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
Active mobile subscriptions in Nigeria climbed to nearly 190 million in May, driven by an insatiable appetite for internet data. Fresh numbers from the Nigerian Communications Commission show the country added four million mobile lines in just two months. High inflation and sinking wages have failed to curb digital consumption across the federation. Data is…
Global oil prices fell sharply on Monday as a pause in American air strikes offered rare respite to nervous energy markets. Brent crude slid more than 5% to $92 a barrel after two weeks of intense military action. Washington halted its bombardment of Iranian sites over the weekend to give diplomacy a chance. Tehran responded…
Old political grudges die hard in Nigerian politics. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed fresh bribery allegations made by his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo claimed Atiku paid five million naira to former Speaker Ghali Na’Abba to trigger impeachment proceedings against him two decades ago. Atiku, through his media aide Phrank Shaibu, accused Obasanjo…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to twelve divisions. The ambitious military restructuring includes the immediate recruitment of twenty-eight thousand new personnel to boost operational capacity. Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu announced the sweeping reform during a military conference in Abuja. The expansion creates specialized…
Iran launched fresh missile and drone strikes across the Middle East on Thursday, targeting strategic border crossings and Gulf allies. Tehran struck the Abdali border post between Kuwait and Iraq while hitting energy facilities in Jordan and Bahrain. US forces responded instantly with heavy airstrikes against Houthi military positions in western Yemen. The American action…
Nigeria has taken its most decisive step yet toward breaking the federal monopoly on policing. The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Executive Bill seeking to establish state police forces nationwide. Lawmakers withdrew their own earlier constitutional amendment proposal during plenary to adopt President Bola Tinubu’s executive version instead. The legislative breakthrough follows the…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected a bail application from a jailed former civil servant serving twenty-four years for corruption. Garba Mohammed Dukku wanted freedom while challenging his conviction for diverting three hundred and nineteen million naira in public funds. The appellate court ruled that the former finance director failed to prove any…
At least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing after a vessel drifted for 25 days in the Atlantic Ocean before reaching Mauritania. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirmed that rescue operations pulled only 38 survivors from the stranded wooden boat on 18 July. The overcrowded vessel originally set sail from Bafuloto…
Nigeria’s net foreign exchange reserves have surged to approximately forty billion dollars as ongoing monetary reforms begin to yield fruits. Central Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the milestone at the BusinessDay CEO Forum in Lagos. The dramatic recovery marks a massive rebound from the critically low three billion dollars recorded at the start of his…
Nearly four in five Nigerians remain trapped in poverty or vulnerable to falling into it despite almost three years of aggressive economic reforms. The World Bank revealed the grim reality in its newly approved Country Partnership Framework for Nigeria, which spans 2026 to 2032. The document indicates that while President Bola Tinubu’s painful policy shifts…