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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has dissolved his cabinet. The move was made ahead of the February 24 second term inauguration of the governor. The announcement was made during the valedictory meeting of the State…

The Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria. The vaccine was recently approved by the World Health Organization (W.H.O) for…

Bauchi-based Wikki Tourists FC, a Nigeria Professional Football League side, are thankful as no life was lost following an accident that left the team bus burnt to ashes along Kibo road around the popular forest area after Jos in Plateau…

The 36 State Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are set to meet tonight at the State House Conference Center, in Abuja. Head, Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, said the meeting scheduled…

The screening exercise for the newly appointed service chiefs by House of Representatives has started on Wednesday, February 17. According to the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the nation must do everything possible to get the…

Several students at Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, have been abducted by bandits. The bandits in military uniforms stormed the school premises which has close to 1000 students on Tuesday night, overpowered the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a…

Former governor of Ogun State and the campaign manager for the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the last general election, Gbenga Daniel, has ‘defected' to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Daniel is expected to…

Nigeria’s inflation rose to 16.47 per cent in January 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Tuesday. Food inflation also rose to 20.57 per cent in January, from 19.56 per cent in December. Inflation soared at 15.75 per…

Former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on Monday picked as Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). The organization revealed this via its official tweeter handle @WTO.org. According to the tweet, “members made…

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the former Deputy Governor of Osun State has reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore on Monday…

Boko Haram notorious commanders, Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib, have been killed. Troops took them out in an operation at Banki Junction road around Pulka axis in Borno State. Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib belonged to the Shekau faction of Boko…

The immediate closure of Shasha market, Ibadan has been ordered by the Oyo state government following the violence between Yoruba and Hausa at the market. The curfew imposed on Shasha and the market area is expected to run from 6 pm and…

Armed police officers deployed to the Lekki Tollgate Plaza have arrested about a dozen protesters, the first batch to arrive at the tollgate. The protest, tagged #OccupyLekkiTollgate, scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, was against…

The Police have dispatched teams of operatives along the Lekki corridor ahead of Saturday’s End SARS protest at the toll gate. The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command confirmed the deployment. “CSP Yinka…

The Senate on Thursday summoned governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele to shed more light on the recent ban on cryptocurrency. The red chamber also summoned the director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the first Executive Governor of Lagos State is dead. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the former Minister of Works lost his life on Thursday morning in Lagos at the age of 91. Jakande was a former journalist who…

Bank accounts linked to some promoters of #EndSARS protest which were freezed following an order a federal high court in Abuja made on November 4, 2020 have been unfreezed by the same court of jurisdiction. In a ruling on Wednesday,…

The Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 Nigerians from international trips for flouting COVID-19 guidelines. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. The…