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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
A second commercial oil tanker caught fire after an unknown projectile struck it in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations confirmed that the crew extinguished the blaze and sustained no casualties. The attack followed another strike on Wednesday that damaged an outbound vessel in the same narrow waterway. Iran’s…
Nigeria’s organised labour and main opposition leaders mounted fresh pressure on President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, demanding urgent relief after petrol pump prices hit fresh peaks across the federation. The Nigeria Labour Congress called on the federal government to grant immediate wage awards to workers and supply crude to domestic refineries in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission moved swiftly on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, to quell mounting opposition hysteria regarding the whereabouts of its chairman, Joash Amupitan. Official spokesmen confirmed that the electoral boss travelled outside Abuja on an approved international mission to represent Nigeria at an institutional conference. The clarification directly answers a barrage of questions…
The Nigerian naira held steady at 1,326.30 to the American dollar on the official window on Tuesday, 15 September 2026. Central Bank of Nigeria records show that the spot rate firmed slightly from Monday’s opening levels at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market. Street dealers in Lagos, Abuja, and Kano quoted the greenback between 1,385 naira…
Nigeria’s outbound shipments of raw materials surged by 106 per cent year-on-year to hit 3.84 trillion naira in the first six months of 2026. Fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows a steep climb from the 1.86 trillion naira recorded during the same period in 2025. The trade surge reflects robust overseas appetite…
Nigerian manufacturers entered the second quarter of 2026 carrying a massive mountain of unsold inventory valued at 1.77 trillion naira. Financial data from companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited showed a 10.6 per cent climb in stockpiles compared to the 1.597 trillion naira recorded in the opening quarter of 2025. Over that same period,…
Nigeria’s brief respite from price pressures faces a swift end as financial analysts predict headline inflation rose in August. Projections from major investment houses place the annual headline rate between 15.3% and 15.94%, threatening two straight months of disinflation. The National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop to 15.43% in July from 15.91% in June….
British prosecutors scotched viral internet rumours on Saturday, confirming that the criminal case against Nigerian entertainer Iweh Pascal Odinaka, known widely as Poco Lee, remains live. The Crown Prosecution Service stated that the popular dancer must appear before Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London on 15 September 2026. The appearance takes the form of a…
Nigeria’s telecommunications market crossed a symbolic frontier in July 2026 as total active subscriptions climbed to 195,108,814 and pushed national teledensity to 90 per cent. Fresh data from the Nigerian Communications Commission shows that MTN Nigeria became the first network provider in Africa to register over 100 million active customers on a single national grid….
Yemen’s Houthi fighters seized the strategic Red Sea port of Mocha on Thursday, 10 September 2026, routing pro-government forces and driving combat lines directly toward the narrow mouth of the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The sudden fall of the coastal fortress strips the internationally recognised government of its main operating base on the western littoral. Defeated…