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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
The Nigerian Navy dismantled two illegal oil refining sites and recovered roughly 34,000 litres of illicit diesel during a targeted operation in Rivers State on Friday, 28 August 2026. Naval troops attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder raided the hidden processing camps around the Ohaji corridor of the Egbema-Ndoni council area. The Director of…
Nigeria has recorded more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases across 35 states this year as poor sanitation and contaminated water supplies trigger a nationwide health crisis. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, confirmed that the waterborne bacterial infection has now breached roughly 195 local government areas. The…
Nigeria joined other African states in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to demand a legally binding global pact on proactive drought management. The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, presented the country’s position at the ministerial opening of the seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. He told global delegates that degraded…
More than 150 insurgents, commanders, and auxiliary fighters surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State over the past seven days. The Joint Task Force North East confirmed the mass capitulation on Monday, 25 August 2026, through its acting military information officer, Captain Mohammed Goni. This tally marks a threefold jump from the…
Nigeria deployed 2,099 active drilling rigs between 2016 and 2026, yet total crude output remains stubbornly flat. Data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries shows that billions of dollars in offshore drilling campaigns failed to lift daily production. Upstream operators spent massive capital maintaining mature fields that lose pressure each year. Annual rig deployments…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has urged the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to extend its direct petrol delivery scheme to northern states. The association made the appeal through an official statement released by its National Publicity Secretary, Chinedu Ukadike, in Abuja on Sunday, 23 August 2026. Marketers praised the Lekki refinery for rolling out…
Iran delivered a blunt and public ultimatum to its Gulf neighbours on Sunday, 23 August 2026. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, warned that any country joining the American economic war against Tehran becomes an immediate enemy. The dire warning anticipates a new round of severe American sanctions scheduled for Monday. Donald…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja has refused an application to halt the national delegates conference and leadership election of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. Presiding judge Justice M.A. Hamza declined to grant an interim restraining order that would have frozen the planned succession timetable. The court granted…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has formally defended its refusal to release criminal investigative files concerning Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, citing strict statutory privacy exemptions under American law. In legal filings before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, American law enforcement agencies argued that disclosing sensitive investigative dossiers would constitute an…
Atiku Abubakar has pledged to bring back petrol subsidies if voters elect him president in 2027. The former vice-president and perennial opposition candidate framed the move as an urgent rescue for households crushed by runaway living costs. He argued that the current administration rushed into price reforms without building viable social cushions for the poor. The…