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 Federal Bureau of Investigation announced a $ 5,000 reward on 30 October 2026 for information that could lead to the arrest of Emuobosan Emanuella Hall. The 46-year-old Nigerian national vanished in transit while attempting to dodge an eight-year federal prison sentence for complex financial fraud and romance schemes. US District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown…
Nigeria must observe a strict 42-day watch before declaring an end to its Ebola incident, the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday. The directive follows the recent medical evacuation of the country’s index case, a 42-year-old Ugandan national married to a Swiss diplomat, to Geneva for treatment. WHO Executive Director of Health Emergencies Chikwe Ihekweazu…
Nigeria’s decision to float the naira without building a solid local production base has wrecked household incomes and wiped out the middle class. Former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke delivered this assessment on Monday, arguing that market-driven exchange rates only work when backed by strong exports. Currency floats punish nations that rely heavily on…
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez ordered 70,000 police officers onto city streets on Friday to halt fresh nationwide unrest ahead of planned cost-of-living rallies this weekend. The state fears total street chaos. Ministers in Paris want to avoid a humiliating repeat of the unchecked looting, burning cars, and violent clashes that shocked France during similar…
The Central Bank of Nigeria granted formal preliminary approval on 23 October to JPMorgan Chase to establish a full merchant bank in Lagos, marking an unmistakable financial triumph for Abuja. This preliminary concession rewards the American banking titan for lodging a 50bn naira deposit in the capital and signals a rare vote of foreign confidence…
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…