Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, has once again been drawn into the leadership crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), as the faction led by Dr. Major Agbo insists that the commission must suspend all elections until its “authentic logo” appears on ballot papers. In a strongly worded letter dated Aug. 25, the party’s lawyer,…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State has rejected the outcome of the Tsanyawa/Ghari state constituency re-run election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Chairman of the party in the state, Hashimu Dungurawa, stated this during a news briefing on Sunday in Kano. Dungurawa, who applauded the performance of its…
As Nigeria looks ahead to the 2027 general elections, one of the country’s prominent opposition parties, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has warned that unresolved issues around party leadership recognition could sow seeds of political turmoil. In a press release from Lagos, Dr Ogini Olaposi, the NNPP’s National Secretary, criticised the Independent National Electoral…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it will be huge relief for members, if its 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso joins the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement by the NNPP National Secretary, Mr Oginni Olaposi on Sunday in Lagos. Olaposi was reacting to the resignation of APC…
The national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has received no fewer than 1,230 former supporters of Hon. Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila back into the NNPP. The defectors, who hail from Albasu and Sumaila Local Government Areas in the Kano South Senatorial District, were…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), says the mantra of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu should be the driving force to attain the potentiality of our great country. Dr Boniface Aniebonam, Founder and Chairman, Board of Trustees of NNPP stated this on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, renewed hope means that…
The National Leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has cautioned Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso to stop using the party’s name for unwarranted attacks on the Presidency and All Progressives Congress (APC). The Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Oginni Olaposi said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Olaposi stated that the contract between…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has faulted Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso for describing members of the Kwankwassiya Movement, who defected to the APC as betrayers, insisting that Kwankwaso is the betrayer. Recall that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State and National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, slammed some key members of the NNPP in…
Mr Olugbenga Edema, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the Nov. 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, has resigned from the party. Edema’s resignation letter addressed to the NNPP chairman in Mahin Ward 11, in Ilaje Local Government of the state, was made available to newsmen on Sunday in Okitipupa….
The Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Sen. Kawu Sumaila has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio read the letter of the lawmaker’s defection at plenary on Wednesday. According to Sumaila in his letter his…
