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Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has resisted the possibility of a potential merger and has urged former vice president Atiku Abubakar, former labor party candidate Peter Obi, and others to appoint members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

This came after he resigned from the All-Progressive Congress (APC) on March 10 because his party’s values were at odds with the ruling party.

El-Rufai recently pleaded with the politicians to join the SDP in order to defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 in an interview with BBC Hausa.

The Presidency stated on Friday that Tinubu’s current focus was not on the 2027 general election but rather how to improve every Nigerian’s economic situation.

In a statement on X on Friday, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications stated that “President Tinubu is not concerned about the upcoming election. He worries about Nigerians’ ability to share their wealth.

He worries about whether the changes he has in place will have the necessary effects. He is concerned about what ultimately happens to this nation’s economy. That is the main topic. Our foreign reserves have increased, they say. Inflation has decreased, too. Our trade surplus has increased.

“We’ve seen imports decrease while exports increase.

“We’ve seen the investments that attracted more than $50 billion,” he said. Prices are slipping, too.

“He has continued to make the decisions he has made, and you have clear data, and you have a president who is clearly in the driver’s seat.”

“And I believe that he is not currently really in favor of the upcoming election.

At the conclusion of his first term, he can look on and say, “I have had an impact on the lives of Nigerians. I’ve stabilized this country’s economy.

El-Rufai, however, requested that the trio of Obi, Abubakar, and Aregbesola form a political alliance with him in order to win the 2027 elections during the interview with the BBC.

Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Rauf, and all opposition leaders should join SDP, he said, “but I also ask you to refrain from forming a new political party.”

“It hurts me that the government I supported and trusted would succeed because we witnessed what Tinubu did in Lagos despite his difficulties,” he said.

We are all familiar with his problems in Chicago, but we felt free to support him if he could do it in Lagos. He lacked courage, though.

Read more about Tinubu’s concerns over the 2027 election and presidency.

El-Rufai made it clear that his presidential political goals in 2027 would depend on the party’s and the people’s will.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering a new travel ban that would apply to citizens of dozens of nations, according to a report released Friday by the New York Times.

According to anonymous officials, the draft list included 43 nations that were broken down into three different travel restrictions.

Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen would all be in the red list of nations whose citizens would be completely barred from entering the US.

Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Turkmenistan would all have severe visa restrictions.

The New York Times reported that “affluent business travelers may be permitted to enter in those circumstances, but not those who are on tourist or immigrant visas.”

To be granted a visa, citizens from nations on the orange list would also need to go through in-person interviews.

A further 22 nations on a yellow list would need 60 days to address US concerns, or they could be moved up to a more stringent category.

The State Department developed the list several weeks ago, and changes were likely to be made by the time it arrived, according to the New York Times, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal discussions.

Trump frozen almost all foreign aid and the United States’ refugee admissions program as one of his first acts in office.

Trump’s decision to impose a “Muslim ban” on his first term, similar to the “Muslim ban” he had ordered the US government to identify nations whose citizens should be prohibited from entering on security grounds.

In response to the ban, which in 2017 targeted people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, it sparked international outcry and received court rulings against it.

The government of Kano State has refuted claims that the Court of Appeal’s decision regarding the emirship dispute has been overturned. &nbsp,

The court’s decision to grant a stay of execution, which upheld the Kano Emirate Council Law of 2019 and reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano, was clarified by the attorney general and commissioner for justice, Haruna Isa Dederi.

Dederi addressed journalists in Kano, saying that the Court of Appeal’s stay of execution was a common judicial procedure. The Supreme Court’s final decision is not overturned, but rather the status quo is maintained.

Alhaji Aminu Baba Dan’Agundi, a steadfast supporter of the deposed 15th Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero, filed an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Residents were reassured by the government that Sanusi II’s reinstatement is still valid despite the appeal process.

The Court of Appeal’s decision is still in effect and still in effect. Dederi emphasized that the Supreme Court alone has the authority to overturn it.

Read more about Tinubu’s concerns over the 2027 election and presidency.

The government expressed concern over what it termed misleading reports that were intended to confound Kano residents.

Dederi urged the public to disprove any fabricated accounts that suggested the emirship ruling had been overturned.

“We are committed to following legal and due process.” According to him, “our legal team is carefully reviewing the most recent ruling to decide what to do next.”

The Kano people were urged by the government to continue practicing law and refrain from spreading false information.

The Presidency clarified that President Bolubu is currently concentrating his efforts on improving Nigerians’ lives, not on influencing the country’s political future. &nbsp,

Sunday Dare, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, clarified in a statement on X on Friday that the president’s accomplishment would be how he had been able to promote economic development at the end of his presidency.

In the country, where political unrest is roiling, and economic hardship is growing, Dare’s statement comes.

As former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai decamped from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), efforts to form a coalition that could challenge Tinubu in 2027 are in high gear.

President Tinubu stated in the statement that he was not concerned about the upcoming election. He worries about Nigerians’ ability to share their wealth.

He worries about whether the changes he has in place will have the necessary effects. He is concerned about what ultimately happens to this nation’s economy. That is the main topic. Our foreign reserves have increased, they say. Inflation has decreased, too. Our trade surplus has increased.

“We’ve seen imports decrease while exports increase.

“We’ve seen the investments that attracted more than $50 billion,” he said. Prices are slipping, too.

“He has continued to make the decisions he has made, and you have clear data, and you have a president who is clearly in the driver’s seat.”

“And I believe that he is not currently really in favor of the upcoming election.

At the conclusion of his first term, he can look on and say, “I have had an impact on the lives of Nigerians. I’ve stabilized this country’s economy.

Read more recently, Tinubu tells Catholic bishops, “There’s Hope, I’m Ready To Listen, I’m Ready To Listen.”

Tinubu reiterated his commitment to running a government that pays attention to the needs of Nigerians as hardship shakes the nation.

He informed the bishops that he had made a difficult decision by removing petroleum product subsidies while receiving the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Friday.

He emphasized the fierce competition between the petroleum sector’s operators, the farmers’ plentiful harvests, and the country’s low commodity prices, adding that there are investments being made.

As part of a new ban, the Trump administration is considering imposing severe travel restrictions on citizens of 41 nations.

A list of 41 countries, broken up into three distinct groups, is listed on the list, according to a Reuters quoting sources and an internal memo from Saturday.

A full visa suspension would apply to the first group of ten nations, which includes, among others, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba, and North Korea.

In the second group, five nations, including Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, and South Sudan, would be subject to partial suspensions that would have an impact on tourist, student, and other immigrant visas, with some exceptions.

If their governments “do not make efforts to address deficiencies within 60 days,” the memo stated that a total of 26 countries, including Belarus, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan, would be considered for a partial suspension of U.S. visa issuance.

Under the condition of anonymity, a U.S. official warned that the list might change and that it was still under the administration’s control, including Marco Rubio, the secretary of state.

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The decision recalls President Donald Trump’s first-term travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries, which underwent numerous iterations before the Supreme Court upheld it in 2018.

On January 20, Trump issued an executive order mandating increased security screening for foreigners entering the country to identify threats to national security.

A list of nations that should be partially or completely suspended from travel by March 21 was ordered by that order, which mandated that several cabinet members submit a list of nations for which travel must be partially or fully suspended because their “vetting and screening information is so deficient.”

Trump’s executive order forms part of a wider immigration crackdown that he launched at the start of his second term.