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The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has described the three senators representing the state in the senate as Useless and ignorant, adding that God will never bless them. The governor who is at loggerheads with all the senators, said this while speaking at the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress’ campaign for the local government election in the state which held at the Kaduna Township Stadium on May 4th. According to him, the three senators namely Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central), Sulieman Hukunyi (Kaduna North), and Danjuma Leah (Kaduna South), worked against the $350m the state asked from the world bank.  “The senators from the state who worked against the World Bank loan are useless; they came out and said this loan should not be given. What is their reason for rejecting the loan? It is because they are haters of the masses in Kaduna State. If a road project is initiated in your town, they don’t want it to be completed. If we start renovating a hospital, ...

Politics taken far as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state declares the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, missing. The party said El-Riufai was declared missing due to his alleged lack of adherence to law and order and dereliction of duty. The party said the governor purportedly breached the law by being absent from his duty post as the state’s elected governor. The governor has not been seen in public for over 10 days and there is no formal explanation from his aides about his whereabouts. The PDP Chairman Kaduna State Chapter, Felix Hyat, in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary, Abraham Catoh, raised the concern over the governor’s absence. “For more than 11 days running, governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disappeared from public glare, without transmitting power to his deputy,” the statement said. It also condemned the APC’s style of leadership in the state “which is without recourse to Constitutional provisions”. “We advise the APC- led Gov...

 Governor Nasir El-Rufai's Special Adviser on political affairs, Malam Uba Sani has threatened to sue the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Senator Shehu Sani for libel. Uba Sani stated that the name of the suspect the lawmaker said he was allegedly sponsoring was “fake”. The aide was reacting to a publication in a newspaper during the week. He said through in counsel:  “The newspaper report was built around a suspicious police First Information Report (FIR) and we have every reason to believe it was a smokescreen, politically-motivated and designed to dent the image of our client and his Political ambition. “Consequently, we will file a suit in court to demand compensation for the false, malicious and politically-motivated media attack sponsored by Senator Shehu Sani against our client. “We are all too familiar with the Senator’s antecedents and now is the time to apply the law to bring an end to his dirty antics”.

 Nigerian Senate on Thursday rejected the request of Governor Nasiru El-Rufai to secure a 350 million dollar World Bank loan for Kaduna State. The senators rejected the request on the premise that obtaining the loan may put so much pressure on the management of the state which presently has a debt burden of $232.1 million.   The Senate took the stand after accepting the recommendations of its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt and contributions by all the three Senators from the state, who declined support to the loan request. Senator Shehu Sani, who presented the report on Kaduna State Development Policy Operation (DPO) Credit Facility from the World Bank, said although it was approved by the bank in 2016, accepting the loan would compound the financial situation of the state.   He said that if approved, the state total debt stock would rise to $582.1 million  Sani explained that the world bank facility was captured in the 2016 – 2018 borrowing plan as appr...

The Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has disagreed with comments made by former worlds richest man  concefnung President Buhari's Economic plan. According to The Cable, El-Rufai says it is incorrect to say the execution process of the economic and recovery growth plan (ERGP) does not truly reflect the needs of Nigerians. He said this in response to a statement made by Bill Gates at the expanded national economic council presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. “The Nigerian government’s economic recovery and growth plan identify investing in our people as one of three strategic objectives. But the execution priorities don’t fully reflect people’s needs, prioritising physical capital over human capital,” Gates had said. He said this priority would lead to a “sharp limit on how much the country can grow”. Reacting to Gates’ comment, el-Rufai, who was among the governors at the meeting where Gates spoke, said the ERGP has enough provision for human capital. ...

The Kaduna state government says it is planning on conducting a competency test for secondary school teachers in the state after conducting for primary school teachers. It could be recall that over 21, 000 primary school teachers in the state failed the primary 4 set of questions given to them during their competency test conducted.  Governor Nasir El-Rufai via his official twitter handle, revealed that a competency test for secondary school teachers is underway. He also revealed that the state government has decided to pay urban teachers twenty seven and half percent higher than average civil servants and rural teachers thirty two and half percent higher to attract the best. 

The crisis in Kaduna State has taken new twist as Governor El-Rufai  demolishes the APC factional party secretariat led by Senator Suleman Hunkuyi this morning .  According to him, the building contravenes the Kaduna "Master Plan".  This is coming a day after the factional group of the ruling party suspended the governor for six months over anti-party activities. Although, another factional group loyal to the governor declared that his suspension was illegal.

Yesterday, a faction of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State suspended the Kaduna state Gover over anti-party activities for six months. Well today, another faction loyal to Governor  Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday overturned the six-month suspension order slammed on him by a faction of the party ,PUNCH reports. Two factions of the party — the ‘Akida APC’ and the ‘Restoration APC’ — had, after a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday, announced the suspension of the governor for six months over what they described as “anti-party activities.” Those who attended that meeting include an aspirant during the party’s governorship primaries in 2015, Isa Ashiru; Chief of Staff to Senate President, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed; owner of Kaduna-based Liberty FM radio, Dr. Tijjani Ramalan; Senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani; and his counterpart from the Northern Senatorial District, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, among others. Shortly after the stakeholders’ meeting, the par...

Alhaji Jafaru Sani, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the state government has sacked 4,042 local government staff in the state's 23 LGAs. 3,159 sacked staff had put in 10 years and were retired while the remaining 893 had their jobs terminated. He said exercise was part of the ongoing restructuring of the local government system for effective service delivery. The Permanent Secretary, Local Government Commission, Mr Mahmud Zailani, corroborated this, saying the restructuring was part of Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s campaign promise to strengthen public service.

Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state has reacted to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, saying he was not a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. El-rufai said this in an interview with State House reporters on Friday after joining Buhari in observing juma'at at the Presidential Villa mosque. The governor was reacting to the exit of the former vice president from the All Progressives Congress. He said even if given the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party is given to him, he cannot stand Buhari in 2019. He said the APC knew that Atiku would quit the APC in December, stressing that it was better he left earlier than planned. El-rufai expressed confidence that no APC governor, not even Jibrilla Bindo of Atiku's home state of Adamawa State, would join the former vice president. He said Atiku was known as a serial defector and presidential aspirant. El-rufai said he had in 2014 told Atiku in Dubai that no northern politician ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has fired back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who accused him in an interview with Premium Times.

The Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai, paid an unscheduled visit to the Yusuf Dantsoho Memorial Hospital, Tudun Wada in the state yesterday night. 

31 years after, these lover birds are still waxing stronger. That is what is called love. Happy wedding anniversary to Gov. El-Rufai d his wife. Dear ladies, please learn from this and imbibe the culture of patience and perseverance in marriage. All you all want are goodies from marriage while most of you can't even cook. See another photo below..

The Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai says he pities President Buhari because the two times he's become president of Nigeria was when the country was going through rough economic periods. El-Rufai said this while speaking at the Sunday Service of the Latter Rain Assembly which he attended yesterday July 31st.

Known for his controversial religious bill, which many tag him as being against christian, no one would have thought the Kaduna State Governor , Nasir El-rufai will go as far as attending a Church service to intercede for Nigeria in Prayers. The governor was at Latter Rain Assembly to pray for Nigeria. The announcement was made by the official twitter handle of the Church. Good one!