Presidency Blocks El Rufai and NLC’s Reunion On Twitter

  After the announcement by the Ekiti state government, that it was cutting down on salaries of workers in the state, even of political appointees too, not much reaction was expected immediately except for the usual backlash on social media by concerned citizens. So, it was surprising for El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state […]

Restructuring, el-Rufai and the rest of us

There are a number of issues on the public burner. I could have gone on with Part 2 of my write-up on General T.Y. Danjuma and what Nigeria could take out of him. But that should wait. There is also Sambisa Forest, Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP). And […]

Ortom, El-Rufai and Nigeria’s Gushing Blood Well

It seems, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has murdered sleep, and he is no longer likely to sleep with his two eyes closed. Going by the revelations filtering into the open at the moment, the worrisome Nigeria’s security mess was politically engineered by forces that were desperate for political power. That by now should […]

Dealing With Insecurity – The el-Rufai Model

Even the deaf can hear the rhythm of chaos pervading the atmosphere. One could feel the heavy hands of the grave danger. There are no pretences about it. Internal peace and security of lives have departed. Lives are snuffed out of citizens day in day out with impunity by criminal elements and unknown gunmen. In […]

El-Rufai, Pantami, Opeke To Lead Discussions At Anambra Stakeholders’ Broadband Virtual Forum

Awka – As part of efforts at facilitating adequate Broadband Infrastructure Deployment and creating a sustainable digital economy with prospects for all its sectors, Anambra State Government will on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, be hosting a Broadband Stakeholders’ Virtual Forum. The Stakeholders’ Virtual Forum has as its theme “Facilitating Broadband Access in Anambra State through a […]

Oyo Crisis: Buhari’s Governor, Masari, El-Rufai Shun North-West Governors Parley with Makinde

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Governor, Aminu Masari of Katsina State, and his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, shunned a meeting of North-West Governors with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the inter-ethnic crisis that flared up last week at Shasha market in Ibadan. President Buhari’s home state was however, carved out of the old Kaduna State in 1987. The Fulani […]

In el-Rufai’s Kaduna, Livelihoods of Smallholder Women Farmers are Up-scaling

In Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s Kaduna State, an agric programme that has been running since December 2017 is pressing to further uplift smallholder farmers’ livelihoods through market driven up-scaling of the maize, rice and soybean value chains. The Kaduna Consortium has been working with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to support smallholder […]

Breaking: Kaduna Gov’t Names New Emir of Zazzau

17 days after the stool was declared vacant, the Kaduna State Government has finally announced the appointment of Ahmed Bamalli as the new emir of Zazzau. Bamalli succeeds Shehu Idris, the 17th Fulani emir of Zazzau who reigned for 45 years before his death on September 20. Premium Times reports that Princes from three of […]

KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT, REFORMS AND THE BENEFITS OF REFORMS

“Reform is China’s Second Revolution”  Deng Xiaoping  The rampaging COVID-19 pandemic for obvious reasons has dominated the entire media outlets, pushing other major developments expectedly to the background. It’s only natural that other events will suffer news blackout considering that it has continued to knock off people at will. A virus that has brought the almighty United States of America to its knees, that has seen America burying […]

Nigeria @ 59; Education Sector and EL-Rufai Challenge

One event in recent history that typifies the nations’ education sector as an area in need of help is the ripple reaction that trailed the enrollment of the six year old child of the Kaduna state Mallam Nasiru, in a public school on Monday 23rd September, 2019. Specifically, not only did the event divert attention from […]