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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
Persistent downpours have forced the Federal Ministry of Works to postpone the reopening of the First Niger Bridge. The steel span, which links Onitsha in Anambra State to Asaba in Delta State, was shut down on 7 September for emergency repairs. Federal engineers had promised to hand the river crossing back to commercial traffic on…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board fired a staff member on Monday, 21 September 2026, after an internal inquiry proved the worker extorted money from teenage applicants. The examination body revealed the summary dismissal in its weekly bulletin, warning that rank will not shield corrupt insiders from immediate prosecution. The disciplinary action exposes the dark…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the harmonisation of salary scales and grade structures across Nigeria’s federal and state civil services. Speaking in Yenagoa on Friday, 18 September, during a foundation-laying ceremony for retired permanent secretaries, he argued that identical public duties deserve equal financial reward. He maintained that state workers match their federal peers…
Nigeria has launched an inter-ministerial panel in Abuja to rewrite the country’s Value Added Tax rules within six weeks. Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele set the deadline during the committee’s formal inauguration, demanding a framework that settles persistent disputes over exemptions. The assignment compels officials to draft a new 2026 VAT Modification Order before the fiscal…
JPMorgan has readmitted Nigeria to its emerging-market debt tracking tables after an eleven-year exile. The American investment bank allocated Africa’s most populous nation a 7.4 per cent weighting in its newly minted Government Bond Index–Emerging Markets Edge. That decision covers sixteen naira-denominated federal bonds worth roughly 17.47 billion dollars. The index tracks roughly 328 billion…
Nigeria’s electoral umpire published the final roster for the 2027 presidential election on Saturday, setting the stage for another round of political combat among familiar titans. The Independent National Electoral Commission displayed the roll at its Federal Capital Territory office in Abuja, confirming candidates from eighteen political parties. Commission secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony signed the document,…
Nigeria’s top police officer has reopened an old wound about citizen oversight and street-level impunity. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu warned the public against the indiscriminate filming of officers, claiming the practice demoralises personnel and disrupts delicate security operations. Human rights groups, opposition politicians, and the Nigerian Bar Association quickly pushed back against any official…
Armed street toughs blocked the motorcade of Peter Obi near the Nigerian Air Force Base in Makurdi on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, forcing the opposition leader to turn back. The former Anambra governor arrived in Benue State to deliver relief materials and console displaced families in rural communities. Instead, a crowd wielding wooden cudgels, iron…
Nigerian commercial banks trimmed their cash deposits with the Central Bank of Nigeria by 1.14 per cent to N82.99 trillion in August 2026, pulling back from the record N83.96 trillion parked in July. Fresh balance-sheet data from the apex bank shows lenders adjusted their short-term balances through the Standing Deposit Facility to pursue higher returns…
Nigeria’s Auditor-General for the Federation has revealed that the National Cash Transfer Office cannot account for N33.75bn paid out to 3.29 million vulnerable households in 2023. The alarming discovery forms part of the Auditor-General’s 2024 Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses in Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. Shaakaa Chira, who heads the federal…