The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saki, Oyo State, is embroiled in a deepening leadership crisis, as rival factions split at the party’s Local Government Congresses held across LGAs such as Saki West, Saki East, and ATISBO LGAs on Saturday.The congresses have taken a dramatic turn, with rival factions producing Continue Reading

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has been plunged into a fresh leadership crisis following the conduct of parallel ward and local government congresses across the state’s 276 administrative wards. The exercise, which took place on Wednesday, saw two distinct factions of the party conducting separate electoral processes, Continue Reading

Former ADC presidential candidate Professor Pat Utomi has announced he’s done with executive office, citing his 70th birthday, and has urged Atiku Abubakar to step aside for a younger candidate, citing the need for Africa to move away from gerontocracy. In an exclusive interview with INDEPENDENT, Utomi emphasized the importance Continue Reading

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on voters, security agencies, and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct themselves in an orderly manner during Saturday’s polls in the Federal Capital Territory and the states of Kano and Rivers. INEC will conduct elections in the six area councils Continue Reading

Gunmen killed at least 50 people and abducted women and children in an overnight assault on a village in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara State, authorities and residents said. The attack started late on Thursday night and continued into Friday morning in Tungan Dutse village in the Bukkuyum area of Zamfara when Continue Reading

The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with a suspected murder at Ori-Apata Oderemi in Ido Local Government Area of Ibadan. The command public relations officer Mr olayinka Ayanlade in a statement made available to newsmen says the case has been Continue Reading

Amofin Beulah Adeoye has joined sons and daughters of Oke-Ogun to felicitate with Mr. Femi Adeyanju, Deputy Chairman of Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF) as he clocked 70 years. Amofin Adeoye in his birthday message to Mr. Adeyanju said seventy years is not merely a measure of age but testimony Continue Reading

The federal, state, and local governments may receive additional revenue allocations of about N14.57tn following the recent Executive Order signed by President Bola Tinubu, directing that royalty oil, tax oil, profit oil, profit gas, and other revenues due to the Federation under production sharing, profit sharing, and risk service contracts Continue Reading

Thousands of Igbo traders operating in Lagos are set to relocate to the new Idodo Market City in Enugu State, as part of a major commercial partnership aimed at deepening private sector-driven growth and expanding access to international markets. The planned movement follows renewed assurances by the Enugu State officials Continue Reading