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"You contributed to my victory": Tinubu celebrates Nasir El-Rufai at 65 (23143 Views)

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iwaeda: 10:19am On Feb 16
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES NASIR EL-RUFAI ON 65TH BIRTHDAY

President Bola Tinubu congratulates Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on his 65th birthday.
 
Mallam El-Rufai is an , scholar, and politician. He is a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and highly regarded for his resourcefulness and brilliance.
 
He served as governor of Kaduna State for eight years, and prior to elective office, he had served as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 2003 to 2007.
 
President Tinubu celebrates Mallam El-Rufai on this occasion and commends his endeavours for democracy; his meritorious service to the nation, and mentorship of the younger generation.
 
The President acknowledges Mallam El-Rufai's role in the dialogues leading up to the formation of the APC and his contributions to the success of the party in the three consecutive elections of 2015, 2019, and 2023.
 
President Tinubu wishes El-Rufai good health and strength for continuous service to the nation.
https://x.com/NGRPresident/status/1891068751799280069?t=9T56xWlFLe9NCJSEjn-J2A&s=19

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Bobloco: 10:23am On Feb 16
Tinubu still holds El-Rufai in high esteem because he knows the immense contributions El-Rufai made towards his emergence as the APC presidential candidate and subsequently the president of Nigeria.

El-Rufai is too strategic to ignore, especially in the context of northern Nigeria, and Tinubu understands this fact.

Forget the rantings of Reno Omokri and his fellow hordes of urchinstons, BATerians, Agbadorians and paid agents who do nothing but engage in frivolous rantings on social media, looking for likes. Tinubu no send them

El Rufai na Tinubu baba, Losing him to the opposition will be catastrophic come 2027

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Josegun(m): 10:29am On Feb 16
wow...

I now agreed Tinubu is a dangerous politician. You can never understand this type of person strategy.

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Odin13: 10:40am On Feb 16
Bobloco:
Tinubu still holds El-Rufai in high esteem because he knows the immense contributions El-Rufai made towards his emergence as the APC presidential candidate and subsequently the president of Nigeria.

El-Rufai is too strategic to ignore, especially in the context of northern Nigeria, and Tinubu understands this fact.

Forget the rantings of Reno Omokri and his fellow hordes of urchinstons, BATerians, Agbadorians and paid agents who do nothing but engage in frivolous rantings on social media, looking for likes. Tinubu no send them

El Rufai na Tinubu baba


Tinubu has been dealing to weak his base.. using the governor and playing the natural chameleonic beyirebe..

But Mallam and Arewa knows Yoruba people too well.. infact thee gave Yoruba that name .. and he thinks going to press with a birthday wish will change what has been done by Yoruba against the North and it’s elderly statement just like that..

Hahahahahaha … this. Yoruba god is funny..

Who bankrolls Reno and all paid agents of Tinubu on social media and nairaland ? Or he thinks he doesn’t see all the insults ?

When the Lagos Igbo man made a statement to APC of dangers in ignoring Mallam.. didn’t the Yoruba people insulted El-Rufai the more and even igbokwe got served ..

Now they will come online to gbo gbo on how both El-Rufai and Tinubu where best of friends and tried to change narratives 🤣 of what they’ve singing all along ..

El-Rufai will be betraying Arewa if he makes any thing called peace with beyirebe and will forever lose relevance in Northern Nigeria


You need to be a northerner to understand the ways of the north .. in everything

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Jones4190(m): 10:42am On Feb 16
The game is already:
Tinubu is the master of 48 laws of power, he is using law two and three on that short Kaduna ex politicians turn content creator,

Law 2: Never Put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies: Keep a close eye on your friends — they get envious and will undermine you. If you co-opt an enemy, he’ll be more loyal than a friend because he’ll try harder to prove himself worthy of your trust.

Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions: Always hide your true intentions. Create a smokescreen. If you keep people off-balance and in the dark, they can’t counter your efforts

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Killerofpigs: 10:44am On Feb 16
Beerfraud...

Come oo!!

E no sure for TILUMBU again ooo! grin



Odin13:


Tinubu has been dealing to weak his base.. using the governor and playing the natural chameleonic beyirebe..

But Mallam and Arewa knows Yoruba people too well.. infact thee gave Yoruba that name .. and he thinks going to press with a birthday wish will change what has been done by Yoruba against the North and it’s elderly statement just like that..

Hahahahahaha … this. Yoruba god is funny..

Who bankrolls Reno and all paid agents of Tinubu on social media and nairaland ? Or he thinks he doesn’t see all the insults ?

When the Lagos Igbo man made a statement to APC of dangers in ignoring Mallam.. didn’t the Yoruba people insulted El-Rufai the more and even igbokwe got served ..

Now they will come online to gbo gbo on how both El-Rufai and Tinubu where best of friends and tried to change narratives 🤣 of what they’ve singing all along ..

