Today’s Headlines: Ex-CoS: I didn’t betray El-Rufai, he used my structure to win elections, Tinubu Fit As A Fiddle-APC secretary

Hon. Bashir Saidu, former Chief of Staff to Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, has denied betraying the former governor who is currently in detention.

Saidu, who was among the former allies of El-Rufai that announced that they had parted ways with him, spoke in an interview with RFI Hausa.Daily Trust had reported how El-Rufai recently said some people he stood by during difficult times had abandoned him, a comment which sparked further controversies.

But in the latest interview, the former Chief of Staff said he and El-Rufa’i jointly formed the structure through which the former governor attained power, at the heyday of their political activities.

The National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s fitness to run for campaigns ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

He noted that he spends more time with the President, sometimes late into the night, adding that Tinubu is “fit as a fiddle.”

Basiru, who is also the Deputy Secretary of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, stated this on Wednesday during his interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today’ programme.

His comments come when some members of the opposition have questioned the President’s physical fitness, bringing to question his ability to move around campaigning for a second term in office at the Aso Villa.

The Federal Government on Wednesday credited the work of the Presidential Task Force on Ebola Preparedness for the quick detection of Nigeria’s index Ebola case, assuring Nigerians that it can handle the disease.

Chairman of the task force and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said this after an emergency meeting of the group at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday.

This is according to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, titled ‘Ebola: FG Assures Nigerians of Containment Strategies.’

Gbajabiamila said the task force had been working behind the scenes since it was inaugurated in June, which was why the case, discovered on Tuesday, was identified easily.

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has donated vehicles to eight members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly who recently returned to the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The donation is aimed at easing the lawmakers’ transportation challenges, facilitating their return to the state and supporting their political engagements and mobilisation efforts across their respective constituencies.

The gesture comes amid ongoing reconciliation efforts by APC leaders to unite aggrieved members and strengthen the party’s political structure in Zamfara State ahead of the 2027 elections.

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