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
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has raised its processing wait times for Nigerian citizens seeking study permits and visitor visas. The revision, published on 16 September 2026, pushes the standard study permit review period from nine weeks to ten weeks. Nigerians seeking ordinary visitor visas must now wait 87 days, while super visa applications require…
Donald Trump declared on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that the United States is rapidly approaching the end of its military confrontation with Iran. Speaking to reporters as he stepped off Air Force One, the American president asserted that Washington and Tehran are now engaged in direct negotiations to halt the hostilities. The claim represents a…
 The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission announced on Tuesday that the country plans to supply 70 per cent of Africa’s gas demand by lifting domestic production. Commission Chief Executive Gbenga Komolafe outlined the target in Abuja as part of a wider strategy to exploit the continent’s shift toward cleaner transition fuels. Nigeria sits on…
The Nigerian naira opened the trading week at 1,326.84 to the American dollar on the official window on Monday, 14 September 2026. Central bank records show that the spot rate held steady near the 1,326.52 recorded over the weekend at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market. Street traders in Lagos, Abuja, and Kano quoted the greenback…
Nigeria demanded a sweeping overhaul of the United Nations Security Council and international financial institutions at the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi on Sunday. Vice President Kashim Shettima delivered the rebuke on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, telling world leaders that post-war multilateral structures fail to reflect modern demographic and economic facts. The Nigerian…
Domestic friction surfaced inside the Big Brother Naija house on Day 46 as communal chores triggered an open clash between housemates. Head of House Tram summoned the contestants to the main lounge on Thursday morning to organise cleaning shifts before scheduled wager rehearsals. The administrative exercise quickly broke down into sharp arguments over fairness, dirty…
The Nigerian naira gained ground against the British pound sterling on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, firming to N1,788 in official interbank dealings. The rally caps two weeks of steady appreciation as the Central Bank of Nigeria chokes off speculative demand for foreign paper. Bureau de change operators in Lagos and Abuja adjusted their retail selling…
Nigeria’s equities market climbed back above the N160 trillion capitalisation mark on Monday, 7 September 2026, gaining N1.04 trillion in a single trading session as concentrated buying in petroleum stocks masked widespread selling across the broader trading floor. The benchmark All-Share Index rose 707.34 points to settle at 247,699.78 points, lifting total market capitalisation to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria drained trillions of naira from commercial vaults, driving the interbank overnight lending rate up to 22.20 per cent. Olayemi Cardoso continues his aggressive mop-up of banking cash to halt currency speculation and tame stubborn price rises. The apex bank sold N2.888 trillion in Open Market Operations bills in a single…
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday, 4 September 2026, to abandon the 16th-century Mercator map in favour of a modern projection that reflects the true physical scale of Africa. In a plenary session at UN headquarters in New York, 164 member nations backed a resolution promoting the Equal Earth projection to replace the…