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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
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…
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…