{"id":195294,"date":"2026-02-17T22:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:06:14","slug":"nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"NSA Ribadu and El-Rufai&#8217;s Toxic Relationship for Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has decried the sour relationship between former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed described the strained relationship between Ribadu and El-Rufai as poisonous.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Tuesday, the former presidential aide said the situation between Ribadu and El-Rufai is troubling for Nigeria\u2019s political culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely saddened by the development. I know both gentlemen and the depth of their personal relationship, and I see this as one of the poisonous elements of our politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can actually poison a relationship of this nature so deeply, then we are in very serious trouble. It is very saddening to see this relationship degenerate to the point that their personal bond is now so poisoned that nobody seems to consider the consequences. We are dealing with a situation of two friends threatening to take legal action against each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMallam El-Rufai, by character, is a very difficult person to advise. If I were to advise him, I would say there are so few fronts worth fighting. Try to limit the damage and focus your attention on addressing allegations that you stole money from the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has decried the sour relationship between former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu. Baba-Ahmed described the strained relationship between Ribadu and El-Rufai as poisonous. Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Tuesday, the former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSA Ribadu and El-Rufai&#039;s Toxic Relationship for Nigeria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has decried the sour relationship between ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSA Ribadu and El-Rufai&#039;s Toxic Relationship for Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has decried the sour relationship between ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T21:58:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T23:06:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771369520.828442.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NSA Ribadu and El-Rufai&#8217;s Toxic Relationship for Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-17T21:58:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-17T23:06:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771369520.828442.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nsa-ribadu-and-el-rufais-toxic-relationship-for-nigeria\",\"name\":\"NSA Ribadu and El-Rufai's Toxic Relationship for Nigeria - 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