{"id":197426,"date":"2026-03-23T03:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:41:18","slug":"kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano","title":{"rendered":"Kwankwaso Hosts Obi Makinde and Dickson in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday received former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso, who disclosed this in a post on his official Facebook page, said the senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Senator Seriake Dickson, was also at his Kano State residence.<\/p>\n<p>According to the post, the politicians were at Kwankwaso\u2019s residence for the \u201cjoyful Sallah celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelighted to host Their Excellencies, Peter Obi, Seyi Makinde, and Seriake Dickson at my Kano residence for this joyful Sallah celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWishing everyone peace, blessings, and prosperity,\u201d Kwankwaso wrote on his page.<\/p>\n<p>It was, however, unclear if Obi and Makinde visited the Kwankwassiyya Movement leader at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday received former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. Kwankwaso, who disclosed this in a post on his official Facebook page, said the senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Senator Seriake Dickson, was also at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kwankwaso Hosts Obi Makinde and Dickson in Kano - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday received former Anambra State Governor ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwankwaso Hosts Obi Makinde and Dickson in Kano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday received former Anambra State Governor ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T02:23:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T03:41:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774237214.948956.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwankwaso Hosts Obi Makinde and Dickson in Kano\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-23T02:23:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T03:41:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774237214.948956.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwaso-hosts-obi-makinde-and-dickson-in-kano\",\"name\":\"Kwankwaso Hosts Obi Makinde and Dickson in Kano - 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