press9jatv: Barring last-minute changes, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will defect to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday.
The defection is coming almost a week after THE WHISTLER reported that all was set for his move.
Kwankwaso was billed to defect to the ADC last Wednesday, but sources close to him said it was postponed to allow “sticky points” to be ironed out. One of the conditions was to enable the former governor to produce the governorship candidate for the ADC in Kano.
While the ADC pushed for an open ticket to allow interested aspirants to contest, Kwankwaso insisted on anointing a candidate.
Canada is looking for new skilled immigrants from Ghana! Engineers, Consultants, Finance & HR professionals are in high demand for jobs. Canadian Visa Expert by TaboolaSponsored Links Kwankwaso is looking in the direction of Nasiru Gawuna, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023, who was defeated by his anointed candidate and current governor under the NNPP.
Sources said the ADC leadership accepted Kwankwaso’s condition and would allow Gawuna, who is also expected to defect to the ADC on Monday, during the ceremony to welcome the former minister, to get the ticket.
Also expected to defect alongside Kwankwaso is the immediate past Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdussalam, who resigned from office a few days ago.
Kwankwaso is to be made the leader of the ADC in Kano and will also be regarded as a national leader of the party.
Another condition Kwankwaso reportedly pushed was to “at least get the ADC presidential running mate,” but this was not granted, with the explanation that the party’s candidate is at liberty to choose a running mate.
Kwankwaso was said to have accepted this, knowing there was no time for alignment and prolonged negotiations, especially after his political godson, Abba Yusuf, dumped the NNPP for the ADC, leaving the former governor “politically deflated.”
The Kwankwasiyya movement, the political base of the former defence minister, confirmed the development in a statement, saying its leader will move to the ADC on Monday. It said the ceremony is scheduled to be held in Kano.
The worst enemy of hypertension. Read before it's deleted. Important information. Read now! Cardizoom by TaboolaSponsored Links The negotiations concluded a few days after the initial botched defection, following a visit by the National Secretary of the ADC and former Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, to Kwankwaso at his Abuja residence.
Kwankwaso, who confirmed the visit on his X page, did not disclose details of their discussions. However, a member of the Kwankwasiyya movement privy to the talks said Aregbesola returned with answers to Kwankwaso’s final demands.
“The former governor understood that time was of the essence, and the ADC leadership also recognised Kwankwaso’s influence and what Kano represents, so both sides shifted ground and struck an agreement.
“That is why we are all defecting on Monday, all things being equal,” the member, who contested for the House of Representatives in the 2023 election under the NNPP in Kano, told THE WHISTLER on Sunday.
He said Kwankwaso’s defection was a matter of when, not if, “having seen what happened with the defection of the governor to the APC, the role of the former governor and national chairman of the APC in the state, as well as the reception when Peter Obi visited during the annual Kwankwasiyya Eid festival in Kano.
“Remember, supporters repeatedly chanted Peter Obi during the festival. If you watched the video, both our leader and Obi acknowledged the applause and delivered brief speeches at the Eid celebrations, and the crowd went wild.”
He, however, said, “The movement will not be bothered if our leader does not emerge as the ADC running mate. It is all for the good of the country.”
The National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, did not respond to text messages seeking comment as of the time of filing this report. Calls to his telephone line returned unavailable.
Ofunaofu: The former of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike says he has not endorsed anyone for the forthcoming governorship election stressing that the slot is open for all. Barrister Woke who stated this while addressing Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Abuja during a pre-convention reception organized for them, vowed that “what happened before would not happen again.
He noted that God is not “stupid” to have given them the opportunity to correct their mistakes, emphasizing that it is only the one who fails to cash in on such opportunity that should be considered to be stupid.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), vowed that no amount of intimidation or blackmail will make him repeat the mistakes he made before, even as he said that the governorship position this time will not be reserved for any ethnic group in the state. “I have been hearing people say that I have endorsed them , it’s their business.
What happened to us before will not happen again “Nobody should be carried away with the speculations on social media, I’m not there . Whatever you read on social media please know that I’m not there” he said. Minister Wike however warned the people to be mindful of what they read and hear on social media, stressing that at the appropriate time, they will look one another “eyeball to eyeball” and take the necessary decisions“.
This time our eyes are open and our ears are on the ground. So, if you like, for your selfishness go and collect electric pole contract or drainage contract, that’s your business. I’m not there. “Whoever is meeting you and telling you that he is close to me, I want to tell you that everybody is close to me. If the person can be, you too can be,” Wike said
When it comes to Nigeria politics, Wike knows what he is doing.
When it comes to Rivers politics, Wike knows what he's doing.
