The scheduled defection of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been delayed.
Initially set for January 5, 2026, the move has been rescheduled to January 12, 2026.
A source close to the governor stated that Yusuf requested the extension during a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima in Abuja on Friday.
The governor reportedly seeks more time to consult with state legislators and key stakeholders who have not yet fully endorsed the planned political shift.
The potential defection has stirred considerable political activity in Kano, a major center of northern Nigerian politics. Meanwhile, the NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, has denied rumors of an internal exodus from the party’s Kwankwasiyya movement.
Johnson clarified that Governor Yusuf has not formally notified the party’s leadership of any intention to defect and dismissed speculation that NNPP leader Rabiu Kwankwaso had approved such a move.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
