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El-Rufai Moves For No-Case Submission After DSS Ends Evidence In Phone Interception Trial

NewsDeskNgJun 23, 2026June 23, 20260

Former Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai moves for no-case submission after DSS closes its evidence in ongoing phone interception trial proceedings. At Tuesday’s court sitting, counsel to the DSS, Oluwole Aladedoye, informed the court that the agency would not be calling further witnesses in the matter. He maintained that the evidence...

DSS Witness Tells Court El-Rufai Admitted Listening To NSA’s Conversations

NewsDeskNgJun 22, 2026June 22, 20260

Court hears testimony that El-Rufai acknowledged listening to NSA Ribadu’s conversations during interview. A witness for the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Deji Adeyanju, on Monday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, admitted during a live television interview that he and...

DSS Arraigns El-Rufai For ‘Intercepting’ Ribadu’s Phone Conversation; Ex-Kaduna Governor Pleads Not Guilty

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2026April 23, 20260

Former Kaduna governor El-Rufai pleads not guilty as DSS files amended charges bordering on an alleged breach of national security. The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on a five-count amended charge bordering on an alleged breach of national security. El-Rufai was...

El-Rufai Arrives Kaduna Court For Bail Hearing In Ongoing Corruption Trial

NewsDeskNgApr 1, 2026April 1, 20260

Former Kaduna Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai appears in court in Kaduna for bail hearing in corruption trial. Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on Wednesday arrived at the Federal High Court in Kaduna for the hearing of his bail application in an ongoing corruption trial. The court, located within...

El-Rufai Loses Mother In Egypt Amid ICPC Detention

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2026March 27, 20260

Former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai has lost his mother Hajiya Umma in Egypt where was receiving care, while he remains in custody. Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has lost his mother, Hajiya Umma, ARISE News has confirmed from family sources. She died in Egypt on Friday, where she had been receiving...

Court Documents Reveal Multiple Fraud, Money Laundering Charges Against El-Rufai

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2026March 25, 20260

Court filings detail multiple charges against former Kaduna governor over alleged illegal severance payments, contract fraud, and suspicious dollar transactions. Fresh legal documents have revealed a series of corruption, fraud, and money laundering charges filed against former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, over alleged financial misconduct during his...

El-Rufai Appears In Court For Alleged Money Laundering Trial In Kaduna

NewsDeskNgMar 24, 2026March 24, 20260

Former Kaduna governor, Nasir El Rufai appears before Federal High Court as ICPC files multiple charges including fraud abuse of office allegations. Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, on Tuesday appeared at the Federal High Court in Kaduna for his alleged money laundering trial. The Independent Corrupt Practices and...

El-Rufai Seeks N1bn In Damages Over Alleged Unlawful Search Of Abuja Home By ICPC

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai files N1bn rights suit, challenges warrant, demands damages over alleged unlawful Abuja home search. Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has instituted a N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), challenging what he described as...

DSS: Probe Of El-Rufai Over Dadiyata’s Disappearance Led To Passport Seizure

NewsDeskNgFeb 16, 2026February 16, 20260

DSS reopens Dadiyata disappearance probe, examines alleged links to El-Rufai as passport seizure fuels fresh controversy. The Department of State Services (DSS) has reopened investigations into the 2019 disappearance of Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, a vocal government critic who vanished from his Kaduna home on August 1, 2019. ...

Bayo Onanuga: El-Rufai Not Above The Law Over Wire-Tapping Claim, He Should Be Investigated, Punished

NewsDeskNgFeb 14, 2026February 14, 20260

Presidential aide Onanuga demands probe after El-Rufai claims intercepted NSA Ribadu’s calls over alleged failed arrest at Abuja airport. Special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has called for a full-scale investigation into former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai over what it describes as a...