Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State amid speculations of the governor's exit from the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, confirmed that the president held a closed-door meeting with the governor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

While the specific agenda of the discussion was not disclosed, the meeting followed weeks of consultations by Mr Yusuf regarding his intention to defect to the ruling APC.

This visit marks the governor's first official audience with President Tinubu since the latter's return from the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

Neither the presidency nor the Kano State...