Beggars in Kaduna state besieged the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Wednesday, May 12 demanding that Governor Nasir El-Rufai fulfil his electoral promise to them before banning their activities. The beggars said before the state could ban them from begging in the street, the Disability Bill must have been passed into law and... Read More

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April 20, 2016

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PFN to El-Rufai: ‘Prepare to jail 5,000 pastors in Kaduna’

The Kaduna State Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, has informed Governor Nasir El-Rufai to prepare to imprison 5,000 pastors if the Religious Bill currently before the state House of Assembly is passed into law. The PFN said on Tuesday, that the pastors in its fold would rather obey God than obey the proposed... Read More

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April 11, 2016

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‘I will not see white and call it black’ | Shehu Sani blasts El-Rufai in new outburst

Governor Nasir El Rufai’s religious bill has taken a bashing from the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani on Sunday, April 10. Shehu Sani is one of El-Rufai’s most vocal critic as well as a member of the All Progressives Congress – a party the governor also belongs to. The senator stated that the said... Read More

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El Rufai says those unhappy with his appointments can commit suicide | YNaija.com

April 10, 2016

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Opinion: El Rufai, his religious bill and what he needs to do

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has deliberately and complacently, if not self-righteously, marched briskly into another controversy. The politician and technocrat seems built for controversy than for anything else. This time he has got himself embroiled in a religious dispute over whether the state can legislate religious practice, particularly by licensing preaching. He has... Read More

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April 3, 2016

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Why El-Rufai’s religious bill is dangerous – Catholic Church

The Nigerian Catholic Church, has warned Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai to desist from pushing for the enactment of a religious bill to regulate preaching of religious sermons in the state. While addressing a press conference in Abuja, the Director of Caritas International, a department under the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Rev. Fr.... Read More

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March 22, 2016

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5 things to know about the proposed Kaduna state Religious Preaching Bill

Since it was announced that the Kaduna State government, led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai, had proposed an executive bill seeking to make illegal and regulate certain religious activities in the state, citizens across the country have condemned the bill, with many describing it as anti-religious. The bill, currently before the Kaduna state House of Assembly,... Read More

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