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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
Dangote Petroleum Refinery closed its historic N2.15 trillion initial public offering on Tuesday after drawing subscription applications from individual and institutional investors across 120 countries. The share offer marks the largest capital-raising exercise in the 66-year history of the Nigerian Exchange, establishing a new operational benchmark for domestic capital markets. Early subscription records indicate that…
Visa cardholders in Nigeria can now link their debit and credit cards directly to Google Wallet to make contactless digital payments. The international payment giant announced the integration on 28 October 2026, opening direct mobile checkout to millions of local Android device owners. Consumers tap their smartphones at point-of-sale terminals or select Google Pay during…
The Federal Government approved the medical evacuation of Nigeria’s sole confirmed Ebola patient to Switzerland following formal diplomatic requests. The patient, a 42-year-old Ugandan national married to a Swiss diplomat, fell ill in Abuja after returning from Uganda on 3 October. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Jide Idris, confirmed…
Eighty-year-old leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva secured a historic fourth presidential term on Sunday after pulling off Brazil’s most remarkable electoral turnaround in forty years. The veteran leader took 51 percent of the runoff vote to defeat right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who finished with 48 percent. No candidate in modern Brazilian history had ever…
Veteran Nigerian actor Francis Duru died at the age of 57 following a brief illness on Friday morning, 23 October 2026, stripping the domestic film industry of one of its most versatile pioneer performers. His family announced his passing in an early-morning statement released through his social media accounts, pleading for privacy and prayers as…
Nigeria’s naira slipped to N1,334 against the American dollar at the official foreign exchange market in mid-October 2026, recording marginal daily depreciation as commercial lenders absorbed steady corporate demand for import bills in Lagos. The Central Bank of Nigeria reported that the local currency weakened past N1,333 per dollar during midweek spot transactions, closing at…
Russian air strikes killed at least eight people and wounded nearly sixty others across Ukrainian cities on Saturday morning during an overnight bombardment involving 332 drones and cruise missiles. Moscow mounts massive aerial raids to exhaust Ukraine’s western-supplied air defence batteries before winter temperatures freeze the eastern front. Depleted air defences kill civilians quickly. Ukrainian…
Nigeria reopened the First Niger Bridge on Thursday after a 38-day closure that forced interstate traffic onto the newer downstream crossing between Asaba and Onitsha. Works Minister David Umahi ordered emergency repairs following alarming reports that scavengers had stolen crucial steel bolts from the ageing crossing. Neglect and theft continuously endanger critical transport links across…
The European Union committed a fourteen million euro grant on Wednesday, 14 October, to help Nigeria plan a ninety thousand kilometre national fibre-optic backbone. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu joined EU envoy Massimo De Luca in Abuja to seal the deal alongside the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Small grants buy…
Nigeria’s leading presidential contenders have largely abandoned the campaign trail with barely ninety-four days left before the 2027 general election. President Bola Tinubu, former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, and their primary rivals now send governors, party foot soldiers, and hired surrogates to face voters instead of touring the federation in person. Power brokers fear open public…