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It happened one sunny day in mid-May 2003. I was preparing to go to the office around noon when Tayo, the editor’s secretary, called me. “Mr Olagunju, don’t come to the office, Baba Adedibu is here looking for you. He came with his boys.” There were no two birds bearing ‘hawk’ in the skies of […]
Continue ReadingIrish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, in his lowest moment in prison, drew a comparison of how he sank from being one of the greatest writers of the late 20th century, into a bisexual pedophile. Son of Anglo-Irish intellectuals, Wilde was a writer with lacerating wit. He equally dressed flamboyantly and garnished his writings in flamboyant imagery. He was however bisexual, a precursor to the creed Trump […]
Continue ReadingKaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has said that he inherited a huge debt burden of $587m, N85bn and 115 contractual liabilities from his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai’s government and that the huge debt has eaten deep into the state’s federal allocation. Governor Sani disclosed this at a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 30. The governor […]
Continue ReadingA libel and defamation lawsuit filed by former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai against former Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has been struck out by a Kaduna High Court. El-Rufai had initially filed a N2 billion suit against Shehu Sani in 2018, seeking relief for alleged injuries suffered as a result […]
Continue ReadingThe Batá is a Yoruba drum that is in a class of its own. It used to be highly venerated in social and political circles as its percussion impacted virtually all spheres of life. It is a double-faced drum shaped by its crafters to look like an hourglass, with one end of it bigger than […]
Continue ReadingA video showing a crowd in front of the Central Bank of Nigeria annex office in Kaduna state as they attempt to deposit their old N500 and N1000 notes has made the rounds on social media. On Thursday, February 16, President Buhari in a nationwide broadcast extended the validity of the old N200 notes till […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri has reacted to the broadcast the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai had on Thursday, February 16, in which he defied the directive of President Buhari and said that the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes are all still legal tender in his state. Reno in a post shared […]
Continue ReadingAttorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has filed processes challenging the jurisdiction of the Nigerian Supreme Court to suspend the scheduled deadline of Naira swap and demonetization. Malami, in a preliminary objection he filed on behalf of the Federal Government, applied for an order striking out the suit that […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement signed by its outgoing National President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday described the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as a “right-winged extremist” who doesn’t believe in rules. The labour union also condemned what it described as “irresponsible and dangerous” the comments of the governor regarding the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Sokoto State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Attahiru Bafarawa, has reacted to the comment by the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that there are no elders left in northern Nigeria. He said the comment made by El-Rufai was an affront to the North and unpleasant for El-Rufai to categorise […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, disagreed with his opinion about old people in politics. The governor spoke in Hausa language in a video clip that has since gone viral, The video clip has no date when […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Lagos state and candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election, Bola Tinubu gave a speech but mis-spoke at the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit in Kaduna State on Saturday. During his speech at the Summit, Tinubu said: “El-Rufai has the capacity to turn a rotten situation into a […]
Continue ReadingThe reign of terrorists is not without its own sardonic humour. Soon after storming Kuje prison in Abuja to free their comrades in arms, ISWAP terrorists indicated an interest in two pricey trophies: President Muhammadu Buhari and, my friend and brother, Nasir El Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State. While their interest in the president as […]
Continue ReadingIn a new video, terrorists who kidnapped the passengers of Kaduna-Abuja train, have vowed to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari, and Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai if their demands are not met soon. The terrorists suspected to be members of Ansaru also stated that they will abduct other prominent Nigerians, as well as cause mayhem […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has said that he doesn’t believe in rehabilitation of terrorists. Addressing state house correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari over an attack in Kaduna state which claimed lives of over 40 people, he stated that their intention is for terrorists to be killed. El-Rufai said: “There is nothing like […]
Continue ReadingIn May, Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, was asked to clarify the statement he made nine years ago about the Fulani and their propensity to carry out maniacal violence against others. Rather than show that he had reflected on his injudicious remark and was ready to disclaim it, he doubled down. According to him, “The […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kaduna State, Nigeria, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the way bandits and Boko Haram terrorists operate is different from that of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu. While speaking to BBC Pidgin, El-Rufai stated that bandits are not calling for the break up of Nigeria but are just […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has knocked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for ordering broadcast stations to deactivate their Twitter accounts when the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, still have active accounts on Twitter. The Commission had directed broadcast stations to “de-install Twitter handles and desist from using […]
Continue ReadingPerhaps if Alois Hitler, father of a man who would later be the albatross of the whole human race, had performed a ritual which the Yoruba call the Ẹsẹ̀ntáyé – a traditional earthly journey investigation – on his son Adolf, six million Jews who were exterminated in excruciating circumstances decades later by same man who […]
Continue ReadingIn a press statement by his Special Adviser to the Governor (Media and Communication), Muyiwa Adekeye, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, says some people are scared that restructuring would affect their political viability. The statement was titled, ‘Restructuring is a national endeavour, let’s realise it together’, and shared by the governor on his […]
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