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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
Masai Russell has ended Tobi Amusan’s four-year reign as the women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, but the Nigerian’s place in athletics history remains significant as the event enters a new era of extraordinary speed. Russell clocked 12.09 seconds at the Zurich Diamond League on August 27, 2026, lowering Amusan’s 12.12 world record by…
Adebayo Adelabu’s decision to abandon any internal appeal or court challenge over the All Progressives Congress governorship nomination in Oyo State has removed one immediate threat to the party’s unity, but it has not erased the political questions raised by the contest. The former Minister of Power announced on August 27 that he would no…
Kaduna has emerged as one of the clearest tests of whether President Bola Tinubu can significantly improve his standing in Northern Nigeria before the 2027 presidential election, after Governor Uba Sani predicted that the President could raise his 2023 vote share in the state from 29 per cent to between 70 and 80 per cent….
More than N600 billion has reportedly been paid to vulnerable Nigerian households through the Federal Government’s cash transfer programme since 2023, but the latest figures have exposed a less obvious question than whether the money was spent: how many households actually received what government promised, and how should the different beneficiary figures now being…
The expansion of the Iru Ekun Security Network into Ogun State has reopened a familiar but increasingly important question in Nigeria’s security debate: how much responsibility should communities assume in protecting themselves when kidnapping and other violent crimes continue to challenge conventional policing? The initiative, founded by Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday appealed for $1.1 billion to complete a $2.1 billion aid plan against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that operations could run out of money just as they need to expand. The programme is 48 per cent funded. “Without additional funding, vital operations will…
Thousands of candidates seeking admission for the 2026/2027 academic session are facing a new O’Level verification arrangement by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, but the change does not invalidate results already uploaded to the Board’s platform. JAMB recently introduced a system that allows candidates to verify and upload O’Level results remotely, beginning…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has banned the use of ambulances to convey corpses for burial, and says any vehicle used that way, whether government, private or mission-owned, can be impounded. State Commissioner for Health Dr Ekem John announced the measure on Thursday at the monthly media briefing of the Ministry of Information. He was…
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, and other members of the NFF board have resigned, according to reports on Thursday, after weeks of pressure over results, administration and the use of public funds. Gusau has led the federation since 11 October 2022, when the 78th elective congress chose him as…
The Nigeria Premier Football League has signed a three-year title sponsorship with EuroMatch Group worth $7.5 million, ending almost ten years without a conventional title sponsor. The agreement was unveiled in Abuja on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. League chairman Gbenga Elegbeleye said the Warsaw-based company would pay $2.5 million each season. “Let me announce to…