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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
Nigeria has cleared six oil traders to ship 830,000 metric tonnes of petrol into the country for the final quarter of the year. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority issued the permits on 18 September, allocating cargo rights to Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano, AYM Shafa, NIPCO, Pinnacle Oil, and Bono Energy. The approved…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency began live testing of a centralised digital platform on Monday, 21 September 2026, aiming to deliver location-specific climate data to farmers and pastoralists. The initiative, dubbed the NiMet Data Hub, reached an advanced Minimum Viable Product stage following technical collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute and Crea2Solutions. Project partners launched…
Former Kogi State governor Ibrahim Idris died in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 20 September 2026, at the age of 77. Incumbent Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has declared a three-day period of state mourning and ordered flags flown at half-mast across public buildings. The state government announced that it will bear the full cost of…
Ukrainian forces launched their largest drone attack on Moscow on Sunday, 20 September 2026, striking deep into the capital as Russians voted in parliamentary elections. The assault killed two people in the Moscow region and struck an oil refinery in the city. Two further deaths occurred in Russian-held Kherson, where a strike killed an election…
More than 500 Nigerians crossed into Cameroon after deadly communal fighting broke out on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State. Armed attackers wielding machetes stormed the Mbamnga district in Sardauna Local Government Area, leaving civilians and security agents dead. The violence erupted over the weekend following an altercation between a cattle herder and a crop…
President Bola Tinubu met French leader Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace for a private dinner during an ongoing holiday. The late-night meeting underscores close diplomatic ties between Abuja and Paris. Both leaders discussed bilateral cooperation over meals. Bayo Onanuga shared photographs of the reception on social media platforms. French officials hosted the Nigerian delegation…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi met behind closed doors with leaders of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja to hammer out an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-level parley brings two perennial heavyweights together in an ambitious bid to stitch together a credible opposition challenge…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar launched a fierce attack on President Bola Tinubu on Monday, 14 September 2026, demanding a forensic audit of federation revenue as petrol pump prices touched 1,470 naira per litre. The African Democratic Congress presidential candidate accused the administration of running an organised system of grand larceny behind opaque deductions from…
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur returned to the red earth of Adamawa State on Sunday morning. Mourners laid the former Peoples Democratic Party national chairman to rest at his family residence in Fadde-Sanda, along Abuja Road in Yola. The Chief Imam of Modibbo Adama Central Mosque, Alhaji Ahmadu Bobboi, led the Islamic funeral prayers at ten-fifty. Pallbearers…
Iraq shut three major border crossings with Iran on Saturday after a drone strike struck a vital Saudi Arabian oil pipeline. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi took the emergency step following joint intelligence findings from Baghdad and Riyadh confirming that the drones took off from Iraqi territory. The targeted pipeline transports crude across Saudi Arabia…