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 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 International Monetary Fund warned Nigeria on Wednesday, 14 October, that restoring blanket petrol subsidies would bleed public finances and shower public funds onto the wealthy. Speaking at the fund’s annual meetings in Bangkok, Fiscal Affairs Director Rodrigo Valdés told finance ministers that shielding fuel prices from reality costs developing states up to 1.5 per…
Chief Justice of Nigeria Kudirat Kekere-Ekun inducted 68 legal practitioners into the Inner Bar in Abuja on Monday, 12 October, marking the official opening of the 2026/2027 legal year with the traditional conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The cohort comprises 67 court advocates and a single academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri,…
Nigerian media entrepreneur Mosunmola Abudu launched EbonyLife Place London on Thursday, 8 October, establishing Britain’s first dedicated commercial venue for Black and African cinema in the Nine Elms district. London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined the founder to cut the ceremonial ribbon and declare the complex open during the city’s international film festival. African commercial cinema…
The International Finance Corporation pledged 24.3 million dollars on Thursday, 8 October 2026, to expand diagnostic clinics and specialised oncology centres across Nigeria. The private lending arm of the World Bank Group channels this long-term financing into a joint venture with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority to broaden modern cancer treatment beyond the gilded private…
Nollywood screen stars Dakore Egbuson-Akande and Timini Egbuson celebrated their mother’s seventieth birthday on Thursday, 1 October 2026, marking the personal milestone with tributes across their public channels. The acting siblings shared private family photographs of their mother, inviting millions of their domestic and diaspora cinema followers to join in collective anniversary prayers. Bloodlines anchor…
Donald Trump has turned down an Iranian offer for a swift seven-day ceasefire, betting that military strikes will yield better terms than compromise. Reports published on Saturday, 26 September 2026, reveal that the American president dismissed the proposal to halt regional hostilities and unblock the Strait of Hormuz. Mr Trump expects the Pentagon to resume…
High-end nightlife venue VANITI Lagos opens a two-weekend third anniversary celebration on Friday, September 25, billing established pop figures Patoranking, Duncan Mighty, and Mr P. The Victoria Island club on Adeola Odeku Street plans two distinct waves of festivities, beginning this weekend through Sunday, September 27, before resuming for a final run from October 2…
Nigeria still sells petrol cheaper than the United States, Ghana, and South Africa despite the pain that deregulation inflicts on domestic households, according to Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Heineken Lokpobiri. Speaking on television on Tuesday night, Mr Lokpobiri placed the average domestic retail pump price at 1,430 naira per litre, contrasting that level…
Grammy-winning musician Damini Ogulu, known globally as Burna Boy, took formal delivery of a bespoke Bugatti Chiron VXX hypercar in Lagos on Saturday, 19 September 2026. Dubai-based vehicle customiser Venuum and dealership Abuja Car valued the one-of-a-kind vehicle at roughly nine billion naira. A handover ceremony, broadcast through promotional video clips on social media, showed…
David Adeleke, the Afrobeats singer known as Davido, has announced a three-night concert residency at the National Theatre in Lagos from 17 to 19 December 2026. The run of shows, titled Oriadè: The Residency, will celebrate his fifteen-year recording career in the city where he began. The announcement, delivered on Friday through his official social…