The 2023 Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has told former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and other opposition leaders that they cannot hijack the party for personal fight against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He told them that SDP is not a “getaway car for a conspiracy and robbery”. Adebayo…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he is not a recognized member of the party. El-Rufai and some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had left the ruling party for the SDP, citing disagreements with the APC’s current direction. However, the SDP leadership…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi and the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State have kick-started a movement aimed at ending President Bola Tinubu’s rule come 2027. This was confirmed by Atiku who read the text of a Press Conference addressed…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared that he never betrayed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ex-presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. El-Rufai made the remark while praying that opposition leaders like Atiku, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rivers ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola should join the Social Democratic Party, SDP. The former governor who…
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has launched a TikTok account to share his views on Nigerian politics and his new party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In an announcement video on Wednesday, El-Rufai invited users to engage with him through videos, comments and discussions on political affairs. “This is my only and official TikTok…
Amid the defection wave to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, the party’s presidential candidate in 2023, has announced his 2027 presidential ambition. Adewole, speaking on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Friday, March 14, 2025, expressed confidence that, regardless of the political stature of politicians defecting to the party, he would be their…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai has said that he sought for the permission of former President Muhammadu Buhari before he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, monitored by our correspondent in Kaduna on Thursday….
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of orchestrating and funding the ongoing crises in opposition parties, including the Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). El-Rufai, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party…
The immediate-past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a statement he issued on Monday, El-Rufai expressed his disappointment with the APC’s leadership style, accusing the leadership of the party of straying from the progressive ideals of its founding…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, paid a visit to former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and cleric Pastor Tunde Bakare in Lagos. The visit was disclosed by Muyiwa Adekeye, El-Rufai’s media adviser, in a tweet on Sunday. “Malam Nasir @elrufai was in Lagos today to visit Ogbeni @raufaregbesola and Pastor Tunde Bakare,” Adekeye wrote….