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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 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…
The United States Department of State has proposed draft rules that compel parents to prove their own citizenship or immigration status when applying for passports for their children. The measure enforces President Donald Trump’s executive order of 6 August 2026, which aims to curb birthright citizenship and suppress birth tourism. The draft guidance turns standard…
Nigeria’s representative Tamunosoye Karibi-George won the Miss World Top Model Africa crown on Thursday, 27 August 2026, during the ongoing global pageant festival in Vietnam. The victory earns the 26-year-old beauty queen an automatic spot in the Top 40 quarterfinal stage of the competition. Contest organisers announced the continental results following the runway show at…
Dolly Parton, the American singer-songwriter whose catalogue reshaped global popular music, died in Nashville on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, at the age of 80. Her family confirmed she passed away at Vanderbilt University Medical Center following complications from ongoing kidney and autoimmune ailments. The country music icon had spent recent months managing chronic health challenges…