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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
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…
A special committee of the House of Representatives cleared the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of all wrongdoing in the phantom agency scandal on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. The legislative panel concluded that an audacious impostor forged Gbajabiamila’s signature to manufacture the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council out of thin air. Lawmakers…
The Nigerian naira sustained its steady multi-week consolidation on Monday, 31 August 2026, holding near N1,337 per US dollar at the official foreign exchange window. Early indicative electronic quotes hovered around N1,346.78 before wholesale banking desks resumed regular session trading. Parallel market operators in Lagos and Abuja traded dollars at N1,400, reflecting a N7 gain…
A massive glacial collapse along the Himalayan frontier between Nepal and China has claimed nearly eight hundred lives as rescue crews dig through metres of thick sludge. The disaster struck on Wednesday morning when an enormous mass of ice and rock sheared off high peaks near Langtang Lirung. The falling debris hit mountain river gorges…
Armed thugs stormed the Ondo State House of Assembly complex in Akure on Thursday, 27 August 2026, disrupting legislative business and sending staff scrambling for safety. The invasion followed an escalating plot by state lawmakers to remove the Speaker over financial misconduct allegations. More than 22 of the 26 members of the Assembly had already…