In Nigerian politics, no one is a saint. Our political system has a history of politicians who made poor decisions or used dubious and dishonest methods to mock our democracy,...

Last week saw a lot of events that merited news coverage. A list of some selected top national stories across Nigeria has been painstakingly prepared by WITHIN NIGERIA. El-Rufai approves...

Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be...

Nigeria experienced a number of noteworthy occurrences last week. Some of the newsworthy ones were used as newspaper headlines and as the main topic of conversation on radio and television....

Make more lasting memories before you pass away. Every man will live and eventually die. No one would be able to avoid death because it is a debt, but we...

Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. --Langston Hughes Simply said, life is harvested by death. It...

Murphy Afolabi probably didn't remember William Shakespeare's famous line, "All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity," when he bemoaned the sad demise of renowned comic-actor Dejo Tunfulu...

Osun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is in disarray as officials employed in 2019 decry the payment of N10,000 instead of N100,000 as an allowance...

In an essay I published three years ago titled "Goliaths we see today, we shall see them no more," I asserted that the leading university had fallen to the hands...

The things of life are mysterious and difficult to understand. It cannot be explained in one way. You are also not fully capable of comprehending life. People who try to...

Senator Ademola Adeleke, Governor of Osun State is reportedly planning to install his preferred member-elect, Prince Adewale Egbedun as Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly. Recall that on Saturday,...

On March 11 of 2023, Osun's eligible voters trooped out in large numbers to cast ballots for their preferred candidates for assembly seats. This happened just nine months after the...

There are many corners of the world, and they are corners of complete poverty, disease, failure, immobility, and disaster. Those who consistently pray to remain invisible in any corner have...

People are mortal. Only in literature and memories do those who claim to be immortal exist. Historical evidence suggests that these renowned immortals either manifested as tangible objects like rocks,...

Nigeria's apex bank lowers its benchmark lending rate to 8%. Police officer killed, four foreigners Kidnapped in Port Harcourt Boko Haram killed 4, including a 7 year-old girl in Yobe...

Nigeria deported 87 over vote-rigging concerns Gunmen attacked Adamawa Deputy Governor's residence, killed 11 According to Arthur Schopenhauer, newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually...

According to Baruch Spinoza, if you want the present to be different from the past and study the past. Only those who really lived through it can adequately recount a...

Boko Haram insurgents opened fire, killed 7 in a crowded market Nigerian soldiers killed eleven Boko Haram militants in Gwoza, Borno According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, history has to be...

On a Tuesday evening, WITHIN NIGERIA visited one of hospitable settings in Ilesa metropolis. At Okesa, an avenue in Ilesa, this location is a lovely edifice. Together with two bars,...

Nigeria and Cameroon exchanged 211 prisoners captured during clashes in the disputed Bakassi Peninsula According to Dwight D. Eisenhower, together we must learn how to compose difference, not with arms,...