•El-Rufai and Ribadu The escalating confrontation between former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has revived a remarkable chapter in Nigeria’s 2007 succession politics as documented by El-Rufai himself in his 2013 memoir, The Accidental Public Servant. In pages 358 to 360 of the book, El-R...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress has come out swinging, condemning what it describes as an attempt by security operatives to arrest former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, without presenting a warrant. This is even by the time the dust settled at the airport, the political temperature had already risen, reports...
•El-Rufai and Atiku Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, paid a solidarity visit to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna State and stalwart of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), following a failed attempt to arrest him at the airport. Atiku disclosed the visit o...
•Nasir El-Rufai Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i, has said that while governors from the PeoÂples Democratic Party (PDP) are defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigerians are deÂfecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). El-Rufa’i assured that the wave of defection by governors will not stop Nigerians f...
•ADC National Chairman and ex-Senate President, David Mark, other party members at the unveiling event today The African Democratic Congress (APC) has unveiled its national secretariat in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja, the nation’s capital, ahead of the 2027 general elections. A former senate president and ADC national chairman, David Mark, led ot...
•Obasanjo and El-Rufai Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said he turned down the move to install former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as his successor in 2007 because of his lack of maturity. Obasanjo disclosed this in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the second edition of the annual symposium of the Ajibosin Platform themed “I...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and the former PDP National Chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, today visited the Bodija residence of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja. The delegation, which arrived around 12:20 p.m., was warmly received by the monarch, who personally led them into his inner chamb...
•El-Rufai and Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar today attended a meeting of the African Democratic Congress coalition leaders in Abuja, alongside several prominent politicians. Among those present were former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai; ex-Minister of Digital Economy, Isa Pantami; ADC National Chairman and former Senate Pre...
•Tinubu and El-Rufai President Bola Tinubu has no intention of remaining in office beyond May 28, 2031, if re-elected in 2027, the presidency has said, affirming that he remains committed to democratic principles. In a statement, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, said that the speculation by for...
•Obasanjo and El-Rufai The Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI) has said that recent debates over remarks by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, reflect concerns earlier expressed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo about his leadership style. In a statement signed yesterday by its Director of Strategic Communication, Dr Tunji Bamidele...

