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