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
The Nigerian currency opened trading in a narrow band on Monday, 12 October, fetching approximately 1,332.49 naira to the United States dollar on the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market. Street dealers across the parallel market quoted the greenback between 1,370 naira for buyers and 1,380 naira for sellers, maintaining a modest premium over formal banking…
Armed bandits seized three people from the sprawling estate of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria at Idi Ayunre in Oyo State on Thursday, 8 October, before demanding a 120-million-naira ransom for their freedom. The gang grabbed Mrs Eunice Babalola, who oversees the institute’s central nursery, alongside Mr Kehinde Gbalajobi, an agricultural superintendent, and an…
The World Bank declared on Thursday, 8 October 2026, that the Nigerian naira weathered regional foreign exchange turmoil far better than several continental peers during the second quarter, limiting its maximum depreciation to just 2.6 per cent while punishing sell-offs battered currencies across the African continent. Currency markets across twenty-two sub-Saharan nations outside the CFA…
Nigerian Navy divers and marine police units cordoned off the creek banks of Igbokoda in Ondo State on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, to drag the swamp bed for the bodies of twenty-five people and the broken fuselage of an air force transport aircraft. The twin-engine turboprop plane, marked NAF 931, plunged into the mangrove waters…
A helicopter plunged into the waters of Igbokoda in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday morning, 5 October 2026, leaving several passengers feared dead in the submerged wreckage. The aircraft crashed near Larada Street before sinking rapidly into the river, sending nearby coastal residents running toward the banks in utter shock…
President Bola Tinubu landed at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, brushing aside persistent rumours about his failing health as malicious political gossip after a month away in Europe. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac, the head of state announced he was sound, healthy, and ready to go,…
Nigeria’s naira opened trading on Monday, 28 September 2026, pegged near 1,327.72 naira to the US dollar at the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market. The spot rate maintains the narrow band established late last week after the central bank closed Friday’s formal window at 1,329.51 naira. Currency dealers in Lagos and Abuja watch these figures…
Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos sent online influencer Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popular as KC Luxury, to prison custody on Friday over an alleged international cocaine smuggling conspiracy. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency brought Kazeem into court alongside Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch on a 22-count indictment…
The naira hovered near 1,326.34 against the American dollar on Friday morning as foreign exchange desks weighed the monetary loosening of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Spot trading saw the domestic unit edge between 1,325.42 and 1,327.00 before settling around 1,326.34 in the official autonomous window. That movement extends a week of gentle depreciation following…
Nigerian asset managers and domestic households took absolute control of the trading floor at the Nigerian Exchange Limited during the first eight months of 2026. Local buyers accounted for 89.8 per cent of total equities trades valued at 13.2 trillion naira between January and August, according to the latest Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Participation report….