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Kano bigwig Rabiu Kwankwaso vies for seat in Tinubu government

Kano senator Rabiu Kwankwaso wants the job of minister of the Federal Capital Territory in Nigerian president Ahmed Bola Tinubu's new government. In exchange, he is offering to join his New Nigerian People's Party with Tinubu's APC coalition. [...]

Published on 30.05.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

Timipre Sylva, who is running for the post of governor of Bayelsa State, has done a series of deals with the local kingmakers to help him defeat the outgoing governor, and is seeking to take back the oil and gas producing Niger Delta state from the People's Democratic Party.

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Timipre Sylva, Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum and Resources, at the 33rd OPEC meet in Vienna, Austria, 5 October 2022.

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The members-in-waiting of Bola Tinubu's kitchen cabinet

The man who will take up residence in Aso Rock Villa for the next four years will gather around him a team of close collaborators, most of whom previously worked with him in Lagos. A handful of northerners who helped him to victory in a number of key states in the 25 February election should also have a significant presence in the new president's team.

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Bola Tinubu and his supporters in Abuja in March 2023.

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Kano bigwig Rabiu Kwankwaso vies for seat in Tinubu government

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Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

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