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 African Democratic Congress demanded clarity on Monday over who runs Nigeria, as President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima both exited the country. Speaking on Channels Television, party spokesman Bolaji Abdullahi queried the constitutional basis that permits Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume to stand in for the executive. Mr…
Three prominent American news organisations filed a joint federal lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday, 21 September 2026, challenging an executive decision to ban their journalists from the White House grounds. CNN, Politico, and MS NOW notified government lawyers that they are seeking an emergency injunction in the US District Court…
The leadership of Jehovah’s Witnesses announced on Friday, 18 September 2026, that members may now receive treatments derived from donated blood, softening a doctrinal ban that has shaped the denomination’s identity for eight decades. Under the revised guidance issued by the faith’s Governing Body in New York, the movement’s 9.2 million adherents worldwide can accept…
Warren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, bringing an orderly end to a six-decade tenure that reshaped corporate capitalism. The 96-year-old investor now assumes the title of chairman emeritus with immediate effect. His 71-year-old son, Howard Buffett, takes the chair, while chief executive Greg Abel retains operational control and authority over capital…
The retail price of petrol crossed 1,400 naira per litre in major commercial hubs across Nigeria over the weekend. Independent and major fuel marketers adjusted their electronic pump meters upward following another steep increase in wholesale prices by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The massive facility in Lekki raised its wholesale gantry price from 1,265 naira…
Nigeria’s currency found rare stability on Friday, holding at 1,548 naira to the euro in official trading. The Central Bank of Nigeria has built a foreign exchange buffer that currently fluctuates between 54.08 billion and 54.13 billion dollars. That haul marks the highest reserve level recorded by the monetary authority since December 2008. The steady…
Nigeria faces another shutdown of its public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities threatens to resume its suspended nationwide strike without further notice. Union president Christopher Piwuna issued the warning on Friday morning following an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council at the University of Abuja. Lecturers point to the incomplete implementation…
Nigeria posted a merchandise trade surplus of N12.59 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, widening its trade balance by 67 per cent as foreign crude sales surged and local refining curtailed fuel import bills. Fresh balance-of-trade numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics in Abuja on Monday reveal that total exports jumped to…
Men of the Nigeria Customs Service impounded illicit drugs and toxic chemicals worth N3.95 billion across south-western border corridors, intercepting three suspects in the process. Customs Area Controller Gambo Aliyu, who runs the Federal Operations Unit Zone A in Ikeja, handed the haul to anti-narcotics and green safety regulators on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The…
Twelve outgoing Nigerian state governors will leave behind an aggregate debt mountain of roughly N5.3tn as their constitutional tenures expire in 2027 and early 2028. Official records from the Debt Management Office show that these twelve subnational administrations held N2.16tn in local obligations by the first quarter of 2026, alongside $2.33bn in foreign loans. The…