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Kwankwaso’s Son Resigns as Kano Commissioner for Youth and Sports

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2026

Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, son of former Kano Governor and NNPP national leader Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has resigned as Honourable Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development and member of the Kano State Executive Council under Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. In a statement released today,

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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 said the misunderstanding did not emerge suddenly, contrary to […]

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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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Tinubu open to meeting Kwankwaso amid defection talks

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is reportedly open to meeting with Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso following recent discussions with the Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, over possible political realignments. According to political sources, the President recently held talks with Governor Yusuf—widely regarded as Kwankwaso’s political godson—during which the issue of

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Alleged impeachment plot deepens rift between Abba Yusuf and Kwankwaso

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2026

Tensions within the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State have reportedly escalated following allegations of an impeachment plot against Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. According to an insider within the NNPP camp, the widening rift between Governor Yusuf and the party’s national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, stems from claims that Kwankwaso allegedly mobilised

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Abba Yusuf: I left because Kwankwaso was not honest with me

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2026

Gov. Abba Yusuf says he decided to defect to APC after uncovering a plot against him by kwankwaso A source revealed that Abba Kabir defection to the APC is his fight for his political survival and in response to his discovery of Kwankwaso’s insincerity with him. “The governor discovered that his political mentor was clandestinely […]