El-Rufai will be betraying Arewa if he makes any thing called peace with beyirebe and will forever lose relevance in Northern Nigeria


You need to be a northerner to understand the ways of the north .. in everything

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Killerofpigs: 10:46am On Feb 16
Yoruba people..

Southern Unity is DEAD.

grin

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Max24: 10:48am On Feb 16
Politics should not be do or die. But some people need to grow up. Once you criticize their Messiah they Start cursing you.

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Jones4190(m): 10:50am On Feb 16
Bobloco:
Tinubu still holds El-Rufai in high esteem because he knows the immense contributions El-Rufai made towards his emergence as the APC presidential candidate and subsequently the president of Nigeria.

El-Rufai is too strategic to ignore, especially in the context of northern Nigeria, and Tinubu understands this fact.

Forget the rantings of Reno Omokri and his fellow hordes of urchinstons, BATerians, Agbadorians and paid agents who do nothing but engage in frivolous rantings on social media, looking for likes. Tinubu no send them

El Rufai na Tinubu baba, Losing him to the opposition will be catastrophic come 2027
you means the same Kaduna that PDP won?

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Bobloco: 10:57am On Feb 16
Odin13:


Tinubu has been dealing to weak his base.. using the governor and playing the natural chameleonic beyirebe..

But Mallam and Arewa knows Yoruba people too well.. infact thee gave Yoruba that name .. and he thinks going to press with a birthday wish will change what has been done by Yoruba against the North and it’s elderly statement just like that..

Hahahahahaha … this. Yoruba god is funny..

Who bankrolls Reno and all paid agents of Tinubu on social media and nairaland ? Or he thinks he doesn’t see all the insults ?

When the Lagos Igbo man made a statement to APC of dangers in ignoring Mallam.. didn’t the Yoruba people insulted El-Rufai the more and even igbokwe got served ..

Now they will come online to gbo gbo on how both El-Rufai and Tinubu where best of friends and tried to change narratives 🤣 of what they’ve singing all along ..

El-Rufai will be betraying Arewa if he makes any thing called peace with beyirebe and will forever lose relevance in Northern Nigeria


You need to be a northerner to understand the ways of the north .. in everything

Hmmmmmmm!

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LibertyRep: 11:10am On Feb 16
Politics mad sha

Do not be an accessory to the roforofo fight between two politicians EXCEPT you have something to gain directly for either of them.

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aswani(m): 11:10am On Feb 16
Killerofpigs:
Yoruba people..

Southern Unity is DEAD.

grin

Are you okay at all, President Tinubu hails El Rufai and you are talking about Southern Unity.

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AMINDA: 11:11am On Feb 16
Classic Jagaban strategy of engineering chaos, feigning innocence and then seeking to play both sides. This lends credence to the rumours that the party has been sending emissaries to pacify Elrufai, but once bitten, twice shy. After sidelining him and empowering all his political adversaries to come and feast where he sowed. Elrufai is not a fool. He doesn't even need to leave the APC, the North will take dressings from his body language and do the needful. Two can play the game.

"Unless betrayed, our loyalty and fidelity to friends are permanent and pensionable. Unless reconciled, our opposition and enmity to traitors are also permanent and pensionable” - Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai

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yoruboid: 11:16am On Feb 16
Very Presidential

He’s Jagaban for a reason

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Nomercie: 11:19am On Feb 16
One thief hailing anothergringrin

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AMINDA: 11:27am On Feb 16
Jones4190:
you means the same Kaduna that PDP won?

Yes, same one. Going by your logic, it's safe to say that Sanwo-olu and even Tinubu are irrelevant and worked against themselves by ing Obi, since they lost Lagos in a relatively free and fair election. They only managed to win the gubernatorial through voter suppression and by invoking tribal sentiments. Buhari, Ribadu, Ganduje et al lost their states to Atiku, but out of all these people, it's only Elrufai (his most vocal Northern champion) whom you guys accuse of working against Tinubu, just to provide justification for your betrayal.

When are you guys going to it that Tinubu was grossly unpopular in 2023 and now, even more so (he's been tested now and found lacking). He won with the least margin ever in Nigeria's political history. Despite all these, the numbers still show that the core North delivered Tinubu through the margins he got, at the time when even most Yorubas were too timid to openly his campaign for fear of obidients (5.5m out of his 8.3m total was from the North.

Tinubu does not even have the entire Southern base in his grip and could only salvage 4 out of 6 states in the Southwest, 1 state out of 6 in the Southsouth (Rivers state under questionable circumstances) and zero state in the Southeast. It wasn’t the Northern minorities that made Tinubu president (they mostly voted Obi in protest of muslim-muslim ticket). It was the Northern majority (despite splitting their votes 3 ways between Tinubu, a very formidable Northern Atiku and to a lesser extent, Kwankwaso who still got over a million votes). Numbers don't lie.

