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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
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…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has named senior federal officials who, it says, processed approvals, opened financial channels and allocated offices for the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, an organisation the Presidency has said never existed. The findings are in the commission’s interim investigation report, ordered by President Bola…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has said continued petrol import licences are making it harder to plan for the Nigerian market and are pushing more of its output into export, even though it maintains that it can meet and exceed domestic demand. The company said imported Premium Motor Spirit accounted for about 43 per…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has urged the Federal Government to fully implement the National Health Insurance Authority Act of 2022, describing mandatory health insurance as a right that must be enforced to protect Nigerians from the financial burden of healthcare. Falana spoke on Wednesday in Victoria Island, Lagos,…
The African Democratic Congress has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Kuje Area Council Chairman Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo over remarks in which he was reported to have told residents who would not support the All Progressives Congress to leave the council. In a statement on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam…
Sustained profit-taking on the Nigerian Exchange on Wednesday cut N259.77 billion from investors’ wealth, as the All-Share Index fell 0.17 per cent to 238,682.92 points. Market capitalisation closed at N154.14 trillion, down from N154.40 trillion in the previous session. The decline extended the month-to-date loss to about 2.7 per cent, while the year-to-date return…
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has asserted that his pro-democracy activism helped create the political environment that enabled former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi to rise to power . Speaking during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, Sowore reflected on his heated exchange with Amaechi at the Nigerian Bar…