Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition before the Police Service Commission (PSC), accusing the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and some officers of gross misconduct, abuse of office, and serial violations of the Police Act. In a letter dated September 8, El-Rufai urged the PSC to launch an immediate and…
Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been summoned by the Kaduna State Police Command. He was summoned alongside key members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kaduna. According to the letter sighted by Daily Trust, they were invited for questioning over alleged criminal conspiracy, incitement of public disturbance, mischief, and…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso, has accused former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, of resorting to “blackmail and lies” in an alleged bid to undermine President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued to journalists in Kano on Tuesday, Kwankwaso described…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Kaduna has described the assertion by former governor, Nasir El-Rufai that Christians constitute less than 25% of the state’s population as blatant falsehood, contradicted by verifiable data from the Nigerian National Population Commission. The CAN state chairman, Rev Caleb Ma’aji Bawa on Monday, in a statement refuted the…
Presidential adviser Bayo Onanuga has accused former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, alongside a number of politicians, of allegedly working to unseat President Bola Tinubu. Onanuga, in a statement shared on X on Monday, described the move as ironic, recalling that El-Rufai himself once acknowledged that four years was too short a period for…
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says Rotimi Amaechi and Peter Obi should stop making one-term promises because no one believes them. The ex-minister spoke during an appearance on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme. Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has maintained that he will serve only one term if elected…
Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, has intensified his criticism of the current administration, predicting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will finish third in the 2027 presidential election. El-Rufai, now a leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, stated on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics that he had “done my maths” and concluded that…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has ruled out contesting for any political office in the 2027 general elections, stating that his renewed participation in politics is driven by a commitment to support credible leadership rather than personal ambition. El-Rufai made the declaration in Kaduna on Wednesday while receiving a delegation of youths who…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has tasked former Kaduna State Governor and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to shelve political campaigns and wait for 2027 before unfolding a media war against the ruling party. National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, gave the admonition on Sunday while speaking with Tribune…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said his entry into politics was driven by a desire to serve the nation, not for personal enrichment. Speaking during a grassroots mobilisation tour in Sokoto State on Saturday, he said it had become necessary for patriotic Nigerians to rise and rescue the country from what he described…