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The 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State North West, Nigeria promises to be the most keen in the state's recent political history.
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Bala Bantex, is dead. He died on Sunday at the age of 64 after battling with an undisclosed illness. Until his death, the late Bantex served as Deputy to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 to 2019, before he resigned and contested for Kaduna South Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna South Senatorial District in the 2019 election. He lost the election to the incumbent Senator, Danjumah Laah of the Peoples Democratic Party. Meanwhile, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has expressed sadness over the death of his...
Bala Bantex: People benefitting from insecurity don’t want it to end Former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Bala Bantex, says the beneficiaries of insecurity do not want it to end. Speaking during an interview on... By Sun Mar 07 2021 Former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Bala Bantex, says the beneficiaries of insecurity do not want it to end. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Bantex opposed the idea of the federal or state governments granting amnesty to bandits. Respected Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has been pushing for a dialogue with bandi...
We are leading with the banditry situation in Kaduna, renewed hopes for Nigerians seeking a US visa, and stunning revelations from Meghan Markle about the UK royal family. A file photo of a gun seized from crime suspects in Nigeria. Bandits in Kaduna Bandits terrorising some parts of Kaduna State and the Northern region are still going strong but the military has said it is not giving up on taking them out. In its latest onslaught against the bandits, the military said it conducted aerial missions over locations in Chikun and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna State, killing sev...
Samuel Aruwan and elders of troubled Zango-Kataf Published 12 February 2021 People in Zango-Kataf area of southern Kaduna, Kaduna State, had a peace meeting the other day. Members of the Atyap and Fulani ethnic groups said they met to resolve their differences – neighbour to neighbour. The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, was there to represent the state governor. I take note of the gathering for one reason. As I’ve always stated on this page in regard to the spate of violence in that part, the most effective solution to a local problem i...