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