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 Wednesday, says three more nominees will be subsequently forwarded to the Assembly for screening and, thereby bringing the number of commissioners that will constitute the Kaduna State Executive Council to 14. The statement further said that upon confirmation by the legislature, the commissioners will run
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 Nigeria, challenging the constitutionality of a bill by the Kaduna State Government seeking the regulation of religious activities in the state. The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in 2016 challenged the constitutionality of the bill. The PFN, among other prayers, asked the court for
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 on Friday. The bill had been with the assembly three years and had been opposed by Muslim and Christian bodies as well as individuals across the state. The state government had in 2016 argued the bill was meant to regulate religious preaching in order to
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 West on Friday at the Government House in Kaduna. The governor was invited to deliver a lecture in Lagos last month on godfatherism, where he said that he had an answer to godfatherism as he had retired four godfathers in Kaduna. According to him, during
“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 could be achieved anywhere else. But speaking with reporters on the issue, the governor said he did not regret making the comment. When asked if he wanted Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), removed as the godfather of Lagos, el-Rufai
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 elections set to hold on February 16 and March 2. The team, however, said it would continue to review its security arrangements before, during and after the elections. Meanwhile, the Publicity Secretary of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Hon. Banji Okunomo,
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 APC candidate Mr Benjamin Jok who scored 7,401 votes. Starnews gathered that the PDP also won all the 10 councillors seats in the local government.
