The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Amadu Sule, managing director of TMDK Terminal Limited, over alleged N311 billion money laundering. Sule, who is described as an associate of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, was arraigned on Monday before the Federal High Court in Kaduna on a […]
A coalition of northern youth groups has raised the alarm, alleging ongoing plots to arrest prominent opposition political figures from the region. Prominent amongst those fingered for arrest includes former Kaduna state Governor, Mal. Nasir El-Rufai and former Kano state Governor, Mal. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. No Cardinal point has been advanced for the plots other […]
Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), months after briefly defecting to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai completed his registration and received his ADC membership card at the Ungwan Sarki ward office in Kaduna. He arrived with a large group of supporters, including former aides and […]
The Kaduna State Government has refuted allegation by the former governor of the state, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai that the state government pays a huge N1 billion to assuage bandits. The state government described as politically-charged, the allegations recently uttered by the former governor during an interview on Channels Television. Hon. (Dr.) Sule Shu’aibu, Commissioner, Ministry […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he turned down a proposal to endorse Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, as his successor in 2007. El-Rufai served as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and later as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during Obasanjo’s administration between 2003 and 2007. Speaking […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he declined a proposal to endorse Nasir el-Rufai as his successor in 2007 because he felt the former Kaduna governor “needed time to mature.” Obasanjo made the revelation on Friday while speaking at the second annual symposium of the Ajibosin Platform in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. El-Rufai served as […]
…as ONSA describes ex- Gov’s claims baseless, untrue Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El- rufai has been reprimanded by both the Kadua State government and the Office of the National Security Advisor (ONSA) for his claims over Saturday’s political crisis in Kaduna State. He was accused of spreading falsehood and inciting the public […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, emphatically challenged former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s forecast that President Bola Tinubu would finish a distant third in the 2027 presidential race, while stressing that Nigeria’s next election must be grounded in realistic political structures and not based on wishful expectations. Wike’s comments came during […]
Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, has accused the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) of politicising security while deflecting responsibility for rising banditry across the country. In a series of posts on his X account, El-Rufai responded to a press statement by ONSA which dismissed his earlier claim that the agency pays […]
Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, has made a bold claim about the outcome of the 2027 presidential election with President Tinubu coming a distant third. El-Rufai made this assertion on Sunday on Channels TV program; Politics Today, ahead of the election that he claimed would be a two-way horse. The former APC chieftain […]
Bashir Jamoh, the former director-general (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has revealed that Nasir El-Rufai is still a bona fide APC member. Jamoh made the statement at a press conference in Kaduna on Thursday, acknowledging that the ex-governor of Kaduna, El-Rufai is still a political force in the state. Despite […]
Ajibola Basiru, national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken a swipe at Nasir El-Rufai, advising the former Kaduna governor to “go and find a job” instead of attacking President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Basiru made the remarks during an interview with Tribune Online on Sunday, while responding to El-Rufai’s recent criticisms of the […]
By Idibia Gabriel Kaduna state government has accused the immediate past Governor of the State, Malam Nasir El-rufai, of falsehood for claiming that all the projects recently commissioned by Mr. President were initiated by his administration. This was contained in the refutation statement on Tuesday, signed by Ibraheem Musa, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to […]
By Agency Report Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that Nigerians have allowed bandits to occupy positions of authority in the nation. El-Rufai, while speaking at a Public Lecture to celebrate former Minister of Transport Rotimi Amechi, said, “What we have done in this country is to allow bandits, not the ones […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has revealed that the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is already working Atiku Abubakar in the future presidential elections come 2027. Galadima said the defection of El-Rufai to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), is a calculated plan to secure […]
As a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), I have fond memories of working with other compatriots to negotiate the merger of political parties that created the APC. It had been my hope since 2013 that my personal values and that of the APC will continue to align up to the time I […]
By Tom Okpe Immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rejected him, as a member of his cabinet, and not the National Assembly. He said as a bonafide member of the ruling Party, he is still a member of the Party, but only have reservations on how […]
…as fmr VP suggests how to immortalise Edwin By Tunde Opalana In what looks like a public display of a newly found political re- alignment, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and former governor of Kaduna State made public appearance together in Abuja on Friday. Atiku Abubakar led a delegation which includes el- Rufai to the […]
By Mathew Dadiya In a resounding show of support, the Extraordinary State Executive Committee Meeting of the APC held in Kaduna has passed a vote of confidence in governor Uba Sani, lauding his transformative initiatives and empowerment programmes as the immediate past governor, Nasir el-Rufai was not in attendance. The highest decision-making body of the […]
BY IDIBIA GABRIEL The former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The lawsuit was presented on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Kaduna state, by the former governor. El-Rufai is demanding a public apology from the lawmakers for a report they […]