{
  "id": 692159,
  "title": "Ex-NUJ chair emerges Kano LP deputy gov’ship candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ex-nuj-chair-emerges-kano-lp-deputy-govship-candidate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:05:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/ex-nuj-chair-emerges-kano-lp-deputy-govship-candidate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Kano State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) chairman, Comrade Abbas Ibrahim, has been announced as the Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the upcoming February 2027 election. On Tuesday, Ibrahim tendered his resignation from his position as the National Trustee, Zone A of the NUJ, after being selected as the running mate to the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Hamisu Santuraki.\n\nThe former NUJ chairman expressed his gratitude and humility in a resignation letter, stating that he had decided to resign from his NUJ position to fully dedicate himself to the new role and actively participate in the political process. Ibrahim's decision was made with the support of the Labour Union in Kano State, following a call to become more directly involved in politics.\n\nIbrahim, who previously worked as a crime reporter for Radio Kano, covering judiciary and crime stories, had also served as a Lagos correspondent for New Express between 2000 and 2002. He has now retired from his role as a journalist.",
  "summary": "Former chairman of the Kano State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Abbas Ibrahim, has emerged as the Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour party for the February 2027 election. Ibrahim, who until Tuesday was an NUJ National Trustee Zone A, tendered his resignation from the post during the NUJ National Executive […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}