The decamping from the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP to the All Progressives Congress APC by the Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has caused the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to announce that the Kwankwasiyya movement will henceforth observe January 23 as “World Betrayal Day.”

Yusuf resigned his membership of NNPP on Friday, January 23, 2026.

Speaking in Hausa, the former Kano governor said, “I saw multiple talks regarding betrayal and many more on social media.

“But there was one post by someone who said there’s a need to declare 23rd January as World Betrayal Day.

“Because of that as a leader of this movement, I am now in support of the 23rd of January as a day of betrayal.

Governor Yusuf was accompanied by a mass defection involving 21 members of the Kano State House of Assembly, eight members of the House of Representatives, and all 44 local government chairmen in the state.

In his resignation letter, Yusuf attributed his decision to what he described as “deepening internal crises” and “prolonged leadership disputes” within the NNPP.

The development came just days after the governor held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House in Abuja, further fuelling political speculation.

Kwankwaso, through the Kwankwasiyya movement, played a central role in Yusuf’s emergence as Kano governor in 2023. However, in recent months, reports had suggested growing strains in the relationship between the two political allies, culminating in the governor’s dramatic exit from the party.

By Aliyu Musa
The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark has said the mission to rescue Nigeria from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is a collective one.

He stated this on Tuesday at a book presentation titled, “The Loyalist”, written by ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.

Mark called on opposition parties to unite to rescue and reshape the country.

He applauded the commitment of the author to the Nigeria project, noting that while most Nigerians are interested in personal benefits, Mallam Abdullahi “is a committed Nigerian, very patriotic.

“He is a straightforward person. He has paid his dues and done his best.”

Mark however dispelled the insinuation in some quarters, that the Doctrine of Necessity, which the Senate adopted to make Dr. Goodlukck Jonathan acting President in 2010, was influenced from outside.

“The Doctrine of Necessity is the sole responsibility of the Senate and has nothing to do with Kwara State or anyone from Kwara State.

“It was the sole responsibility of the Senators of that time,” he added.

Abdullahi however stated that while Nigerians are ready to vote out the APC government in 2027, the opposition is still divided.

“We are not coming together enough. We are not holding hands enough. Nigerians look at us; they see different enclaves and different entities. They see competition rather than cooperation,” he regretted.

The opposition spokesperson said Nigerians are waiting, and would be disappointed if opposition fails to unite to oust the ruling party in 2027.

“I am making this appeal: please, come together more. Let our followers direct their passion into the ADC.

“Let them know there is only one party, and our mission is bigger than anything—any individual or individual ambition.

“This is what I’m begging. So it is my hope that if this is the only thing that this gathering this afternoon is able to achieve, Alhamdulillah,” he pleaded.

By Saint Mugaga

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Solomon Bob, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Mr. Daniel Bwala, describing him as “an insignificant and attention-seeking operator promoted punching above his weight”.

The lawmaker also accused Bwala of what he called “malicious narrative distortion.”

Bob was reacting to comments made by Mr. Bwala on a television programme on Friday, in which he (Mr. Bwala) claimed that the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, had been “adequately compensated” while also implying that he was not allowing the governor of Rivers State to govern.

In a statement on Sunday, Hon. Bob stated that Mr. Bwala’s comments were “cheeky, unwarranted, and stemmed from premeditated bile.”

“You could see that he deliberately pivoted from the question to talk about the Minister having been adequately compensated, whatever that means. He doesn’t understand the Minister’s contribution to this administration.

“Clearly, he operates on the fringes. And sadly, he leaves the impression that he sees public office as a gravy train ride. Because public office is about service delivery, not adequate compensation.

“Next, he cheekily downplayed the Minister’s generally acknowledged superlative performance in the FCT by putting it down merely to exiting the TSA.

“Firstly, exiting the TSA itself was the Minister’s ingenious idea. Secondly, the President’s acceptance underlines his confidence in the Minister’s ability to deliver. That confidence is rooted in his strong record as Rivers governor, for which even President Buhari honoured him – and Buhari was never enamoured of Wike.

“Worse still, Mr. Bwala betrayed his absolute lack of judgment by implying that the Minister is impeding Governor Fubara from governing. The manner of his comment is classic implication framing from a confused individual who dabbles into everything and all things, including those beyond his competence and job description,” the statement continued.

According to Hon. Bob, Mr. Bwala “denigrates his office by infusing his public comments with his own sentiments and biases and passing them off as the president’s. But he wasn’t speaking for the President because the President knows who bears responsibility for the situation in Rivers. Mr. Bwala doesn’t really speak for the president, by the way. That’s not his remit and he is way down the pecking order of presidential spokesmen.”

Hon. Bob, who is a ranking member and chairman of the House Committee on Capital Market and Institutions, and represents Abua/Odual and Ahoada East Federal Constituency, claimed that perhaps Mr. Bwala is troubled by the bitterness he still nurses following Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s defeat at the 2023 elections.

“Mr. Bwala enthusiastically ran his mouth and spoke out of turn because Minister Wike got Atiku Abubakar on toast. Atiku was his boss until he jumped ship. Obviously, he is still overcome with a sense of what might have been, despite grovelling back to get a job in a government made possible by people like the Minister while he was engaged in typical self-serving rants elsewhere.”

Hon. Bob advised Mr. Bwala to know his level and be humble and grateful for the job he has because “despite his pretensions, he doesn’t convince many people that he has the ingredients to function in that capacity.”