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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
Foreign portfolio investors pulled a net N266.07 billion out of the Nigerian stock exchange during the first seven months of 2026, widening capital flight by 1,073 per cent over three years. Data from Nigerian Exchange Limited shows that offshore money managers sold far more local shares than they bought between January and July. Inbound foreign…
Iran plans to sign an agreement establishing a tightly controlled commercial transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz within days, senior security officials in Tehran disclosed on Sunday, 6 September 2026. Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, announced on state television that Iranian authorities will directly manage vessel entry and exit…
Fuji veteran Adewale Ayuba will release a five-track mini-album titled Arise on 19 September 2026, ditching the marathon songs that defined traditional Yoruba street music for four decades. Speaking in Lagos, the veteran artist confirmed that he will abandon the conventional 33-minute vinyl suites that built his career. He intends to feed modern digital playlists…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declined to grant bail or private medical access to Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The 38-year-old suspect ran a phantom government agency known as the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council. Justice Obiora Egwuatu refused to order his immediate release from police cells without first…
Nigeria’s power distribution companies left 4.85 million grid customers without meters by the end of June 2026, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The regulator’s latest factsheet shows the national metering rate reached 61.51 per cent, creeping up from 60.22 per cent in May. Electricity suppliers installed 308,106 meters across the country between May…
Uber Technologies announced its sudden exit from Nigeria and Uganda on Wednesday, 2 September 2026, ending a twelve-year run in Africa’s most populous nation. The San Francisco company told riders and drivers that operations would cease immediately, while customer support desks will close on 23 September. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi is cutting 3,300 corporate jobs…
American and Iranian forces traded direct military strikes on Monday, 31 August 2026, ending a month of uneasy silence across the Persian Gulf. United States Central Command launched precision air raids against rocket launch pads on Larak Island to stop Tehran from dropping naval mines into the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
Filip Hrgovic stopped Moses Itauma in the ninth round at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday, 29 August 2026, to capture the vacant IBF world heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Croatian veteran weathered an early storm from the young British prodigy before asserting total ring control. Itauma entered the contest hoping to become the second-youngest world heavyweight…
A federal judge in Maryland sentenced 32-year-old Nigerian national Olusegun Samson Adejorin to eight years in prison on Friday, 28 August 2026, for running a $7.5 million business email scam against two American charities. United States District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered the 96-month sentence after a jury found Adejorin guilty of wire fraud, aggravated identity…
Tehran announced on Thursday, 27 August 2026, that it is drafting formal terms to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei declared that officials will publish these demands once foreign ministry desks conclude technical reviews. The move follows six months of continuous military friction that effectively severed commercial maritime…