Tag: NNPP
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2023: Why I can’t be running mate to Peter Obi – Kwankwaso
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, said accepting to be running mate to any presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of NNPP. Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, who was in Gombe State to inaugurate the state office of NNPP and to meet with elected…
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Gov Ganduje isolated as Sen Ibrahim Shekarau dumps APC for NNPP
Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial District, Ibrahim Shekarau, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The lawmaker in a defection letter read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, informed the chamber that his decision to quit the ruling party was due to marginalization…
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Rabiu Kwankwaso, Peter Obi joint ticket: Committee submits report
Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor and presidential candidate of the NNPP, is said to have strong followership in the North with his Kwankwasiyya movement, while Obi, a former Anambra State governor and LP presidential candidate, is having an increasing support base among youths in the southern part of the country, Middlebelt and Abuja; and…
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Just In: Two Senators abandon APC and PDP for Labour Party, NNPP
Two serving Senators on Wednesday announced their defection from Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress. Senator Francis Onyewusi (Imo East) who is a first-timer in the Senate, was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and he defected to Labour Party (LP). His counterpart in Bauchi, Haliru Dauda Jika (Bauchi Central) was a…
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Just In: We are in serious talk with Peter Obi, Kwankwaso confirms, speaks on President, VP allocation
The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso has confirmed that NNPP is in serious talk with Peter Obi on the possibility of a merger. The former Kano State Governor confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa.
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NNPP celebrates people who sacrificed their lives to enthrone democracy
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has paid tribute to the heroes and heroines of Nigeria’s democracy, particularly those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle to enthrone democracy in the country. The party paid the tribute in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Agbo Major, in Abuja on Sunday.
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2023: Kwankwaso affirmed NNPP presidential candidate
A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso has been affirmed as the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 elections. Kwankwaso, who was a sole aspirant, emerged as the party’s flagbearer through a voice vote by delegates at the party’s National Convention held at the Velodrome of the “Moshood…
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NNPP: Shekarau wins Kano central senatorial ticket
Former Kano state Governor and current senator representing Kano central district at the red chamber of the National Assembly has won the NNPP senatorial ticket ahead of next year’s general elections.
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Shina Peller’s visit to NNPP chieftain spark defection rumour
Insinuations are rife that Hon.Shina Peller may be defecting to the New Nigeria People’s Party in Oyo state to rekindle his desire to be a senator in the next administration. The lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, on Wednesday, visited the prominent leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party…
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Kano Rep defects from APC, says it’s time to move on
Alhaji Shamsudeen Dambazau, member representing Takai/ Sumaila Federal Constituency of Kano State has announced his decision to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dambazau in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said he was leaving the APC for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) under the leadership of Dr Rabi’u Kwankwaso.