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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has suffered a setback in his ongoing legal battle after a court declined his application seeking a variation of the bail conditions earlier imposed on him, meaning he will remain in custody pending the fulfillment of those conditions. The ruling was delivered by the Federal High Court, where…
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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has raised serious concerns over alleged unauthorized deductions from Nigeria’s federation account, claiming the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu has been withdrawing ₦100 billion monthly without due legislative approval. In a recent interview with ARISE TV, El-Rufai described the alleged deductions as a violation of the law and…
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Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he is pained about President Bola Tinubu’s failure because he and others supported his presidential bid despite knowing about his cocaine and certificate forgery scandals. Mr El-Rufai, in an interview with the BBC Hausa, said he supported Mr Tinubu despite knowing his sordid past because he…
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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has accused the ruling All Progressive Congress party of abandoning its founding principles and fostering poor leadership in the country. Nasir El-Rufai Spoke at a national conference in Abuja on strengthening democracy in Nigeria. He described the current state of governance and opposition as a “national emergency.” El-Rufai lamented…
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday received a visiting party led by the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai visited Atiku at his Asokoro residence in Abuja. This was disclosed by the former Vice President’s media aide, AbdulRasheed Shehu. El-Rufai’s visit was part of…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has summoned a former Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Jimi Lawal, over an alleged phoney Light Rail Project valued at N11 billion. Lawal was invited for questioning but failed to appear, prompting the ICPC to request the Department of State Service (DSS)…
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Former Governor of Kaduna State, Mal Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Henry Marah and Channels TV, with a ₦3 billion lawsuit over alleged defamatory comments about the probe of N423 billion loan. In a recent interview with Channels TV, Marah purportedly commented on the ongoing probe into…
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Parading under the auspices of Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance, KCWGG, a mob of protrsters have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe and arrest former governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The irate mob stormed the Kaduna State Government House on Thursday, demanding Governor Uba Sani to mandate…
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Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has damned the consequences of meeting with officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was seen in a viral video on social media paying a consultation visit to…
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Former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and eminent medical scholar Ali Pate are on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it was learnt this morning. Also nominated for cabinet positions are legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN); an economist Olawale Edun, banker…
Read More “At Last, Tinubu Releases Ministerial List, Wike, El-Rufai And Fagbemi On.” »