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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
Eight public sector unions have warned that they will begin a three day nationwide warning strike on Friday, 2 October, unless the Federal Government cuts the petrol price to N500 a litre, approves a wage award and opens talks on a new minimum wage before the end of today. The threat was contained in a…
President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria on Tuesday evening after about four weeks in Europe, telling reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos that he was healthy and ready to resume work. Responding to questions about concerns over his health, the President said the speculation was a normal feature of politics. “Rumours will…
The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg has condemned the deaths of three Nigerian nationals in separate incidents in South Africa within four days, saying the pattern raises fresh concern about the safety of Nigerians in the country. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Consul General, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, the three men…
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister, the Royal Palace announced on Tuesday, tasking her with forming a new government after her party topped the recent parliamentary election. The palace said in a statement that the King received El Mansouri at the Royal Palace…
The National Assembly is to translate federal laws into Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and other Nigerian languages, part of a wider push to digitise parliamentary records and make legislation easier for ordinary citizens to reach. The Executive Secretary of the National Assembly Library Trust Fund, Henry Nwawuba, announced the plan on Monday in Abuja at…
The Independent National Electoral Commission will begin nationwide collection of newly printed Permanent Voter Cards on 9 October 2026, its chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, announced in Kaduna on Monday, 28 September. Amupitan gave the date at the commission’s North-West zonal interactive meeting with staff, part of a six-zone tour to assess readiness for the…
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has said he began casting out demons at the age of 17 or 18, describing early spiritual experiences that he linked to his approach to fighting insecurity and cultism in the state. The governor made the remark on Monday during a service at The Votage Church, while addressing young worshippers….
A Lagos court will decide on 12 October 2026 whether the coroner’s inquest into the death of Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son of the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dr Ivara Esege, should be stopped. Justice Aishat Opesanwo of the Lagos State High Court, sitting at Osborne Foreshore in Ikoyi, fixed the date on Monday after…
A senior official of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling party has been beaten to death after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the country’s worsening Ebola outbreak, according to a statement from the party. Marie-Celestin Karondwa, acting president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) federal executive committee…
Egypt will gather more than 20 heads of state and government representatives at the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum, a business summit Cairo is using to reassert itself on a continent where China and the Gulf states have moved to the front. The organisers say the forum runs from 2 to 4 October in New…