The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has submitted the names of the NDC candidates in the 19 Northern states, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Kwankwaso made this known in a statement posted on his verified X handle on Thursday.

He thanked the leadership of the party and all the candidates for their cooperation and unwavering commitment.

The former Kano State governor described the move as another decisive step towards building a formidable NDC team capable of competing strongly at every level.

According to him, the task ahead is promising, and he expressed their readiness to go ahead.

“In a spirit of complete collaboration, support and solidarity, I led the coordination and formal submission of National Democratic Congress, NDC, candidates across the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“Working closely with the National Working Committee, NWC, and candidates at all levels, the exercise was successfully concluded today, Thursday, 20th August 2026, with the formal presentation of all candidates’ names to the NDC National Leader, His Excellency Sen. Seriake Dickson,” he tweeted.

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumini Jibrin, has said supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano will retaliate against any attack or provocation directed at President Bola Tinubu, the state governor or the party.

Jibrin made the remark while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday.

His comment followed the burning of Tinubu’s signature cap and the APC broom by supporters of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in Kano.

In retaliation, APC supporters in the state reportedly burned Kwankwansiya signature caps associated with NDC leader and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Jibrin said the APC supporters would not allow anyone to ridicule Tinubu, the governor or the party.

He said, “When somebody comes with a knife and he’s trying to cut off my neck, what do you want me to do? To hold it and push it back.

“We don’t create trouble in Kano. We don’t look for trouble. All we do is that we just campaign. We’re minding our business. We don’t throw abuses at them. We know them very well.

“We will retaliate because we will not allow anybody to ridicule our president or our governor or our party. We will never allow that. Never, we will not.

“So, what do you think we should do? We should allow them to continue to burn our caps?

“In politics, that is self-defence. Show me one place where we looked for trouble.”

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

DAILY POST reports that Adeleke, who was re-elected on Saturday, August 15, arrived at the State House and proceeded straight to the president’s office for the meeting.

This came shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, issued certificate of return to Adeleke.

Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord, secured 511,067 votes to defeat Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, who polled 444,815 votes.