganduje government is doing…

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Kano: APC asks tribunal to declare Gov. Poll inconclusive

Aminu Imam

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has filed a petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship poll. The APC said Yusuf was not qualified to contest the election, as his name was not on the list of members of the NNPP submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a five-volume petition filed, the APC cited irregularities and alleged violations of electoral laws. The…

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NNPPs Abba Yusuf wins Kano governorship election

Aminu Imam
Governor Yusuf Abba of Kano State

Residents defy Gandujes curfew, storm streets to celebrate Party’s victory The candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) Abbas Kabiru Yusuf has been declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in Kano. Yusuf was declared the winner after defeating his closest rival and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna. Declaring Yusuf winner, the returning officer of the governorship poll, Professor Ahmed Doko Ibrahim, said Yusuf of the NNPP won with 1,019,602, to beat Gawuna of APC, who polled 890,705. Before the declaration of gubernatorial…

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Governorship Poll: Kano NNPP accuses DSS of intimidation

Aminu Imam

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State has accused the Department of State Security (DSS) of intimidation ahead of the Saturday, March 18 governorship election. The Party said the DSS was intimidating and arresting its members in a bid to undermine its chances in the governorship poll. The NNPP flagbearer for the Kano North Senatorial seat in the just concluded election, Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, made the allegation while addressing journalists in Kano on Thursday, March 16. Bichi said the DSS Director in Kano State, Alhasan Muhammad, was due…

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Kaduna 2023: “24hrs realignment enough to chase out APC” – NNPP Guber candidate, Hun?uyi

Aminu Imam

The Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kaduna State, Senator Suleiman Othman Hun?uyi, has said that realignment within 24 hours among the opposition political parties was possible, and enough to chase out the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) government in Kaduna State at next Saturdays election. Speaking in an interview with newsmen ahead of the governorship election, Hun?uyi however, called on the people of the State to be mindful of the danger of money politics and actions that will result into political miscarriage The governorship hopeful…

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Kano: PDP faction dumps Atiku to join Kwankwaso in NNPP

Aminu Imam

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano has dumped the party for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The statement said the decampees were received by NNPP National Chairman Rufai Alkali, and the partys vice-presidential candidate, Isaac Idahosa, at a ceremony in Kano. PDP factional leader, Shehu Sagagi, claimed that they dumped the party due to a lack of internal democracy and nepotism by its national leadership, added the statement added. Sagagi stressed that he defected alongside 36 State executive members, over 700 local government executives, 8,000…

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