21-year-old tailor, Bamise Ayanwole, has allegedly been abducted by a driver of the Lagos Bus Services Limited after she boarded an LBSL bus, popularly known as BRT, at the Chevron area of Lekki en route to Oshodi on February 25, 2022. Bamise was said to have boarded the bus at 7:30pm and became suspicious when […]

United States Senator Lindsey Graham, has said someone should assassinate Russian President, Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine. “The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out,” Graham tweeted on Thursday. WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that Russia military operation invaded Ukraine on Thursday February 24. Is there a Brutus in Russia?

The Federal Government has been urged to deploy dismissed soldiers who have expressed readiness to fight invading Russian soldiers in Ukraine to Borno, Yobe and other states in North-East Nigeria to combat terrorists. Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), gave the advise during an interview with The PUNCH on Friday. He said the Nigerian Government

21-year-old Nigerian man, Ajayi Ireoluwa Adeyemi, has narrated how he hid underground for over 24 hours in Kharkiv, Ukraine to escape from being attacked. Adeyemi said Ukraine was like a hell for him and at some point, he was afraid he would never see his parents again. The youth stated this in a brief interaction

With the presidential election in 2023 only a few months away, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a presidential contender and leader of the All Progressives Congress, made a visit to the traditional rulers in the three senatorial districts of Ondo State on Friday, seeking their support for his bid. The former governor of Lagos State claimed he

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Friday, said there may be no extension of the registration deadline for candidates, for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, the board’s Registrar, stated this while overseeing the registration process at various centers in Lagos State on Friday. He said that, based on

Arise Television Newspaper Columnist, Anchor and Former presidential aide, Reuben Abati was captured during an on-air news report chiding an Arise TV correspondent, Mary Chinda for calling by him by his name. The Correspondent was at the airport to give an update on the Nigerian evacuees returning from Ukraine and during the report, she called

As part of efforts to ensure provision of affordable houses for Ekiti people, the Ekiti State Government said it has secured a sum of N2.6bn housing fund from the Federal Government under the Family Home Fund to build a 550 housing units in the state. The Executive Secretary of Ekiti State Mortgage Board, Ms Oludayo

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have shot dead a suspected armed robber during gun battle, arrested a notorious car snatcher and another robbery suspect. The state police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, March 4, said that a stolen vehicle, POS machines, ATM cards, two locally made

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, left office with impeccable records. This was stated by Sanwo-Olu while felicitating with Obasanjo on the occasion of his 85 years birthday. Sanwo-Olu described the former president as a quintessential leader not only in Nigeria but globally. He said Obasanjo, a retired Military

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, left office with impeccable records. This was stated by Sanwo-Olu while felicitating with Obasanjo on the occasion of his 85 years birthday. Sanwo-Olu described the former president as a quintessential leader not only in Nigeria but globally. He said Obasanjo, a retired Military

The Ondo State Government has expressed its readiness to return both missionary primary and secondary schools to their original owners. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said this on Thursday while receiving the new Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Anselm Ologunwa in his office at Alagbaka, Akure. Mr Akeredolu said that so far, only the

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, returned to Abuja after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. This is contrary to the plan contained in an earlier press statement from the presidency, stating that the president would proceed to London for a medical check-up after the Kenya programme. While in Kenya, the president participated