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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
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike directed the chairmen of Abuja’s six area councils on Friday to enforce a strict “no-work, no-pay” rule against striking school teachers and civil servants. The minister described the industrial action led by the local branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Nigeria Union of Teachers as a politically…
West African crude oil sank to its deepest pricing discount in over ten years on Thursday, 8 October 2026, as climbing maritime shipping charges and sluggish industrial demand across Asia crushed bids for regional shipments. Physical traders handling Nigerian and Angolan export grades cut spot offers to historically low levels against Dated Brent after S&P…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, of abandoning domestic food growers while spending scarce foreign cash to bring in grain from abroad. Speaking to party delegates in Abuja, the opposition contender argued that state policies have crushed rural production, exposed farmers to rural gunmen, and turned Nigeria…
Nigeria’s main opposition party marked the country’s 66th Independence anniversary on Thursday, 1 October 2026, by telling a destitute public that collective hope must remain stronger than current economic misery. Party spokesman Jungudo Mohammed released the holiday statement in Abuja, conceding that the republic sits far below its potential while urging citizens to reject despair…
State oil firm NNPC Limited reported a net profit of 7.2 trillion naira on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, marking a 33 per cent jump above the 5.4 trillion naira recorded in the previous financial year. Company executives presented the audited ledger to shareholders during their annual general meeting in Abuja, crediting disciplined cost control and…
Nigeria’s annual fiscal envelope remains far too small to lift more than two hundred million citizens out of grinding poverty, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Abubakar Atiku Bagudu told lawmakers and civic groups in Abuja on Monday, 28 September 2026. Speaking at a legislative capacity workshop on budget integrity, Bagudu insisted that public fury…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded an immediate upward review of the national minimum wage, accusing President Bola Tinubu of driving millions of working citizens into acute destitution through unchecked market reforms. A statement released on Sunday by his campaign communications chief, Phrank Shaibu, warned that galloping inflation has made the statutory 70,000 naira…
Nigerian troops rescued over 60 kidnapped hostages and arrested 44 suspects during coordinated security sweeps across the country, Defence Headquarters announced on Friday, 25 September 2026. The weekly operational bulletin from Abuja tracks multi-theatre actions that stretch from forest hideouts in the north-west to oil bunkering hubs across the Niger Delta. Military spokesmen present the…
Nigerian firms face an aggressive reckoning as the federal government prepares to turn unpaid taxes into expensive floating debt. Starting on 1 October 2026, corporate defaulters must pay an immediate 10 per cent statutory fine alongside daily interest charges linked directly to central bank lending rates. Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele signed the directive under the…
A preventable bacterial contagion has killed 31 people in Plateau State after spreading across 10 local government areas, health officials confirmed in Jos on Thursday. State Health Commissioner Nicholas Ba’amlong revealed that the administration had tracked 469 suspected diphtheria infections, with Jos North bearing the brunt of the crisis at 370 cases. Other affected council…