The Senator representing Kano-Central senatorial district, Ibrahim Shekarau, yesterday crossed from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP) and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Recall that Shekarau joined the NNPP in May 2022 after defecting from the All Progressives Congress, (APC), the platform on which he won the senatorial seat. The Senator and former governor of Kano State announced his latest defection in Kano, where he was received into the PDP at his home by the Partys presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Shekarau declared that his action was predicated to restore…
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2023: Huge crowd,NNPP supportersdefy downpour, flood streets to welcome Kwankwaso in Maiduguri
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday shut down Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as huge supporters came out en-masse to welcome him to the State. Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, who was in the State capital to commission the partys new office and formally launch the partys activities in the State, was received amid jubilations by a massive crowd who are supporting his 2023 presidential ambition. The streets of the metropolis, which is the birthplace of the vice presidential…
Read More2023: “I’m done with Kwankwaso, NNPP” Shekarau
Former Kano State governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau yesterday declared an end to his political romance with his predecessor in office, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and his New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP). The 3-months-old political marriage between two Kano political forces crashed for what Shekarau described as an alleged betrayal of trust by Kwankwaso. Shekarau, who addressed members of his Shura Advisory Council drawn from 44 local government areas of Kano, catalogued his bitter experience with his former political soul mate but failed to announce his next move. According to the…
Read More2023: ‘Kwankwaso will beat other candidates, emerge as next President’ Galadima
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has disclosed how the partys presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will emerge as the next president of Nigeria. Galadima disclosed this while speaking in a recent interview on a television programme, stating that the North-West geo-political zone has 24 million registered voters who are ready to vote in Kwankwaso in forthcoming elections. According to him, North-West has 24 million registered voters. And the whole of that space called North-West is left for the Lion (Kwankwaso)…
Read More2023 Presidency: Kwankwasos NNPP demands Atiku, Tinubus disqualification
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 election. The Kaduna State Chairman of the NNPP, Sani Litti, made the call while addressing newsmen on Monday. He asked INEC to disqualify Tinubu and Atiku on the grounds of alleged financial crimes during their respective presidential primaries. Litti called for the arrest of the Asiwaju and Atiku by the…
Read More2023: NNPP only option for South-East, says Kwankwaso
Says region at bottom line in politics The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that the South-East region has lost across major political fronts, stressing that the only hope for the realisation of its aspiration is with his party. The former governor of Kano State made this disclosure on Saturday in Gombe State, after inaugurating the State secretariat of the NNPP. Kwankwaso explained that the region has not been strategic in its plans, noting that they are at the lowest ebb politically.…
Read More2023: ‘Kwankwaso has millions of real supporters, hell never be running mate to Peter Obi’ – NNPP
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed reports that its presidential candidate, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accepted to be the running mate to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP). Earlier yesterday, reports were making the rounds on social media that Kwankwaso had accepted to be vice-presidential candidate to Obi. The posts on social media were based on a report in which the NNPP Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, had spoken on on-going talks between the LP and the NNPP. However, clarifying his comments in a statement…
Read MoreLabour Party discussing coalition with NNPP, SDP Okupe
The Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate, Doyin Okupe, has said the party is discussing with some political parties on forming a coalition for the 2023 elections. Okupe, who announced on Friday that he would be ‘standing in’ as running mate to the partys presidential candidate, Peter Obi, stated this during an interview on a television programme yesterday. According to him, the party is working towards creating the largest political coalition in the country to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). He said, Our idea and reasoning…
Read More2023: “I won’t step down for Atiku – Kwankwaso
Says Nigerians are tired of looking for a better option The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he is certain of victory against Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar in 2023. Kwankwaso, who is also the leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, in an interview with newsmen, said he has the profile to bring down the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He noted that the signing of the Electoral Bill will make it difficult for anyone to defeat him by…
Read More2023: Labour Party working towards merging with NNPP Party Chieftain
There are plans to bring together the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to help strengthen the national spread and to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The Spokesman, National Consultative Forum (NCF) and Labour Party, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, disclosed this in a recent interview. According to Tanko, merging the two parties was an idea they have already seen on the ground, and they felt that the Labour Partys flag bearer, Peter Obi, who is very much grounded in the Southern part of the country…
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