Tag: Elrufai
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El-Rufai Appoints Media Aide As Commissioner of Security
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appointed his spokesman, Samuel Aruwan as commissioner of the newly created Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs. Aruwan’s name is among the first batch of 11 Commissioner nominees that were sent to the State House of Assembly for confirmation. A statement released by the governor’s office on…
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You have no right to license preachers, court tells Kaduna govt
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday ruled that the state had no right to screen and issue licences to preachers in the state. But Justice Hajaratu Gwadah ruled that the state government had the right to regulate religious activities in the state. The judgement was delivered in suit filed by the Pentecostal Fellowship of…
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Pastors, Imams To Get Approval Before Preaching In Kaduna
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Friday passed the Religious Preaching Regulation bill into law. The new Religious Preaching Regulation law substitutes similar law of 1984 in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Executive Bill, brought to the Assembly in 2016, was passed hours before the eighth Assembly was dissolved…
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I Was Approached To Join In Destroying Tinubu — El-Rufai
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday, claimed that some unnamed people asked him to join in a plot to destroy All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Senator Bola Tinubu. Governor el-Rufai stated this while he was playing host to 121 members-elect of the House of Representatives who were on a consultation tour of the North…
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“I don’t Know If Tinubu Is Godfather In Lagos, I Have No Regret Over My Comment” – Elruafi
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says he owes no one any apology over his comments on how to end godfatherism in Lagos state. El-Rufai, had said he knew how to end “godfatherism” in the politics of Lagos. The governor said having retired the four political godfathers in Kaduna, he was confident that the feat…
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Your Threat Would Not Deter Us From Observing The Election, EU Replies El-rufai
* You have lost your mental control, PDP chieftain bombs El-rufai A team of European Union election observers on Wednesday reacted to a statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai that Nigerian forces would kill any foreign soldiers who intervene in Nigeria’s elections. The EU team said the threat would not deter it from observing the general…
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Kaduna: PDP Floors Elrufai In Reschedule LG Election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate, Mr. Philip Gwada, has been declared winner of the rescheduled chairmanship election in Jaba Local Government area of Kaduna State by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission. The Returning Officer, Grace Doyaro, who announced the result in Kwoi on Thursday said Gwada secured 17,967 votes to defeat the…