Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, ex-Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and ex-Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, have visited former President Muhammadu Buhari at his Kaduna residence. According to a video seen by The PUNCH on X, other politicians who visited Buhari on Friday included the former Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami; former governor …

Former Jigawa State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Sule Lamido, has dismissed a call by ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, urging opposition leaders to join the Social Democratic Party. El-Rufai, who recently announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the SDP, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa. While he did not mention Lamido by …

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has refuted claims that he betrayed former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party ex-presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa, which started trending on Saturday, El-Rufai, who recently left the All Progressives Congress for the Social Democratic Party, urged opposition leaders, including Atiku, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State …

Former Kaduna State Governor and founding member of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, has dumped the ruling party for the Social Democratic Party. The prominent politician cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction of the APC as the primary reason for his decision. El-Rufai disclosed this in a press statement released on his X …

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, dismissed claims that he failed to support President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, stating that he has moved on from such allegations. Tinubu, backed by the All Progressives Congress, won the election against the main opposition candidates — Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the …

Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has waded into the war of words between National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and former Commissioner at the Police Service Commission (PSC), Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad. Ribadu had demanded a public apology and retraction from Muhammad whom he accused of lying against him in a Tik Tok video. In the Tiktok …

A former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has further cleared his stance on governance, saying he doesn’t belong to the class of politicians who pretend. He compared such public officeholders to Nollywood actors. This is coming a few days after the former governor and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress noted that if he were still in the President …

Hon. Bello El-Rufai, a member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna North, has urged the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to continue the fight against bandits who have disrupted farming activities across the country. El-Rufai emphasized that eliminating these criminals was crucial for allowing farmers to return to their farms and improving food production. He made the …

A former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has denied speculations in some quarters that he was preparing to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC). El-Rufai, who was cornered by newsmen, Tuesday at the venue of the just concluded National Conference in Abuja, said he was hard on the party to ensure they do the right thing. ‘I am …

The ad hoc committee set up by the State House of Assembly to investigate all finances, loans and contracts awarded under El-Rufai had on 5 June 2024, indicting the ex-governor and some of his appointees of siphoning N423 billion state funds. The Assembly, while adopting the report of the 13-man panel, asked the incumbent Governor, Uba Sani, to refer El-Rufai, …