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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 World Bank has endorsed a fresh $1.25bn loan for Nigeria under its Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration programme. The endorsement came alongside the launch of a new Country Partnership Framework spanning 2026 to 2032. This development follows intense public anxiety over the country’s soaring external debt profile. Many citizens note that previous debt…
The Nigerian naira opened the final trading week of June holding steady at N1,380.05 against the US dollar in the official foreign exchange market. Minor intra-day fluctuations settled quickly during early morning trading operations. This stability follows a sequence of aggressive liquidity interventions by monetary authorities throughout the month. Corporate buyers are matching their demands…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized more than 9.4 tonnes of illicit drugs and arrested 1,587 suspects in Plateau State over the past year. State Commander Anthony Gotar announced the massive haul during a press briefing in Jos on Thursday to mark the United Nations International Day against substance abuse. Operatives confiscated exactly…
The Lagos State Police Command has intercepted forty-seven sacks of military camouflage uniforms and eighty cartons of illicit drugs in a major intelligence-led operation. State Commissioner of Police Fatai Tijani disclosed the significant breakthrough during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday. Detectives from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit intercepted the illicit cargo…
The federal government has issued fresh refined product import permits to independent marketers for the third quarter of 2026. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority approved the licenses to prevent potential domestic fuel shortages between July and September. The tactical intervention follows a noticeable decline in national fuel stock levels over the past…
Prominent leaders of the National Democratic Coalition have fiercely rejected historical claims made by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar. The pro-democracy veterans, Colonel Tony Nyiam and Chief Ayo Opadokun, dismissed assertions published in the general’s new autobiography, Call of Duty. Abdulsalami claimed that NADECO figures privately lobbied him in 1998 to extend military…
Iran has declared a three-day public holiday in Tehran for the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. State television announced the measure on Tuesday as the regime prepares for a massive public gathering. The official ceremonies will finally begin on July 4, more than four months after his death. US and Israeli airstrikes…
Voters across Ekiti State are heading to the polls today to elect a governor for the next four years in a highly anticipated off-cycle election. The contest has effectively narrowed to a high-stakes duel between the incumbent, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, and Dr Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party. While…
Former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke accused British law enforcement authorities of destroying her life, career, and integrity through a failed corruption prosecution spanning more than a decade. The former minister made the remarks during an interview with the BBC following her full acquittal by a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London. A British jury…
US Vice President JD Vance delayed his diplomatic mission to Switzerland following a surge in Israeli military operations inside southern Lebanon. The white-hot regional friction threatens to derail a newly minted memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the 112-day war between Washington and Tehran. Speaking from the White House, Vance aggressively defended the preliminary accord…