Nasir Ahmed el Rufai

Sectarian and communal challenges in Kaduna have weakened Nasir el-Rufai at least for 2019...

These include Osinbajo's old patron Bola Ahmed Tinubu former Governor of Lagos State; Atiku Abubakar ex-Vice-President; Bukola Saraki Senate President; Nasir el-Rufai Kaduna State Governor; and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ex-Governor of Kano...

With the new Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai outside but nearby they will be influential voices in policy and governance...

Star of the show was Nasir el-Rufai Governor-elect of Kaduna State and lead speaker on the panel that explored ways of reforming the country's dysfunctional public service...

That part of the campaign reached its finale on the evening of 31 March when a small team including Fayemi Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and a gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State Nasir el-Rufai sat down to write Buhari's victory speech...

The local campaign #bringbackourgirls is led by luminaries such as Obi Ezekwesili former Education Minister and Vice-President of the World Bank and Hadiza Bala Usman an activist from a radical northern family and former Special Assistant to Nasir El-Rufai...

Younger northern Muslim APC activists such as ex-minister Nasir El-Rufai or former anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu are more popular in the south but lack Buhari's formidable support base in the north...

Nasir el-Rufai leading light in the APC and former Federal Capital Territory Minister reckons an opposition alliance with the rebel governors is the most probable outcome of the present impasse...

Younger and more radical northern politicians such as the former Minister for Abuja Nasir El-Rufai and former anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu are also testing opinion in the APA for a presidential nomination...