•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...
•El-rufai and Ribadu The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday accused National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu of ordering his arrest. An attempt by security operatives to arrest the former governor at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, sparked a heated confrontation between him and...
•Nuhu Ribadu The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has dismissed reports circulating online that his mother died yesterday, saying the publication was false and misleading and had caused confusion among friends, associates and members of the public. Ribadu issued the clarification in a statement posted on his verified X handle today, aft...
•Nuhu Ribadu President Bola Tinubu has approved the constitution of Nigeria’s delegation to the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group, as part of efforts to deepen collaboration in tackling security challenges in the country. ‎Malam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA), will lead the Nigerian side of the joint working group, supported by a mu...
•Pete Hegseth (R) and Nuhu Ribadu The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has met with the United States Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, following US President Donald Trump’s threat against Nigeria. Hegseth announced the visit in a post on his official X yesterday. He said he received Ribadu and his team to discuss the killing of [&hellip...
•Terror kingpins, Mahmud al-Nigeri and Abu Baraa The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday confirmed the capture of two most wanted terror kingpins, Abu Mahmud Muhammad Usman and Mahmud al-Nigeri. Ribadu disclosed the development during a special briefing at the National Counter-Terrorism Centre in Abuja, explaining that secu...
•Ribadu and Primate Ayodele The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has narrated how he called the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, several times to warn him before the attacks in Benue, but wasn’t given an audience. The cleric, in a statement, revealed that he had seen the ugly incident weeks earlier [&...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar received a delegation led by immediate past Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai, who visited him in his Asokoro, Abuja, residence yesterday. The delegation was there to solicit his daughter’s hand in marriage. They came on behalf of the family of Kashim Imam, which is bidding to marry Hafsatu. In the [&hel...
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