Nasir Ahmed el Rufai

Despite endorsements to run for a second term next year from loyalists such as Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai Buhari has said nothing so far...

All the likely successors to Buhari – Senate President Bukola Saraki former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai – will bide their time in 2018...

The Arewa Youth-Kanu dispute was serious enough to prompt swift condemnation from key political figures such as Information Minister Lai Mohammed Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai Emir of Katsina Abdulmumini Kabir Usman (who made an impassioned call to protect Igbo citizens in the north) and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...

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...