The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Nigeria’s public health network faces its sharpest trial since 2014 after health officials confirmed an imported case of the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola virus in the Federal Capital Territory. The patient landed in Abuja from Uganda on 3 October, fell ill four days later, yet received an official laboratory diagnosis only on 20 October. Slow detection…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar demanded a full public audit of the N10bn emergency Ebola fund on Friday, 23 October 2026, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of dangerous bureaucratic inertia following the confirmed infection in Abuja. The political opposition seized upon contradictory official statements after the ruling All Progressives Congress claimed the special contingency allocation remains…
The Nigeria Labour Congress suspended its two-week indefinite strike across the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, ordering classroom teachers and municipal workers to resume duties on Wednesday morning. Council chairman Knabayi Adalo announced the breakthrough inside Labour House following marathon conciliatory talks with the Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, and federal…
Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday firmly rejected any prospect of the Nigeria Democratic Congress stepping down for the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The former Kano governor dismissed swirling talk of a backdoor compromise, insisting that his joint ticket alongside Peter Obi will run the full distance to the ballot box. Entrenched…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission to the Federal High Court in Abuja on Sunday over its failure to account for N126.46bn in public funds. The lawsuit follows damning findings in the 2023 audited report from the Auditor-General of the Federation, which flagged widespread financial irregularities in election operations…
Millions of Nigerian households marked World Food Day on Friday by cutting daily meals as rocketing staple prices outpace family earnings across the country. Official data and field reports show that macroeconomic shocks, currency devaluations, and soaring diesel costs have pushed basic staples far beyond the reach of ordinary wage earners. Empty pockets empty dinner…
Nigeria’s air force promised full welfare payments to families of personnel lost in the Igbokoda aircraft crash on Friday as salvage teams battled difficult underwater conditions in Ondo State. Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sunday Aneke directed staff to release statutory death benefits, benevolent funds, and school sponsorships for surviving children without delay….
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents stormed an army base in the remote settlement of Mairari within Borno State’s Guzamala Local Government Area around midnight on Tuesday, 13 October, sparking an intense gun battle that left soldiers feared dead. The midnight raid demonstrates how easily rural insurgent cells still penetrate front-line military bases across the Lake Chad…
Nigeria’s power distribution companies installed 301,726 prepaid electricity meters across July and August, shaving a sliver off a stubborn metering deficit that still leaves 4.70 million grid consumers at the mercy of arbitrary estimated bills. Fresh regulatory data released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission in Abuja shows that utility operators picked up their deployment…
A lethal cluster of diphtheria wiped out five young siblings in Danbare Ward within Kano State’s Kumbotso Local Government Area on Tuesday, 13 October, exposing the terrible human toll of northern Nigeria’s broken child immunisation system. The victims, aged between one and thirteen years, died in rapid succession within eight days after their parents brought…