Nasir El-Rufai
Controversies trail the removal of subsidy from Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as fuel as Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd says it sells half the price of PMS landing cost. Some documents were earlier seen where subsidy was included in the budget, but the presidency refuted the claims that subsidy was gone. A […]
The past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai has dragged his predecessor’s administration to court for an indicting report by the State House of Assembly over irregularities of his tenure. The suit was filed by El-rufai on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Kaduna against the House Committee for violating his human rights and […]
The House of Assembly in Kaduna inaugurated a 13-member committee in April to probe the loans, grants and projects of the past administration of Nasir El-rufai. According to a report by the chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, revealed that from 2015-2023 loans collected by the administration of ex-governor El-rufai were not used […]
Barring any last-minute change of plans, Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC will meet today Friday meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss challenges being faced by Nigerians over the scarcity of Naira notes. Upon their visit, the governors will also discuss the allegations that some members of Buhari’s kitchen cabinet are […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that he can arrest the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi if he so desires. Speaking at an interactive forum on Monday, Mr El-Rufai said he had within his disposition a plethora of state security agencies to intimidate political opponents. “In 2013, I went […]
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai says the federal government should privatise the oil and gas sector before it brings the country to its knees. In July 2022 the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company. On October 5, met with scepticism and criticism, the […]
Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says intelligence operations of security agencies against bandits are not for public consumption. Monguno stated so while addressing journalists on Thursday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and service chiefs at the presidential villa. He was responding to questions on a recent comment made by Nasir […]
The Kaduna state government has announced a ban on the use of motorcycles for commercial and personal purposes. The state government also said the processes for the shutdown of telecommunication services in parts of the state have commenced. The commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan made this known during a press […]
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme. According to the governor, students in the North […]