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Rift widens as Gov Yusuf’s aide fires back at Kwankwaso’s camp

Aliyu dahiruFebruary 4, 2026

Senior Special Assistant to the Kano State Governor on Social Media, Salisu Yahaya Hotoro, has challenged the camp of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to clarify who is handling key government programmes and contracts. This comes amid claims that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has been ungrateful to the former governor. Hotoro posed the questions in an...

Kano By-Election: NNPP Reaffirms Candidacy of Late Lawmakers’ Sons

Aliyu dahiruFebruary 2, 2026

The interim leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has insisted that the nominations of Nabil Sarki Aliyu Daneji for Kano Municipal and Saadu Aminu Saadu for Ungogo state constituencies remain valid for the February 21 by-election into the Kano State House of Assembly. The party said the names of the two candidates had...

Another Kano Commissioner Joins APC After Exiting NNPP

Aliyu dahiruFebruary 1, 2026

The Kano State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Children, and Persons with Special Needs, Hajiya Amina Sani, has joined the All Progressives Congress. The commissioner, popularly known as Amina HOD, was one of the pillars of the Kwankwasiyya grassroots movement and was recognised for her strong principles and ideological convictions. A statement on Sunday by the...

Senator Hanga Orders NNPP Chairmen to Hand Back Vehicles After APC Defection

Aliyu dahiruFebruary 1, 2026

The Constituency Office of the Kano Central Senatorial District has directed all chairmen of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) across the district’s local government areas to return vehicles earlier provided to them by Senator Rufa’i Sani Hanga for party activities. The directive was contained in a letter dated January 28, 2026, signed by the...

Deputy governor should resign over loyalty concerns — Kano commissioner

Aliyu dahiruJanuary 29, 2026

Ibrahim Waiya, the Kano commissioner for information and internal affairs, has called on Aminu Gwarzo, the deputy governor, to step down if he can no longer align politically with Abba Yusuf, the governor. Yusuf recently resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Waiya noted that political divergence...

Yusuf’s Defection Is About Kano’s Interests, Not Kwankwaso, Says Aide

Aliyu dahiruJanuary 27, 2026

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media Monitoring and Innovation to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Hon. Ramadan Yusuf, has downplayed suggestions that the governor’s resignation from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and subsequent alignment with the All Progressives Congress (APC) amounts to a betrayal of the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa...

Kano Governor Formally Rejoins APC in Major Political Move

Aliyu dahiruJanuary 26, 2026

The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress. Yusuf defected to the ruling party on Monday at the Coronation Hall of the Kano Government House. He was made received into the party by former National Chairman of the APC and ex-Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; the Deputy President of...

Kano government slams Buba Galadima over Yusuf’s re-election chances

Aliyu dahiruJanuary 26, 2026

The Kano State Government has dismissed claims by elder statesman Buba Galadima that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf cannot secure a second term in office without the backing of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, describing the assertion as misleading and a poor reading of Kano’s political history. In a strongly worded statement issued on Sunday, the Commissioner...

Back from London, Ganduje lines up crucial political meetings in Kano

Aliyu dahiruJanuary 26, 2026

The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has returned to Nigeria from London, where he attended the graduation ceremony of his daughter, Fatima, at King’s College, London. Fatima, who is married to Idris Ajimobi, son of the late former Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, graduated on Thursday...

Gov. Yusuf scheduled to return to APC in Kano Monday

Aliyu dahiruJanuary 25, 2026

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, is set to rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, 26 January 2026, following his resignation from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) last Friday. This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Sunday. The statement recalled that Governor...

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Kano Governor Yusuf Files Nomination Form as APC’s Sole Candidate for 2027 Governorship Election

Aliyu dahiruMay 8, 2026

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has formally submitted his nomination form to the National Working Committee of the APC in Abuja as the sole candidate for Kano State in the 2027 governorship election. This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Thursday. The Governor was accompanied by Senator...

NDLEA exposes underground drug caves, hidden hideouts in Kano

Aliyu dahiruMay 6, 2026

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Strategic Command, says it uncovered a network of caves and underground tunnels used as drug hideouts in Rimin Kebe area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, on Wednesday in Kano. The PRO said the...

BREAKING: Gov. Yusuf Swears in Murtala Garo as deputy governor

Aliyu dahiruMay 5, 2026

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Tuesday, swore in Hon. Murtala Sule Garo as the new Deputy Governor, in a ceremony held at the Government House. Our sources reports that the oath of office was administered by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Dije Abdu Aboki, in the presence of top government officials,...

Crisis brews in NDC as Kano chairman opposes Kwankwaso’s alleged takeover move

Aliyu dahiruMay 4, 2026

A fresh political disagreement is brewing within the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kano State as the party chairman, Usaini Isa Mai Riga, has insisted that former Kano governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will not be handed control of the party structure in the state. In an interview on Monday, M so h Riga said early...

Kano governor schedules deputy’s swearing-in for Tuesday

Aliyu dahiruMay 4, 2026

The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will swear in his deputy, Hon. Murtala Sule Garo, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. According to a statement issued by Ibrahim Adam, Special Adviser on Information to the governor, the swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m. at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano....

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