Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has declared he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He spoke despite confirmation by Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello that he has...

The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, arrested 39 internet fraud suspects, also known as 'Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’. Ten of them...

Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Ahmed Lawan Kuru for reappointment as the Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporate of Nigeria (AMCON). The Upper Chamber also approved the...

The House of Representatives has restated its position to improve ease of doing business in the country. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a resumption address for the 2021...

A 27-year-old fisherman, Fatai Yussuf, has been remanded in a custodial centre in Lagos over alleged killing of his six-week-old daughter whom he threw into a lagoon because she was...

A man who chopped off his wife’s hands for failing to bear him children has been handed a 30-year jail sentence. The court in Machakos, Kenya, jailed Stephen Ngila, 39,...

The police in Lagos State have arrested 58 suspects in its effort to restore normalcy to the Agarawu, Ita Faaji, Igbosere and other areas on the Lagos Island. The Commissioner...

Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has debunked trending reports of civil war attributed to him. Igboho said he never called for civil war in any interview he...

The acting Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Hilary Kelechi Madu, has directed all zonal commanders and state commandants to ensure optimal enforcement and general compliance of...

Former Super Eagles, Shooting Stars and Abiola Babes defender, Yisa Sofoluwe is dead. Sofoluwe, popularly known as the dean of defence passed away after a battle with a brain ailment....

An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, remanded two persons, Saliu Saheed and Azees Rafiu for allegedly stealing 18 bags of maize and 1032 chickens. The prosecutor, Jacob Akintunde, told the...

The UK Government on Tuesday said that the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) had announced that Nigeria would be one of the first countries to receive 16 million free doses of...

The World Trade Organisation, WTO’s General Council will hold a special meeting next Monday, February 15, at 3p.m., to consider the appointment of the next Director-General. The meeting will take...

Seven transport union workers have been kidnapped at Iwaraja junction along Ilesha/Akure expressway in Atakunmosa West Local Government Area, Osun. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the seven transport workers were travelling...

The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has kicked against the ongoing membership revalidation exercise of the party. The exercise, he said, is...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the newly Service Chiefs. The Senate has received a formal request from Mr President for the confirmation of...

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, suspended its plenary session, to mourn a member, Ossy Prestige, who died recently. WITHIN NIGERIA reported that, Honourable Prestige, who represented Aba North/South Federal...

President Muhammadu Buhari has performed the groundbreaking for the commencement of the construction of $1.96 billion Kano-Maradi 284 kilometre standard gauge rail line with a branch line from Kano to...

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Tuesday relaxed 24 hours curfew imposed on Erin-Osun and Ilobu communities to restore peace to the area. The two communities situated in Irepodun...