The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the unlawful possession of human parts and armed robbery. The arrests were confirmed in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, on Saturday, February 20, 2026. Ayanlade disclosed that one suspect, Garuba Aminu, 20, Continue Reading

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has warned top officials of the Oyo State Government that they may be sent to prison if they fail to obey an earlier judgment concerning the ban on the National Union of Road Transport Workers. 𝗜𝗧𝗩 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲  reports that the court issued the Continue Reading

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Isiaka Ayanwale (Imole De), has described the election of the new and re-elected executives led by Alh. Tajudeen Okunlola in Saki West LGA as a reflection of the trust and confidence reposed in them by party members. In a statement made Continue Reading

The Oyo State Government has dismissed the panic-inducing rumours circulating about an alleged kidnapping incident at the College of Nursing campus in Kishi, describing the report as false and misleading. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, explained that the rumour originated from an unfounded alarm raised Continue Reading

Amofin Beulah Adeoye, president of the Beulah Adeoye Foundation has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family, party leaders and members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Kajola LGA chapter over the death of Alhaji O.K Salam, overall chairman of Stakeholders Forum. Amofin Adeoye described Alhaji Salam’s departure as a Continue Reading

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