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When former Kano State governor and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, formally registered with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday at Gidan Kwankwasiyya, Miller Road, Bompai, Kano, the scene appeared to many as just another political defection. But behind the crowded ceremony lies a complex web of political calculations, personal …

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The former governor of Kano State and the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) after resigning from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Kwankwaso registered as a member of ADC and received his party card on Monday at Gidan …

The Former Governor of Kano State and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said  Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and his political associates will regret their decision to leave the party. Kwankwaso made the statement in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service and monitored by Vanguard in Kaduna on …

Rabiu Kwankwaso

Former Kano State governor and ex-national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has expressed displeasure over comments allegedly made by the leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, in which he reportedly described Ganduje as an enemy. The reaction comes amid reports that Kano State …

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Former Kano State Governor and Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, says he remains “priceless” in politics, insisting that money does not determine his decisions. Kwankwaso, who contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), spoke on Tuesday while addressing supporters at his residence in …

Rabiu Kwankwaso

There was heightened political tension in Kano on Monday as security was reinforced around the Government House following disagreement between the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf over a planned political defection. Governor Yusuf, a long-time political associate and loyalist of Kwankwaso, is considering …

Fresh Political Crisis Looms in Kano as Yusuf, Kwankwaso Differ on Defection

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