•Atiku and El-Rufai Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appointed Malam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, into his Campaign Council. Atiku, Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), announced this in a statement today. El-Rufai is currently in custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other off...
•Nasir el-Rufai Ahead of the 2027 general elections, political associates and former allies of immediate past Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have returned to the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and subsequently declared their support for the incumbent Governor, Senator Uba Sani. Those reportedly aligning with the Uba Sani-led political camp...
•El-Rufai and Christopher Musa Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd.), to provide evidence backing an allegation that El-Rufai planned killings in Southern Kaduna or publicly retract the claim. Musa had accused the former Minister o...
•El-Rufai and ICPC operative Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a fresh N10 billion suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the alleged denial of access to his wife and son while in custody. The suit, filed by his lawyer, Ubong Akpan, also lists the Chairman [&hel...
•Nasir El-Rufai The family of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disowned a letter circulating on social media and purportedly signed by the African Democratic Congress chieftain. In a statement issued today by his son, Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, on behalf of the family, the document, titled “Urgent Message” and dated July 14, 202...
•Nasir el-Rufai Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has moved a step closer to testing the strength of the case against him after the Department of State Services (DSS) formally closed its prosecution in the alleged wiretapping trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The development came during proceedings today when counsel to...
•El-Rufai A lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, who is the second prosecution witness in the trial of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai over alleged phone tapping of the phone lines of the National Security Adviser and breach of national security, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the former governor admitted during a television [&hel...
•Nasir El-Rufai and ICPC operative The El-Rufai Support Group Association (ERSGA) has announced the engagement of Washington-based advocacy organisation Vanguard Africa to lead a campaign aimed at drawing international attention to what it describes as growing concerns over due process and the rule of law in Nigeria. In a statement issued toda...
•El-Rufai A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has adjourned proceedings in the trial of a former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, until June 24, 2026. The case, brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), involves allegations of abuse of office, fraud, and financial misconduct durin...
•Nasir el-Rufai and ICPC operative Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has reportedly complained of swollen eyes while in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), with claims that he has been denied access to medical treatment. According to a report, media aide to the former gover...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
