Nasir Ahmed el Rufai

In adjacent Kaduna State APC governor Nasir El Rufai faces a tougher-than-expected re-election contest against former federal legislator Isa Ashiru of the PDP...

In addition southern Kaduna state which is overwhelmingly Christian will vote solidly for PDP and APC governor Nasir el Rufai's ongoing difficulties with party factions could endanger his base in the northern half of the state suggesting that Buhari may also suffer there...

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...