A Second Republic member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Dr Junaid Mohammed is dead. His brother, Dr Ahmed Salik, a former lecturer with the Bayero University Kano...

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday asked the state governments to compensate victims of farmers/herders crises, who have lost livelihoods. The Council also resolved that states should incorporate non-indigenous/minority...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s GDP grew by 0.11 per cent in Quarter Four (Q4) 2020, from the 6.11 per cent contraction in Q3, signaling a gradual...

Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the ‘academy’...

Former Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Abdullahi Dikko is dead. A source close to the deceased confirmed that he had died in Abuja after a long protracted illness. Dikko...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday announced the lifting of the suspension placed on seven of its members in the House of Representatives. The members are Hon. Ndudi Elumelu,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday closed its case in the ongoing alleged N1.4billion fraud trial of an embattled former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr Paul Usoro,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the new Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola...

The Immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has told the Senate that it will take Nigeria the next twenty years to address the security challenges...

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Thursday, reportedly killed no fewer than seven persons, four of whom were farmers, returning from their farms in Edo State. It was gathered that...

The Kogi State Government has approved the sum of N 450 million counterpart funds for the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). The State Commissioner for rural development, Hon...

Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Thursday, officially registered as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state. Daniel was registered by his Ward...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has dissolved his cabinet. The move was made ahead of the February 24 second term inauguration of the governor. The announcement was made during...

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has cancelled the recently approved restructuring of examinations by semester. The new policy on the conduct of the university examinations had restricted its...

The Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria. The vaccine was recently approved by the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as new Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Orji’s appointment, which would take effect...

At the resumed hearing of the Offa bank robbery case at an Ilorin high court on Wednesday, suspects in a recorded video clip told the court how they killed no...

The Nigerian superstar, Davido hit another milestone as he was named one of the next 100 most influential people in the world for 2021 by Time Magazine. Davido in his...

The Rivers State Executive Council has approved two contracts for construction of two additional flyovers in Port Harcourt City at the cost of N12.4 bn. One of the flyovers would...