Tinubu would have been better off consolidating on his Northern base, not thinking he could replace the Northern majority with the minorities. To totally get the votes of Northern minorities, Tinubu will have to change his muslim-muslim ticket (suicide) or get CAN and all the pastors to endorse his muslim-muslim ticket (a set trap), all while improving on the economy.

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Wolexyoshi(m): 11:32am On Feb 16
Just give it to Tinubu, he is a real technocrat.

JAGABAN, THE LORD OF POLITICS IN NIGERIA.

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HomeofSolution(m): 11:38am On Feb 16
Play a sucker to catch a sucker (Taqqiyya) Asiwaju tinubu is confusing the hell rufai camp by not revealing is true intentions but destabilizing their mindset not to know when the attack will come like a tsunami

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kedeojo(m): 11:40am On Feb 16
Odin13:
While his worshippers keep abusing and insulting El Rufai.. including Reno the fool.

… their Oga the bend down lick his shoes .. all for 2027’. …. Hahahahahahaha

Arewa has sailed .. to trust a beyirebe is haram. The Yoruba people showed their card too early and has completely lost Amana..

Is not about El-Rufai now.. is about the North” .. Arewa “ …..the Yoruba people and their government .
Yoruba said Tinubu is political god… and yet simple tax reform .. his Akpabio cannot in NA..
and he wants Arewa to trust him for a second term.. when he will have nothing to lose .. but to Fvck everyone carelessly

This people thinks Nigerians are fools.. most funniest is they think 400 tribes reasons like Yoruba .. and that we all must bow and worship their stupid Tinubu

God forbid evil

27 is here already by God’s grace ..

Is Nigerians against the Yoruba god and his tribalistic ers

Tinubu must go!!

So because he greeted him during one of his best day. Tinubu is not you igbos that harbour generational hatred. He doesn't mean they will work together. Tinubu has already secured kaduna state. Go and read calibre of defectors political sagacity. Emeka, everything is not about hatred, bitterness and emotions. Those attributes has cause you people presidency that a major tribe like yours now cry like a kid.

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TUANKU(m): 12:08pm On Feb 16
Jones4190:
The game is already:
Tinubu is the master of 48 laws of power, he is using law two and three on that short Kaduna ex politicians turn content creator,

Law 2: Never Put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies: Keep a close eye on your friends — they get envious and will undermine you. If you co-opt an enemy, he’ll be more loyal than a friend because he’ll try harder to prove himself worthy of your trust.

Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions: Always hide your true intentions. Create a smokescreen. If you keep people off-balance and in the dark, they can’t counter your efforts
2027 is not far walahi...una go chop bura-ubanka!

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ChiefOloye(m): 12:12pm On Feb 16
Politics without bitterness, Asiwaju fir a reason.

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Sharpsharp00123: 12:22pm On Feb 16
Bobloco:
Tinubu still holds El-Rufai in high esteem because he knows the immense contributions El-Rufai made towards his emergence as the APC presidential candidate and subsequently the president of Nigeria.

El-Rufai is too strategic to ignore, especially in the context of northern Nigeria, and Tinubu understands this fact.

Forget the rantings of Reno Omokri and his fellow hordes of urchinstons, BATerians, Agbadorians and paid agents who do nothing but engage in frivolous rantings on social media, looking for likes. Tinubu no send them

El Rufai na Tinubu baba, Losing him to the opposition will be catastrophic come 2027
bobloco u are what should b called agba mugu

Tinubu is wise n strategic, he's fighting el rufai through proxy. Like he will send people to ridicule him n disgrace him but he will keep praising him.

After el rufai has been rubished n disgraced thoroughly n he has almost been reduced to nothing then tinubu will come to his rescue n b d boss again

It's cheese game but d mugu u don't understand d game but u believe el rufai na tinubu baba, same el rufai that has been reduced to a blogger

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EvilMerodack(m): 12:24pm On Feb 16
AMINDA:
Classic Jagaban strategy of engineering chaos, feigning innocence and then seeking to play both sides. This lends credence to the rumours that the party has been sending emissaries to pacify Elrufai, but once bitten, twice shy. After sidelining him and empowering all his political adversaries to come and feast where he sowed. Elrufai is not a fool. He doesn't even need to leave the APC, the North will take dressings from his body language and do the needful. Two can play the game.

"Unless betrayed, our loyalty and fidelity to friends are permanent and pensionable. Unless reconciled, our opposition and enmity to traitors are also permanent and pensionable” - Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai

Conspiracy theorists should rest

It's a celebration of life and I really don't see anything political about this

We're humans first and politics is just one aspect

Rest abeg

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Sharpsharp00123: 12:26pm On Feb 16
Killerofpigs:
Yoruba people..

Southern Unity is DEAD.

grin
who cares about southern Unity?

