The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has described the actions of the Nigeria Labour Congress as the same with bandits in the state. He made this statement in a tweet on his social media handle. El-Rufai stated, “KDSG views NLC actions as the mob equivalent of bandits that are kidnapping and menacing our citizens. Bandits […]
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says protests and strike action embarked upon by workers in the state will not alter plans to sack some of them. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state had embarked on strike to protest against mass disengagement of workers and other alleged anti-labour moves by the government. NLC National […]
A political group, the World Igbo Peoples Assembly (WIPAS), has berated Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for saying the South-East region will not get the 2023 Presidency by threatening other Nigerians with secession. Recall that El-Rufai had warned the southeast against using threats or ‘shouting victimhood’ as a means to grab the 2023 presidency. Speaking […]
According to Sun News, the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that the only way to eradicate banditry in the country is for the military to bomb the forests where they hide and destroy them completely. The governor said that his other colleagues were in agreement that bandits must be fully eradicated […]
The only way to make schools clean, according to Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, is to destroy all robbers. This was mentioned by the governor on Tuesday in Abuja at a conference on Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria. The Nigerian Air Force, according to El-Rufai, should bomb the forests where bandits have been hiding out. […]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has met with the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday. The meeting, held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House in Kaduna, came days after Adeboye disclosed that eight members of his church abducted in Kaduna had been regained freedom. […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Sacking and disengagement of workers have almost become a policy of the Kaduna State Government since the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumed power in the State in 2015, under Mall. Nasir El-Rufai led the administration as Governor. A Former federal Lawmaker and immediate past Governorship candidate of the main opposition party, people’s […]
By Idibia Gabriel Kaduna State Governor, Mal Nasir El-Rufai has been accused of blackmailing Christian leaders on a television programme, when he accused them of lying about the figures they gave on the numbers of victims in the hands of bandits. Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, Rev Joseph John […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has signed into law the amended penal code 2020 which allows surgical castration for a rapist upon conviction, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. The governor’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday after the amended law was passed by the Kaduna State House of Assembly last […]
At least 7,000 people have signed a petition calling on the United Kingdom and the European Union to place a visa restriction on Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai. READ ALSO: El-Rufai’s sanction extended as Oshiomhole, Kano, Kogi governors make US Visa Ban List The petition, which was initiated by a former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri, […]
While urging northern traditional leaders not to relent in leading the campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has stressed that the cost of treating COVID-19 patients is very expensive. READ ALSO: El-Rufai advised not to create Hausa Emirate in Chikun The governor who made […]
By Kayode Ajulo The perceived ‘exodus’ and self-deregistration on the part of some members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) from the upcoming Annual General Conference, in what appears to be presumptive indignation over the inclusion of the Governor of Kaduna State, Gov. Nasir El-Rufai as one of the keynote Speakers at the annual bar […]
The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) has indicted the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of “selective justice and a slant application of the rule of law” concerning its removal of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the speakers’ list of its forthcoming Annual General Conference. The group requested that the NBA either “cancel the allotted time which […]
The Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar paid a private visit to the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai over the southern Kaduna killings. READ ALSO: Large crowd welcomes Sanusi on first visit to north after dethronement According to Daily Post the Senator representing Kaduna North in the National Assembly, Suleiman Abdu-Kwari was also attend the […]
The Kaduna State Government has arraigned an Anglican Bishop of Zaria Diocese, Abiodun Ogunyemi, in court for saying that the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, will never be President of Nigeria, Daily Times gathered. The bishop made the statement about El-Rufai not being president in November 2019 in response to the demolition of churches in Kaduna […]
The lawyer to Kaduna State governor and senior advocate, AbdulHakeem Mustapha, in a letter reacted to the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to withdraw the Governor Nasir el-Rufai as panelist in the Annual General Conference of the association. READ ALSO: NBA President speaks on El-Rufai’s withdrawal from the conference Mustapha in a letter to […]
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has lifted the ban on daily prayers and church services in places of worship across the state. The decision, according to the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a statement, was taken on the recommendation of the state COVID-19 Task Force. El-Rufai said the health […]
In the midst of the ongoing controversy about NBA leadership actions, Mr. Usoro defended his decision concerning El-Rufai on Friday. “I have received several messages from our members that have attributed ethnic and religious considerations to the decision. That is not correct and is very far from the truth. Neither the NBA nor NEC belong […]
Only a few hours after the announcement by the Nigerian Bar Association that the invitation to Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the Association’s annual conference next week would be rescinded, several human rights activists have hailed NBA’s resolution to withdraw the invitation to the former FCT Minister. Notably, the Socio-Economic Rights […]
Following protests from some lawyers, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. The NBA said this in a tweet on Thursday. The tweet read, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State […]