The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it recovered equipment allegedly capable of tapping conversations and sensitive security documents from the Abuja home of former Governor Nasir el-Rufai. The commission also said it obtained a legal order from a Magistrate Court in Bwari in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to detain…
Justice Hussaini Belgore of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, the presiding judge over former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s fundamental human rights enforcement suit, has withdrawn from the case, citing impending leave. Justice Belgore transmitted the case file back to the Chief judge of the Federal Capital Territory for reassignment The latest…
Late Dadiyata Kaduna youths and women marched to the Government House, demanding answers over the long disappearance of Abubakar Idris, popularly called Dadiyata. The demonstrators also called for a sweeping public audit of the administration of former governor Nasir El-Rufai. The protest began on Thursday at the UTC roundabout in the state capital. From there,…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has denied reports that former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, suffered a medical emergency while being held by the agency. The commission said the claim was false and misleading. It reacted to an earlier statement from El-Rufai’s media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, who alleged that the…
Youth groups in Kaduna State on Wednesday took to the streets to protest the continued detention of former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, demanding his immediate release. The protesters, drawn from different communities converged on strategic locations within Kaduna metropolis and parts of Southern Kaduna, chanting solidarity songs and carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Free El-Rufai…
Former Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, will stay longer in remand as the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday refused to hear his bail application. The court held that since the former governor had yet to be in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), talking about whether or…
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, carried out a raid at the residence of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the media adviser to El-Rufai, Muyiwa Adekeye. One of El-Rufai’s lawyers, Ubong Akpan, also condemned the search, describing…
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has accused Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, of posing a threat to national security over allegations made against Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA), and Senator Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna. In a statement on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode said El-Rufai made “very serious allegations” during…
By Suyi Ayodele He was meant to be second-in-command to the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland; in reality, he was the town’s de facto ruler. Ògèdèngbé Agbógungbórò (he who goes to war bearing his deity along) was the great 19th-century Ijesha warrior whose steel had been tempered in the furnace of the Yoruba wars. A hard…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a three-count charge against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai over the alleged interception of communications belonging to Nigeria’s National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. In an interview last week, El-Rufai claimed that he and other unnamed individuals listened to conversations from Ribadu’s phone after it had been…
