The Kaduna Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the state’s former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to pay N900 million as damages for violating the fundamental rights of Adara community elders in 2019. Justice Hauwau Buhari delivered the judgment in the suit filed by Awemi Dio Maisamari and eight other elders of the community in Southern Kaduna. The court …

Three of Nigeria’s prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s former presidential candidate Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai — have sealed a political pact to unite against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. The trio reached a consensus on Tuesday, after months of behind-the-scenes …

The Forum of State chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), on Thursday, directed former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and other opposition leaders planning to join the party to follow due process. The chairmen said that new members can only be admitted  from their wards. Arising from an inaugural meeting of the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory  …

Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai caused a mild stir last week. Though the resignation of his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and gravitation towards the Social Democratic Party (SDP) did not come as a shock, the ruckus that attended them have been instructive. Torrents of negative comments have been heaped up as reactions to his decamping. …

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has restated his commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This followed reports that he had left the party, just as former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai quitting the APC for the Social Democratic Party. Fayemi, who had also served as Minister of Solid Minerals Development in the Muhammadu Buhari …

A former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has paid a visit to former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and renowned cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare in Lagos. In a tweet on Sunday, El-Rufai’s media adviser, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye wrote: ‘Malam Nasir @elrufai was in Lagos today to visit Ogbeni @raufaregbesola and Pastor Tunde Bakare’. The visit to Lagos came …

Former governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, has called for alliance and coalition across political divides in the country ahead of the 2027 general elections. He made the call during a condolence visit to the family of the late elder statesman and Niger Delta advocate, Edwin Clark. According to the former governor, the call became necessary to ‘save’ Nigeria which presently …

Watching Nigerian politicians sing from the other side of the mouth when they lose out in power game, can be interesting. In such moments, they are humbled. They momentarily shed their toga of arrogance and appear as patriots speaking for the people. Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, is currently in that state. Of late, he has been on …

Pro-North social-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), and some prominent voices from the northern region of the country have said the region cannot be forced to re-elect President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The ACF and other northern leaders declared that no individual could claim to be the mouthpiece of the North and, as such, it was wrong for the Chairman …

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said that he has heard about his possible arrest. A leader in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who was denied ministerial clearance by the Senate in 2023 on failure to pass security screening, has been locked in a war of words with some members of the President Bola Tinubu administration. …