Within its ranks the PDP has even tolerated a group of reformers led by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nasir el-Rufai and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Nuhu Ribadu who speak of a permanent revolution and of changing the face of Nigeria...
A team of senior government officials led by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nasir el-Rufai and Justice Minister Bayo Ojo happened to be in London and offered rapid rebuttals to Abubakar's claims...
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...