Tag: Nasir El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai’s Scorched-Earth One-Man Opposition, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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Like a stranded mariner gasping on the shores of irrelevance, former Kaduna State governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai writhes in the uneasy throes of power’s withdrawal. His disquiet, however, is less the quiet lament of a fallen statesman and more the tempestuous fury of a Shakespearean woman scorned. He has become fiery, irascible, indignant, and unrelenting […]

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Nasir El-Rufai’s Defections: PDP, CPC, APC, SDP, By Reuben Abati

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Perhaps the most important political event, this week in Nigeria, so far, nobody knows if there would be a free-for-all fight in Rivers state tomorrow, or some melodrama in Osun state or elsewhere, before the week runs out – is the announced defection of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai from the All Progressives Congress party (APC) to […]

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Nasir El-Rufai dumps APC, defects to SDP

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Former Governor of Kaduna State and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has announced his resignation from the ruling party and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai, a prominent figure in Nigerian politics, cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction of the APC […]

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