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Amidst the festive season, Nigerians, particularly those who identify as Christians, have expressed their displeasure over the rapidly increasing costs of commodities. They also explained that the country's Christmas celebrations ...

Christmas is celebrated with high demand of goods and services Nigerians experience bleak celebration as prices of food items, transportation go high Businessmen, services providers blame price escalation on fuel ...

Aondoakaa, the Justice Minister, was replaced by Goodluck Jonathan while Yar'Adua was away Kabiru Sokoto was re-arrested by DSS agents and soldiers after he fled from jail A plane carrying ...

The 25th of December is Christmas. The festivities have begun with carols. Several stores, businesses, or structures, like hotels, were decorated with Christmas trees and lights when WITHIN NIGERIA visited ...

Tragedy as a 35-year-old man popularly known as Jaja got electrocuted while dismantling Christmas light decorations in Asaba, the Delta State capital. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the incident happened along Nnebisi Road ...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has carpeted those who criticised the Christmas Day speech of Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah. The playwright said he had studied ...

The Muslim Solidarity Forum, a group of Muslim scholars and clerics have demanded an apology from the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to apologise for his alleged "attack" ...

A 20-year-old undergraduate identified as Beauty Sorbari Nwigbaranee has been declared missing after she allegedly visited a male pastor friend; Sodje Masodje, on Christmas day. A source disclosed that Beauty, ...

Three brothers identified as Okiki Mulero (23), Micheal Mulero (21), and Joseph Mulero (17) have been arrested by Men of Ogun Police Command for beating a So-Safe corps officer who ...

There are emerging reports that the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) is currently enmeshed in crisis over a 'Christmas gift given to the students group by ...

Some well-meaning residents of the Federal Capital Territory has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari and the nation's security chiefs for a Christmas celebration free from bombings. The group, under the auspices ...

Multiple sources have revealed that there was a failed attempt by the Boko Haram group to disrupt the Christmas celebrations in parts of North-East Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory. According ...

The NorthEast Peace Ambassadors (NEPA) says President Muhammadu Buhari and the nation's service chiefs deserve credit for the return of peace and another Christmas celebration free from attacks in the ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Wednesday, observed that the Christmas Day message by Bishop Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, gave a true reflection of the current situation ...

Senator Dino Melaye has cautioned against the arrest or embarrassment of Sokoto-based clergyman, Bishop Kukah over his Christmas day message. Recall that Bishop Kukah in his Christmas message said there would ...

The immediate arrest and prosecution of the Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has been called by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) over his Christmas day message. Recall that the Bishop ...

During a dispute over the detonation of a banger around a mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the Muslim congregational prayer was being observed on Christmas Eve,  30-year-old man, Abdulkadir ...

Tension in Benue community as two people were reportedly killed during a Christmas carnival at Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the deceased died after a ...

The Northern Christians Forum of Nigeria (NCFN) has distanced itself from statements credited to Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto criticising President Muhammadu Buhari's administration. The ...

Reports have revealed that two young brothers who were eager to open their gifts on Christmas morning died in a massive house fire. This tragic and sad incident forced their ...