Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- When someone casually typed, "Finally, the much-talked-about Almighty Kano has fallen to the APC," it felt like a curtain drop. Weeks of suspense, anxiety, partisan arguments, and relentless speculation suddenly found closure. The internet buzzed. Headlines raced each other. And then the confirmation landed: Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had officially resigned from the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP).



Punch Newspaper captured the moment with clinical precision on January 23, 2026, at 5:20 p.m., reporting that the Kano governor left the NNPP alongside a formidable political convoy: 21 members of the State House of Assembly, eight members of the House of Representatives, and 44 local government chairmen. The announcem...