The position of Nasir el-Rufai Minister of Federal Capital Territory is more ambiguous...
They also coincided with the independent attempts by the remaining reformers in the Obasanjo government - the EFCC's Chairman Nuhu Ribadu Federal Capital Territory Minister Nasir el-Rufai and Education Minister Obiageli Ezekwesili - to make a final push against grand corruption before next year's elections...
Significantly Obasanjo has offered no public support to the candidate favoured by his reform team the combative Nasir el-Rufai...
Younger Nigerians are excited about the possibility that the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory Nasir el-Rufai might take a run at the PDP nomination with the backing of the government's remaining reformers such as EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu and Education Minister Obiageli Ezekwesili...
Even hardened strategists in Abubkar's failing campaign say that they underestimated Ribadu and his ally Nasir el-Rufai Minister for the Federal Capital Territory...
Then the two currently favoured candidates from the north are former Director of Nigeria's State Security Service Babagana Kingibe and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mallam Nasir el-Rufai...
Obasanjo has set up a panel of inquiry headed by Attorney General Bayo Ojo with Oby Ezekwisili Nasir El-Rufai and Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar the new National Security Advisor (replacing Gen...
Nasir El Rufai stays as Minister of Federal Capital Territory but takes on the Commerce portfolio until a new minister is appointed...
The Minister of the Federal Capital (and former chief of the privatisation programme) Nasir el-Rufai is certainly a technocrat but without significant political backing...
Obasanjo's personal favourite is understood to be the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nasir el-Rufai and he might also want to promote the chances of his ally Rivers State Governor Peter Odili...
With former Lagos military Governor Buba Marwa and Babangida - 'he has too much baggage' - also lacking favour in the presidency it is an attitude that has fuelled speculation over the prospects for otherwise unlikely candidates including Bauchi Governor Ahmed Mu'azu and Nasir El-Rufai Federal Capital Territory Minister with strong reformist credentials but no background in electoral or party politics...
