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
Nigeria’s currency opened the new trading month on a firm note, exchanging at N1,344.49 per dollar across official foreign exchange windows on Monday. Central Bank of Nigeria operational records confirm that tight liquidity measures continue to anchor the spot price near its N1,345 baseline. Market stability persists. Foreign exchange desks inside commercial banks report smooth…
Senior non-teaching staff in Nigerian universities threatened a fresh national strike on 30 October 2026 over unpaid salary adjustments and withheld entitlements. Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities President Mohammed Ibrahim issued the ultimatum in Abuja, demanding immediate payment of the thirty-five per cent salary review agreed in 2023. Union leaders rejected federal delays, warning…
Israeli voters delivered an inconclusive verdict on Tuesday, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without a clear majority or a straightforward path to power. Early returns and preliminary exit tallies from the 27 October general election show neither Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc nor the opposition alliance securing the 61 seats needed to command the 120-seat Knesset. Netanyahu’s…
Tehran accused Washington on 27 October 2026 of lacking serious intent regarding peace talks as physical conflicts rapidly spread across regional waterways. Maritime safety monitors reported a commercial vessel caught fire 63 nautical miles off Iraq’s southern coast near al-Faw following fresh security incidents in the Persian Gulf. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations tracked…
Federal health authorities are scrambling to set up specialised treatment centres across border states after the tally of traced Ebola contacts climbed to fifty-three on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention activated its emergency incident management system under Coordinating Minister of Health Muhammad Ali Pate following the arrival of an infected traveller…
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso gathered bankers, fintech founders, and commercial traders at the Pan Pacific Beijing this week to dismantle the chronic payment bottlenecks choking trade with China. Nigerian merchants buy billions of pounds worth of manufactured goods from Chinese suppliers every single year, yet still endure circuitous, third-party dollar clearing routes…
Nigeria’s naira held steady in early trade on Friday, 23 October 2026, exchanging at N1,330.95 against the American dollar on the official foreign exchange market. Screen-based trades opened within a tight range of N1,330.95 to N1,332.00 per dollar, giving commercial lenders in Lagos a welcome respite from wild price swings. Tight monetary policy preserves brittle…
Justice Emeka Orafu of the Imo State High Court opened the hearing on Thursday, 22 October 2026, in the trial of five men who abducted twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps members along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway. The criminal gang ambushed two commercial buses carrying the university graduates near Umunoha in the Mbaitoli district on 1…
Aviation authorities tightened disease surveillance protocols across all Nigerian airports on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, after federal health officials confirmed an imported case of Ebola disease inside the Federal Capital Territory. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ordered its border teams to work alongside Port Health Services, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,…
A high-pressure gas pipeline blew apart in the Aleto community within Rivers State on Thursday, leaving several residents injured and shattering commercial properties across the Eleme industrial corridor. The state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, confirmed the disaster on Friday after emergency crews shut isolation valves along the damaged network to cut off…