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“It started three months into his tenure,” Buba Galadima reveals actual reason behind rift

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2026

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has revealed that the crisis currently rocking the party and its fallout with the Kano State Government began barely three months into Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s tenure. Speaking during a media interview on Friday, Galadima

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Kano Governor Abba Yusuf resigns from NNPP amid internal party crisis

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2026

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises and persistent leadership disputes within the party. The governor’s decision was announced in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa. Although the statement did not disclose Yusuf’s next

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Aso Rock’s Kano Dilemma: Abba Is Not the Prize

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2026

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is someone known to have a very big ego, but beyond that, he also has a formidable organic structure who are at his beck and call, one he built based on the Kwankwasiyya ideology. And I think it is now clear to Mr. President that the defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf […]

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Governor Yusuf holds strategic meeting with President Tinubu.

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2026

….Pushes for Kano’s Security and Mega Projects…. Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has held a strategic meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in presidential Villa Abuja, where he presented key priorities of his administration centred on security, infrastructure and stronger partnership with the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement signed by the

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President Tinubu holds closed-door meeting with Kano Governor Yusuf

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, at the State House, Abuja. Governor Yusuf arrived at the Presidential Villa shortly after 4:00 p.m. (WAT) and was received by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, who escorted him to the President’s office. Details […]

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Heavy security deployed at Kano Government House ahead of governor Yusuf’s planned defection

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2026

Heavy security presence has been deployed at the Kano State Government House amid reports of an imminent political defection by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. As of early today, security operatives drawn from various agencies were seen stationed within and around the Government House in Kano, with vehicular and pedestrian movements reportedly being closely monitored. The […]