The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dissolved its entire executive structure in Kano State.
The decision, affecting committees at the state, local government, and ward levels, was announced by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Oladipo Johnson, on Friday.
Johnson stated that the National Working Committee (NWC) reached the resolution during an emergency meeting, acting under the provisions of the party’s constitution.
He added that caretaker committees would be established to manage the party’s affairs in the state until the national leadership issues further directives.
This move occurs amidst a significant internal conflict between the party’s national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the incumbent Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf.
Reports indicate Governor Yusuf is contemplating a defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a prospect strongly resisted by Kwankwaso and his allies within the NNPP.
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.
