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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
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…
Nigeria burns through 2.3 billion dollars every year by denying women equal access to agricultural land, cash credit, and modern tools, the Food and Agriculture Organisation revealed on Tuesday. The United Nations agency presented the economic assessment in Abuja alongside the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme. That annual loss equals…
Demonstrators took to the streets across several Syrian cities on Sunday following sudden, steep price rises for petrol and diesel. The price adjustments took effect at midnight, sending public transport drivers into immediate wildcat strikes and cutting main arteries between urban hubs. In Idlib province, crowds burned tyres and vehicle debris to block a critical…
Nigeria and China agreed to deepen tourism cooperation during high-level bilateral talks in Beijing over the weekend. The Nigerian Tourism Development Authority and the China Tourism Academy sealed the pact to draw more Chinese travellers to West Africa. NTDA Director-General Ola Awakan pitched a structured China-Nigeria Tourism Market Development Programme to study Chinese traveller habits…
Nigeria took over the leadership of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on Thursday in New York. The body, universally known as the Committee of 34, oversees the global architecture of peace missions across conflict zones. Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, received the gavel from Canadian envoy David…
Big Brother expelled housemate Nomy from the eleventh season of Big Brother Naija on Monday, 7 September 2026, ending her run after she repeatedly defied house rules. Organisers revoked her participation privileges during an abrupt house meeting, ordering her to pack her bags and leave within thirty minutes. The ejection followed her refusal to serve…
Aliko Dangote formally executed transaction agreements on Monday, 7 September 2026, launching a digital initial public offering that lets ordinary Nigerians buy shares in his mega-refinery for just N5,250. The signing ceremony in Lagos marks the official countdown to the largest equity float in the history of the Nigerian capital market. Under the transaction terms…
Moscow answered a fresh Ukrainian truce offer with threats of renewed missile barrages on Friday, 4 September 2026. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had offered to pause long-range drone strikes on Russian airspace during a sensitive American diplomatic mission. United States special envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential adviser Jared Kushner plan to land in Moscow on…