By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A coalition of prominent politicians opposed to President Bola Tinubu led administration has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register a new political party, the All Democratic Alliance (ADA). The application, dated June 19, 2025, was received by INEC on June...
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Bello El-Rufai, a member of the House of Representatives and son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has admitted that he was naive in his criticism of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Speaking about his change of perspective, El-Rufai said, “I used to be very active in criticising...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that President Bola Tinubu’s developmental efforts have effectively dismantled any opposition coalition aiming to unseat the current administration in 2027. Wike made this assertion during the commissioning of major infrastructure projects in Abuja, including...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The former Governor of Kaduna State Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been accused of fueling political instability and ethno-regional violence, while calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order his immediate arrest and prosecution. The accusation was made known by the Youth Wing...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, dismissing their criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as “self-serving” and “desperate.” According to the APC,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, censured former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi over his hunger comment. At a media parley in the nation’s capital Abuja, Wike said Amaechi can’t stay out of power and his hunger comment was an insult to the sensibilities...
One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Chatham House in London in December 2022, allocating to leading members of his entourage the responsibility for answering various questions from members of the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; a Prelate, Catholic Church Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, and others have called for urgent action against poverty for sustenance of democracy. They made the call at a public lecture to commemorate former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi’s...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday met with former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola, a former close ally of President Bola Tinubu, received the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his apartment in Osun State. Atiku posted a video of the meeting on...
The coalition being formed by a the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi; a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, and others ahead of the 2027 elections to tackle President Bola Tinubu has decided on...
Ahead of the Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections, a new political movement under the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Nasiru El-Rufai Solidarity Group, also known as Nasiriya on Thursday inaugurated in Sokoto State. The group’s National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Babuga, who led the inauguration of the new state leadership, described...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has warned against what it perceives as plans by some “self-appointed” leaders of the North “to blackmail” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and prematurely return the presidency to their region. The Yoruba socio-cultural group, in a statement on Monday by...
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, says his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) is informed by the need to build a platform free from godfatherism and internal dysfunction. He said Nigeria urgently needs a credible political alternative to rescue it from existential threats. El-Rufa’i...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufa’i, and former Governor of Sokoto State and serving Senator, Aminu Tambuwal on Friday visited former President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Kaduna. Also on their entourage were the former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, former...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– The Kaduna State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has disowned former governor Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he is not a recognized member of the party in Kaduna State. The former Kaduna State Governor and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former allay of Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Hajiya Maryam Suleiman, has dumped the former Governor, describing his defection as a wrong political calculation. Hajiya Maryam, who was earlier suspended from the party for making...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Former Secretary of the Association of Local Governments Of Nigeria (ALGON), Kaduna State chapter, Alhaji Kabiru Jarimi, has refuted ex Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s claim that he never interfered with Area Councils’ funds during his tenure. Jarimi, who served under El-Rufai’s administration, described the claim...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja- A coalition of opposition political leaders, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and some Labour Party leaders, has strongly condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state...
Kaduna State House of Assembly has threatened to take legal action against former Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state for allegedly calling them “stark illiterates”. The members of the house described the allegation as a defamation of their character. The Chairman house committee on information, Henry Marah, stated this...
In the week in which former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai abandoned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to chart a different political trajectory with the Social Democratic Party (SDP), his son, Bashir, characteristically made it known that “Southern Kaduna residents will keep seeing sheghe if they continue to attack indigenous Fulani herdsmen.” Three things...