Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, has alleged that his political opponents are planning to arrest, detain and torture him in a dungeon in the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). El-Rufai, however, vowed that he wouldn’t be intimidated by such threats. He said this in response to a warning from…
Bello El-Rufa’i, the eldest son of Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, has expressed displeasure over the rift between his father and the Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, stating that he is not in the position to intervene and reconcile both men. Bello, who is a member of the House of Representatives,…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, accusing him of “serious amnesia” over his denial of past comments allegedly made against President Bola Tinubu. Ribadu had, through his lawyer, Dr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), demanded a public apology and retraction from a Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Naja’atu Muhammad, who…
Former governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has accused his successor, Uba Sani of embarrassingly and sycophantly defending President Bola Tinubu. El-Rufai said the people of the state will judge Governor Sani. In a post on his X handle, El-Rufai said Sani’s sycophantic act was based on Federal Government’s grants in excess of N150 billion…
Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, says he does not pretend and cannot be one of the politicians who become “Nollywood actors” once in government. Recently, el-Rufai has been involved in a public war of words with some members of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The spat began after the former Kaduna governor criticised the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and other prominent politicians have been accused of planning to overthrow President Bola Tinubu. The allegation was made by a group known as Joint Action on Democracy (JAD). According to JAD, these politicians are aggrieved because President Tinubu has initiated reforms that are already…
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, says the distance between him and the All Progressives Congress (APC) is “widening”. El-Rufai, a chieftain of the APC, spoke on Monday at the national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria held in Abuja. The ex-governor criticised the party for allegedly straying from its core values and promoting…
Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, former Chief of Staff to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has implicated his former principal in a confessional statement related to an ongoing money laundering case against him. It will be recalled that the Chief Magistrate Court in Rigasa remanded Sa’idu at the Kaduna Correctional Centre following his arrest and arraignment by security…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Saidu, a former Chief of Staff to ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, on allegations of money laundering at the Federal High Court. Saidu, who also served as Commissioner of Finance in El-Rufai’s administration, was charged alongside Ibrahim Muktar, identified as…
Shehu Gabam, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, convened a “strategic meeting” at the party’s headquarters on Tuesday, which had Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, Hamza Al-Mustapha, the ex-aide to the late Sani Abacha, and other politicians in attendance. According to Segun Showunmi, a former spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar…