Adejayan Gbenga Gsong

Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE
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Kaduna extends lockdown by two weeks

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i on Tuesday evening extended the lockdown by two weeks The Governor who…

Boko Haram razes 90 houses, Church, clinic, shops in Borno communities

Atleast 90 residential houses, a Church, clinic, nine shops and other properties worth millions of naira were razed…

France records over 28,500 coronavirus deaths

France’s cumulative death toll from coronavirus infection rose by 73 or 0.3 per cent to 28,530 on Tuesday.…

COVID-19: Lagos extends deadline for filing of annual returns to June 30

As parts of efforts to provide the much-needed relief to taxpayers and mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19…

Gov Wike cancels lockdown, imposes statewide curfew

Businesses in Rivers State can now open passively as Gov Wike cancelled its former decision to resume lockdown…

No sit-at home for Biafrans from 27th to 30th of May, says Nnamdi Kanu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Tuesday advised Biafrans to dedicate three…

Navy Arrests Over 42 Suspected Cultists In Cross River

The Nigerian Navy Victory Ship (NNVS) has handed over 42 suspected cultists to the Cross River Government for…

Bayelsa records one new case of COVID-19

The Bayelsa State Committee on COVID-19 has recorded one confirmed case among the 229 cases announced by the…

Governors to meet over financial autonomy for states’ judiciary, legislature

Governors of the 36 states will tomorrow, Wednesday 27th May 2020 gather to review a number of critical…

Chief Imam of Egbaland, Orunsolu, dies at 98

The Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Liadi Orunsolu, is dead. It was gathered that he died at the…

Fire guts Ogbogonogo market, Asaba

An early morning inferno has engulfed the popular Ogbogonogo market, Asaba, Delta State capital, destroying buildings and goods…

We’ve issued identity numbers to 41 million Nigerians, says NIMC

The National Identity Management Commission says it has enrolled and issued 41 million Nigerians with National Identity Number…

COVID-19: INEC to pilot e-Voting in 2021, says Mahmood Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to pilot the use of electronic voting machines at the earliest…

Nigeria records 229 new coronavirus cases as total hits 8,068

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, confirmed 229 new cases of coronavirus in the country,…

INEC to redesign polling units to comply with COVID-19 regulations

Due to the changes poised by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that…