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  The  senator representing Katsina North Senatorial District, Ahmad Babba Kaita, has joined the Peoples democratic Party (PDP). Babba Kaita announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement by his media aide, Abdulkadir Lawal. Katsina North senatorial zone comprises 12 local government areas, including Daura, President Muhammad Buhari’s hometown. Babba Kaita was elected to the 8th Senate in 2018 to fill the vacuum in the senatorial zone following the demise of Senator Mustapha Bukar. In 2019, he was re-elected again to the 9th Senate after defeating his opponent, Hon Usman Mani of the PDP. He currently chairs the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. The lawmaker said his decision to dump the ruling APC was due to the marginalisation of critical stakeholders by the state government and the leadership of the party at the state level. He said the state under the Aminu Bello Masari-led administration is witnessing gradual decline to u

 The family of Yahaya Hassan Musa, a 39-year-old businessman, was thrown into mourning as his body was found in a forest hours after his abductors received a N6m ransom. The incident started on Thursday, when the victim, who is married with two kids, was coming back from Cotonou, Benin Republic, after a business trip and was kidnapped in a forest around Mopa area of Kogi State, with the kidnappers demanding N10m and later slashing it to N6m. Narrating the incident to City & Crime, the late Yahaya’s brother, Abubakar Hassan Musa, who took the N6m to the kidnappers, said his brother used to fly whenever he travelled, but that on that fateful trip he decided to return by road. He said, “The kidnappers requested that I should take the money to a forest in Kabba. I went and delivered the money in cash. They then directed me to a place where I would meet him, but I did not meet him. I slept in the forest alone. “The following day I continued searching until a woman who was kidnapped alon

  Riliwanu Saminu a.k.a Wale Canada was alledged to have gotten the ticket to contest for state house of assembly election on a platter of gold in 2019. The reason he has been failing his constituents without being ready to show remorse for his irresponsive and irresponsible represention in the last three years and because he believed he could get whatever he wants from the governor as a serving state Honourable. One of the PDP stakeholders in ATISBO who confided in our reporter said that the people he is representing nearly made a conclusion for his recall from the nineth assembly. But they only considered that his tenure would soon be over. Moreso, the anonymous stakeholder said it was a rude shock to the aspirants among whom were a few that have obtained nomination and interest forms that Wale Canada that has lost popularity in the two local government areas he is representing has been considered as consensus candidate to represent PDP in the 2023 elections. He further stated that t