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Some civil servants who have no proof of COVID-19 vaccination and negative PCR tests are currently being denied access into the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. Recalls that the Federal Government had in October 2021, warned that civil…

The Senate, on Tuesday, called for the establishment of special correctional centres for high-profile criminals following frequent jailbreaks witnessed across the country recently. The Senate noted that out of the 252 escaped inmates in…

Amid the growing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Canada has added Egypt, Malawi, and Nigeria to the ‘travel ban’ list. “We are adding three countries to the list of these countries that we talked about last Friday, these…

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike came before the State High Court in Port Harcourt on Tuesday to testify as a witness in a N7 billion libel claim against THISDAY Newspaper. Governor Wike stated that he was in court to seek…

Two cases of the new COVID-19 variant called Omicron have been confirmed in Nigeria. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the Omicron variant was identified in two travellers from South Africa last week through genomic sequencing of positive…

Eddy Megwa, Lagos state coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on corps members deployed to the state to avail themselves of skills acquired in orientation camp to complement their education. This call was made by…

Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu has directed the immediate shutting of Mai Asubahi Night Club and Gidan Barau, both in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday in…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Muhammad has disclosed that 1144 suspects linked to cases of corruption and fraud have been convicted between January 2 and November 14, 2021. This was disclosed by the CJN at the third summit on…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 53 new suspected cases of cholera were recorded in six states within one week. This was made kmown by the agency in its epidemiological report for November 15 to November…

The Lagos State Government has rejected the findings of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons were killed on the night soldiers stormed the Lekki…

The government of Benin Republic has been given seven days to unconditionally release Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho or face serious economic embargo. A Nigerian-American and human rights…

Former chief judge of the federal capital territory (FCT), Ishaq Bello has stated that correctional centres across the country need to be decongested. This was stated on Tuesday by Bello who is also the chairman of presidential committee…

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi-Kayode has been released from EFCC custody after about 8 hours of “quiz”. WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that the ex-minister was invited by the anti-graft agency to have a brief quiz over the…

There was an uneasy calm on Tuesday evening in the Senate wing of the National Assembly as members of the Senate Committee on Army clashed over alleged lopsidedness in recent recruitments carried out by the Nigerian Army, NA. The event…

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday proposed about N267.921 billion for the 2022 fiscal year made up of N172,535,634,000.00 for capital expenditure and N95,385,850,000.00 for recurrent expenditure for consideration.…

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has clarified its position in the case of the illegal recruitment raised by the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye at the 3rd National Summit on…

Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN has set up a five-member Committee to investigate and verify the authenticity of the alleged claims of a syndicate selling the government’s recovered property. Malami disclosed this in a statement…

The Chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), Professor Banji Akintoye, on Tuesday, left his position as the chairman in the organisation with immediate effect while the Ilana Omo Oodua…

Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has asked foreign investors to invest in Nigeria’s maritime industry. This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the Director of Press and Public Relations to the…

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the federal government will punish head of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) presenting new projects as ongoing ones. This was stated on Tuesday by President Buhari during…

Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and comptroller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Haliru Nababa have been summoned by the senate over the recent jailbreaks in the country.…

The Ogun State High Court on Tuesday overturned the demotion of 75 coronet Obas by Governor Dapo Abiodun on February 6, 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 75 coronet obas had instituted action before the court to…

Days following his earlier arrest and release, All Progressives Congress (APC) chief and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been apprehended again by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to Daily…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed plans to organise a historic peace walk on December as part of measures to the healing of the state in particular and the country in general. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this on…

On Tuesday, illegal drugs weighing 20,000 kilograms and worth over N50 billion were destroyed by NDLEA in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja. The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa…