The electoral ‘sword of Damocles’ was dangled on Ibrahim Dankwambo and Abiola Ajimobi, both governors of Gombe and Oyo states respectively as they failed to win their senatorial bids. Dankwambo of the Peoples Democratic Party lost the Gombe North senatorial seat to Sa’idu Alkali, the All Progressives Congress candidate , while Ajimobi, who contested on the platform of the Read More
Kano, the political headquarters of Northern Nigeria was agog yesterday in a fanfare atmosphere. The occasion? Over 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiyya movement decamped from the PDP to join the APC. This is just another in a series of defection we have witnessed in the Country since the beginning of this year. It amazes me when I hear people say Read More
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has submitted the name of Abba Yusuf the son-in-law of the former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s gubernatorial candidate. According to source at the party headquarters in Abuja, Yusuf was among the list of candidates submitted to the electoral body in Abuja, Thursday, last Read More
It is an established precedence in our democratic culture that whenever elections approach, the atmosphere would be saturated with self-styled prophesies, postulations and self-promotional media hype. In another angle, cross carpeting by politicians is equally taking the center stage all due to inordinate lust and desperation to occupy political positions. Yes, it’s desperation shrouded by the abridgement of internal democracy Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has met with members of the new PDP bloc of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). The meeting, which took place yesterday, held behind closed doors inside vice-president’s Aguda residence, at the presidential villa, Abuja. The nPDP had requested a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari after cataloguing the group’s grievances against the APC administration. Blueprint gathered Read More
One of the building blocks of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has fired a letter to the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, alleging marginalization. In this report, ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARI’YAU examines the issues that are threatening to implode the ruling APC For a long time, the move has been widely anticipated because all seems Read More
Barely 10 months to the presidential election in 2019, some serious and others not too serious presidential aspirants have started jostling for the job of incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari. PATRICK ANDREW writes Not a few were in suspense over the likelihood of President Muhammadu Buhari re-contesting for the exalted office he currently occupies. Severally, he has said that he will Read More
Of recent, I became fully involved in the activities of President Muhammadu Buhari, I was supporting many of his policies, even though, it doesn’t stops me from criticizing him but I see no reason why I should not work and support the success of a government that I worked in seeing its emergence a reality. When the APC decided to Read More
Kano State Commissioner for Rural Development, Honourable Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, has dismissed the aspiration of former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to contest for the presidency in 2019 as a huge joke. The commissioner, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) said former Governor Kwankwaso lacks the capacity Read More
Ahead of the 2019 general election, a group, the Amalgamated Igbo Political Pressure Group (AIPPG) has given the nod to the candidature of former governor of Kano state, Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso. In a statement signed by its National coordinator, Lady Rosemary Ukiwe and National secretary, Hon Romanus Azubuike respectively, the group noted that they were convinced that the former Kano Read More
The hostile political relationship between Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje and his predecessor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is now a major cause of worry for Kano indigenes and Nigerians in general. However its effect have been seen rubbing off on the infamous Kano underage voting picture and videos which was circulating in the public sphere recently, hence threatening the integrity of Read More
Promises to resign if he fails A former governor of Kano state and the senator representing Kano-central, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared his intention to run for president in next year’s elections, vowing to resign and never to seek second term if he failed to deliver on his promises. Kwankwaso, who promised to fi x the country “within a Read More
Former governor of Kano state and Senator representing Kano central, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has declared his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election, saying he will resign and refuse to seek a second term if he fail to deliver on his promises. Kwankwaso, who promised to fix Nigeria within a very short term added that nobody else could do this. Read More
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state and his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso were political soul mates since 1999. As governor, Ganduje was Kwankwaso’s deputy and when the latter became Minister of Defence, Ganduje was Special Assistant. When Kwankwaso staged a comeback in 2011 as governor, Ganduje was again his deputy. In 2015, Ganduje succeeded his boss but almost Read More
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has said that the state has the highest number of delegates in the All Progressives Congress (APC) that would determine who gets the presidential ticket of the party in the 2019 general elections. In an exclusive interview with Blueprint newspaper in Abuja, Ganduje said all the 342 delegates in the state would vote Read More
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state, has opened up on his relationship with his predecessor and erstwhile boss, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Ganduje and Kwankwaso, both of the ruling All Progressives Congress, are currently engaged in a face-off , with the governor saying he won’t allow the lawmaker to control his administration from outside. Kwankwaso, the immediate former governor Read More
*Says underage voters mere propaganda Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state said on Tuesday that his decision to resist moves by his predecessor, Mr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to remote control him was the genesis of their feud in recent times. Ganduje said this in Abuja while fielding questions from State House correspondents on the sidelines of Hightable Dialogue on Ethical Read More
By Ariyo-Dare Atoye Having studied the character of Nigerian election cycle since 1999, I believe it is unlikely there will be a let-off in the rising tension in the political space. The state has vacillated too much; and, there is always no proactive mechanism in place to arrest this dangerous slide in elections season. The usual last-minute interventions by stakeholders Read More
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje says there will be no reconciliation between his political pressure group, Gandujiyya and Kwankwasiyya, a political group owned by Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso. DAILY POST had report that no fewer than six members of the Kwankwasiyya and Gandujiyya groups of the All Progressives Congress were on Sunday injured in Kano following a clash between the Read More
By Bashir Mohammed Kano A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Arch. Aminu Abubakar Dabo, has confirmed that Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was still a card-carrying member of the party, despite the reports being bandied about in the media that he was set to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking to newsmen in Kano yesterday, shortly after receiving Read More
As a party that is known for its ideological purity, the Peoples Redemption Party(PRP) stands out of the motley crowd of the over 50 odd political parties in Nigeria, for its history and consistency. However, the party is now trying to open up and accommodate what may seem like strange bedfellows into its fold. In this interview with IBRAHEEM MUSA, Read More
By Bashir Mohammed Kano Contrary to widely circulated rumour that the Kano state government under the leadership of governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had concluded plan to prevent the immediate past governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso from coming to the state, Commissioner for Information, Comrade Muhammad Garba, has described the rumour as baseless and totally unfounded. Speaking to newsmen in Kano Read More
By Joshua Egbodo Abuja A group, South-west Youth Assembly, has called on former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to run for the office of president in the 2019 general elections. National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Olanrewaju Tekun, in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said Kwankwaso would serve the country’s interest better, if elected as president. “The executive Read More
By Bayo Alabira Dutse Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and presidential hopeful, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has appealed to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and governors Aminu Tambuwal and Abdulfatah Ahmed of Sokoto and Kwara states respectively as well as former governors, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, Attahiru Bafarawa, and Aliyu Wammako that defected from the party to the APC before Read More
By Bode Olagoke Abuja– Former governor of Kano state and the lawmaker representing Kano Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly , Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has appointed a member, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Buba Galadima, as the director- general of his presidential campaign team ahead of the 2019 general elections, Blueprint Read More
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