The National leader of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday met with the former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Details of what the two men discussed at the meeting held at Aregbesola’s Lagos residence could not be immediately ascertained. But sources in the Osun State chapter of the NNPP, who preferred to remain anonymous since he …

Political parties in the country have raised concerns over the coming into power of United States President Donald Trump, expressing fear that his flurry of executive orders might have affected African countries, including Nigeria. Since his inauguration on Monday, Trump said Washington could impose tariffs on major trading partners; including Canada, Mexico and China, as soon as 1 February. He …

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said he is always surprised when former governor of the state and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 poll, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, say he has the support of Kano people. Ganduje spoke during the 8th and 9th APC Kano …

Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) on Saturday announced that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) swept all the 44 local government chairmanship seats and 484 councillorship seats in the council polls held on Saturday. KANSIEC Chairman, Prof. Sani Lawal Malurnfashi, who briefed reporters on the outcome of local government election at the commission’s headquarters in Kano, described the election …

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended the Secretary to the Kano State Government, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, and the Commissioner for Transport, Muhammad Diggol. The Kano State NNPP chairman, Hashimu Dungurawa, announced the suspension of the two government officials on Monday evening. According to Dungurawa, the suspension came after the party received multiple complaints from the ward and local …

The chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State received yet another major boost on Monday with the defection of hundreds of members of other parties, notably from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and other fringe parties joining the ruling party in …

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Friday announced a change in its logo and slogan, saying the confusion brought about by the old logo was partly responsible for its loss in the 2023 general elections. The party has dropped the old logo with a largely green background and a touch of blue with a basket of agricultural produce in …

A former Ondo State governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olugbenga Edema, who defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Wednesday, rejected an offer to return to the ruling party. The politician was among the 15 aspirants who lost the APC governorship ticket to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Online platforms and social media were awash with the …

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) yesterday told President Bola Tinubu to tread with maximum caution over an alleged signing of defence pact with the French Government or United States. The NNPP national publicity secretary, Ladipo Johnson, who raised the alarm over such a pact, said it would have disastrous implications for Nigeria’s internal peace as well as her relationship …

The faction of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) under the leadership of Major Agbo on Tuesday suspended the Kano State Governor, Mallam Abba Yusuf, for six months over his failure to appear before a disciplinary committee to defend an alleged infraction against the party’s constitution. Yusuf’s suspension was announced by the National Secretary of the faction, Ogini Olaposi, at a …