Let all southerners do their thing

U igbos should follow who u want n Yorubas should follow who they want, them no tie our umbilical cord together

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hakeemhakeem(m): 12:30pm On Feb 16
Odin13:


Tinubu has been dealing to weak his base.. using the governor and playing the natural chameleonic beyirebe..

But Mallam and Arewa knows Yoruba people too well.. infact thee gave Yoruba that name .. and he thinks going to press with a birthday wish will change what has been done by Yoruba against the North and it’s elderly statement just like that..

Hahahahahaha … this. Yoruba god is funny..

Who bankrolls Reno and all paid agents of Tinubu on social media and nairaland ? Or he thinks he doesn’t see all the insults ?

When the Lagos Igbo man made a statement to APC of dangers in ignoring Mallam.. didn’t the Yoruba people insulted El-Rufai the more and even igbokwe got served ..

Now they will come online to gbo gbo on how both El-Rufai and Tinubu where best of friends and tried to change narratives 🤣 of what they’ve singing all along ..

El-Rufai will be betraying Arewa if he makes any thing called peace with beyirebe and will forever lose relevance in Northern Nigeria


You need to be a northerner to understand the ways of the north .. in everything

It will do you good to print this, share it across the northern 2027 is around the corner.i hope you don't come back to say the election is rigged

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Odin13: 12:30pm On Feb 16
kedeojo:
So because he greeted him during one of his best day. Tinubu is not you igbos that harbour generational hatred. He doesn't mean they will work together. Tinubu has already secured kaduna state. Go and read calibre of defectors political sagacity. Emeka, everything is not about hatred, bitterness and emotions. Those attributes has cause you people presidency that a major tribe like yours now cry like a kid.

Yoruba man .. am from Kaduna state

Chikun local government

My wife from kataf.. Zango

Live here in Kano..

Stop blabbing

Next!

Yoruba go dey their iseyin caves blabbing gibberish
Haba!

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Odin13: 12:34pm On Feb 16
hakeemhakeem:


It will do you good to print this, share it across the northern 2027 is around the corner.i hope you don't come back to say the election is rigged

Every one in rArewa already knows what’s happening in 27” if there’s life..

No need to share ..

No be me burn Tinubu billboard
No be me .. beat up Senator for. Kano
No be chase APC idiots for kastina

No be me

I’ve been saying it since tax reform saga..
Even before the open fight with Mallam

So make Yoruba keep abusing , cursing and insulting Arewa and our elder statesmen

Na time

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floss(m): 12:37pm On Feb 16
Tinubu the master game player, Mr president knows how to read what’s on the board. He’s very strategic when it comes to playing politics.

He might not be performing at the expectations of many Nigerians but you see the game called Nigerian politics, leave it to president Tinubu.

He taught me about PATIENCE, but when it gets to YOUR TURN , make sure you GRAB IT by all means and RUN WITH IT.

No one is ready to give you what’s yours if you don’t take it forcefully. The world is not heaven

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ChiefOloye(m): 12:49pm On Feb 16
Odin13:


Tinubu has been dealing to weak his base.. using the governor and playing the natural chameleonic beyirebe..

But Mallam and Arewa knows Yoruba people too well.. infact thee gave Yoruba that name .. and he thinks going to press with a birthday wish will change what has been done by Yoruba against the North and it’s elderly statement just like that..

Hahahahahaha … this. Yoruba god is funny..

Who bankrolls Reno and all paid agents of Tinubu on social media and nairaland ? Or he thinks he doesn’t see all the insults ?

When the Lagos Igbo man made a statement to APC of dangers in ignoring Mallam.. didn’t the Yoruba people insulted El-Rufai the more and even igbokwe got served ..

Now they will come online to gbo gbo on how both El-Rufai and Tinubu where best of friends and tried to change narratives 🤣 of what they’ve singing all along ..

El-Rufai will be betraying Arewa if he makes any thing called peace with beyirebe and will forever lose relevance in Northern Nigeria


You need to be a northerner to understand the ways of the north .. in everything
Do you know why I read your comments on nairaland, especially in Politics section? It is because it reveals the level of envy and hatred the orientals have for the ọmọlúwàbís and those of us who are proponents of the Yoruba Ronus philosophy. Your daily wish is to have been created a Yoruba man, you envy our political success, our rich cultural heritage, our religious tolerance and more importantly, our civilisations. I will onish not to commit drink otapiapia, over Yoruba matters. If you choose to stay alive, you may be fine, eventually.

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Odin13: 12:54pm On Feb 16
Fergie..
No dey delete my posts ..

See those Yoruba monikers .. insulting cursing and abusing Arewa .. you no delete

To call Yoruba by their name na crime?

Stop being biase

Igbos wey dem dey insult daily for the forum you no even delete those post dem

Wake and stop being tribal

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