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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
Reno Omokri says the Mexican Government has formally accepted him as Nigeria’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, ending more than seven months of waiting that had fuelled claims his posting was in trouble. Omokri announced on his X handle on Tuesday that the Chargé d’Affaires of the Mexican Embassy in Abuja, José Manuel Briseño Flores, had…
The Presidency has rejected Peter Obi’s claim that political opponents distorted his comments on money sent home by Nigerians abroad, deepening a row over remittances that has dominated political exchanges this week. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, said on X that Obi’s clarification only confirmed what he…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has ordered a review of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) records in the South East and the removal of every obstacle slowing the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the zone. He gave the directive on Tuesday in Enugu at the South…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of using cash, political appointments and other inducements to lure its candidates into the governing party, less than three months before the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, described the defectors as…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission report that accused Abuja lawyer Ted Iseghohi-Edwards of fraud in the London and Paris Club refunds, reopening one of the longest-running disputes over public money owed to Nigeria’s states and 774 local governments. Delivering judgment in Garki on…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Accord Party are now working for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. He made the claim on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja, after he and the Director-General…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have dropped seven places to 43rd in the FIFA Women’s World Ranking released on Tuesday, October 20, their lowest position in years and the clearest statistical measure yet of a troubled 2026. The team, ranked 36th in the June update, shed 83.54 ranking points, the largest loss recorded by any country in…
The push to give Nigeria’s states their own police forces moved forward on two fronts on Tuesday. The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill said it had handed the draft National Policing Bill, 2026, and 29 consequential amendment bills to the Ministry of Justice for review. On the same day, the Ogun, Delta,…
Five men accused of abducting 20 prospective corps members and four other travellers in Imo State were arraigned on Tuesday by the Department of State Services. The arraignment came almost three weeks after the Independence Day attack that left families in Oyo State waiting a week for news of their children. The defendants appeared before…
The Federal Government has confirmed a case of Ebola virus disease in Abuja, bringing Nigeria into a regional outbreak that has infected more than 9,500 people in Central and East Africa since May. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said on Tuesday that the patient, a woman who had recently…