A heavy protest erupted Saturday at the Odenigbo Lecture, Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, as angry crowds demanded the immediate removal of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and warned against Peter Obi’s presence. For security reasons, El-Rufai was swiftly whisked away after protesters declared he had no moral standing to lecture in a citadel of Igbo heritage, citing his […]
At least ten thousand Nigerians have signed a petition on change.com in less than 24 hours, demanding the United Kingdom, European Parliament, and European Union to place a travel ban on the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, due to the killings of Christians in Southern Kaduna as well as his alleged poor human rights record. […]
Under fire Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has blamed the recent havoc unleashed by bandits in the southern part of the state on alleged “reckless statements” by some religious leaders. Mallam el-Rufai said this during a visit on Saturday by the National Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah wa Iqamatul Sunnah, Sheikh Abdullahi Lau, […]
Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to say the very least, has been a very famous man recently. The former FCT minister has found himself making the headlines too frequently in recent memory, but for all the wrong reasons. Only recently, the governor had been invited by the Nigerian Bar Association as a […]
Kaduna State Governor-elect, Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, said, on Monday, that treasury- looters must be punished in line with the constitution of the country. El-Rufai who was reacting to the attempt by the out-going Kaduna State government to secure approval to spend N2.744 billion SURE-P funds, said the government had put pressure on the Kaduna […]
The Governor-elect for Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has said instead of pouring congratulatory messages on him and on the president elect, General Muhammedu Buhari, Nigerians should instead pity them and pray for them because the would be inheriting a “bankrupt economy.” El-Rufai made this statement at a reception organised for him by the […]
Kaduna State Governor-elect and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, said, on Tuesday, that the in-coming administration of President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, would inherit huge debt from the President Goodluck Jonathan government. He said Buhari would ask politicians both at the state and federal levels, who had dipped their hands into […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has called for a thorough investigation into the frequent killings in Southern Kaduna since 2011. El-Rufai, who was speaking to newsmen after his meeting with investigators from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said that there was the need for an independent […]