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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Ex-Kano Attorney-General, Aliyu Umar dies

Former Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Aliyu Umar, SAN, is dead. According to the report, Umar…

BREAKING: Abia declares suspected COVID-19 patient wanted

Abia State Ministry of Health in partnership with the State Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19 on Friday declared one…

COVID-19: Academic Activities Ongoing At NOUN Despite Stay-At-Home Order

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) says academic activities are ongoing at the institution, in spite of…

COVID-19: Mikel Distributes 1800 Crates Of Eggs To Poor Households In Nigeria

Former Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi has distributed 1800 crates of eggs to vulnerable households in Nigeria…

COVID-19: 22 arrested ExxonMobil staff will be prosecuted, says Wike

The Rivers State Government has vowed to prosecute 22 staff of American oil giant, ExxonMobile, who entered the…

Rivers discharges second COVID-19 patient

The second COVID-19 patient in Rivers will be discharged any moment from now. Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike disclosed…

COVID-19 Lockdown: CAN Asks Churches To Open Food Banks

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State has called on Churches to open food banks to…

Gov Umahi Grants Pardon To 33 Convicts

Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has unconditionally granted pardon to 33 inmates at the Abakaliki and Afikpo Correctional Centre.…

Appeal Court dismisses case seeking to nullify Bayelsa, Kogi elections

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the case brought by the Action Peoples Party (APP), challenging…

Nairobi governor gives out alcohol to ‘kill’ coronavirus

The governor of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has distributed bottles of cognac to the poor, saying it protects against…

COVID-19: Akeredolu warns against politicising distribution of palliatives

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has warned the committee members and community leaders against segregation while distributing…

COVID-19: Kano govt disagrees with NCDC, says no new case of the virus on Thursday

The Kano State government has said that there was no new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the state…

COVID-19 will spread to every state, NCDC boss warns

The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has declared that every state in Nigeria…

Nigeria records 35 new cases of COVID-19, total now 442

Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 19 in Lagos 9 in FCT 5 in…

Correctional Service clears air on Maryam Sanda ‘benefitting’ from presidential pardon

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed report that Maryam Sanda had been granted presidential pardon. The Service…