Wike is going to use a PDP candidate in Rivers State to unseat Fubara. Take this to the bank today. Fubara will get APC ticket but the candidate that will emerge after PDP primaries will be used by Wike to unseat him, that's why he made that statement "PDP will surprise everyone" and now he's saying the slot is open to all.
Conclusively, Fubara will get the APC ticket but Wike will produce a candidate from the PDP who will win Fubara during the Gubernatorial elections. This is why Wike is still holding unto the PDP and is preparing a convention soon.
ifinger: This lady I just started dating . She uses waist bead and leg chain ⛓️💥 I have heard about many fetish thing about girls who wear them should I be concerned?
I like ladies that wear waist beads. In fact I don already tell my babe make she start to dey wear.
There are men who read law, knew the law and applied the law. If you read law reports of years back detailing some sound judgments you'd know and if you read law reports of recent years, you'll know that the judiciary has gone to the dogs who are only interested in political gifts; cars, mansions etc.
givedemwotowoto: We’re waiting to hear all about the extension cord phone tapping equipment they found in his home that made them keep him in detention for this long.
Meanwhile this is how proceedings are going
And the day El-rufai finds himself back to power either as a President or Vice, he will open a corruption charge against Tinubu who by then is an ex President, same treatment will be meted to all those whom Tinubu used to get El-Rufai to this stage of his life and the circle continues. El-Rufai is a cat with 9 lives.
Demigod22: My girlfriend came around last Friday and stayed till Saturday. I went through her phone with her permission, of course. I didn't see anything serious. Out of curiosity I checked her chats with her sister's fiance, I saw some uncomfortable messages he sent to her. He sent messages like WHEN LAST DID YOU KISS? HAVE YOU BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE? SEND ME YOUR PICTURES, SEND ME VOICE NOTE, CAN I BE YOUR VAL OR I KILL MYSELF.
This man is in his early 50s and my girlfriend is turning 22 next month. He is even a divorcee, he come to their house and everyone respects him.
From their chats, my girlfriend didn't encourage anything, but the only issue I have with her was when I asked her why didn't she tell me the man was hitting on her? She said she thinks IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. And I asked if she knew what the man is driving at, she said SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
I told her that since she has the power to decide what's important and not, she can handle her affairs, and her elder sister would be very proud of her when she eventually finds the chats. She has been trying to be extra nice and downplay the whole situation but I just told her life no hard. Let's just catch cruise.
This man is telling her that she should be a good girl for him and he will spoil her, when he returns to Nigeria, he will take her out more often. The fact that this girl is pretending or acting to be ignorant of this old man's intentions is what turned me off.
That man go fuvk your girlfriend. Dey there Dey write epistle. Most 22 years old no get sense. Na style the man go use tear her.
RNNTV: Popular streamer Habeeb Hamzat Adelaja (Peller) is trending after gaining unauthorized access to the palace of the Oba of Benin during his nationwide tour.
According to reports, the visit was carried out without proper approval from the Benin Traditional Council, leading to what has been described as a serious breach of palace protocol.
The fallout has been massive:
A chief linked to the incident has been suspended indefinitely
A palace staff member has been arrested and charged by the police
A queen allegedly involved is now facing disciplinary proceedings that could lead to removal
The council has also reportedly declared Peller wanted and demanded that he appear before palace authorities and submit an apology.
Peller, however, is said to be considering a legal response instead of appearing before the council.
The situation has sparked widespread debate, with many pointing to the clash between modern social media culture and long-standing traditional institutions like the Benin Kingdom.
I was clearing the garden in my backyard and while I was trying to dig out a dead stick, I hit an object that looks like a pot. I hard to carefully dig it out it other to identify it, but I don’t seem to know. Please can anyone here identify it?
I broke it to see the internal contents but it was just filled with sand.
Please I need for views in order to identify this item
You don finally free that family after many years. E fit be say na your Grandfather tie that family.
You'll never see Helinues and co here. They will view and pass the country don reach their hand and them no fit do anything. Na Peter Obi and Atiku matter full their head.
internationalman: For those premier League fans that are quick to call other leagues farmers league, how e dey do una now. Una forget say football na game wey dey shift. It's all about opportunity, chances and timing.
Nor be to get 6 teams for knockout stages, what matters is how many are going to go though to final.
The point is, there's good football everywhere, you are just concentrating on premier League alone which is understandable due to how exciting the league is.
That being said, this current Man City is the weakest pep Guardiola team in his career and I think DONARUMA is not that much of a good keeper as we are made to believe. He doesn't know how to time his runs and he reacts prematurely every time.
In a certain CITY, a MAN was raped today by REAL men
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suffering no dey tire them.
