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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
Former Kogi State governor Ibrahim Idris died in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 20 September 2026, at the age of 77. Incumbent Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has declared a three-day period of state mourning and ordered flags flown at half-mast across public buildings. The state government announced that it will bear the full cost of…
Veteran Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs has died at 84, with his son announcing the news and requesting privacy for the family during its period of mourning. Veteran Nigerian actor and film executive Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the age of 84. His son, Olusoji Jacobs, confirmed the actor’s death…
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party and veteran political strategist, died on Saturday at his Abuja residence at the age of 90. Family members confirmed his passing following a prolonged illness just days before his ninety-first birthday. Burial arrangements place his final rites at the Palace of the Lamido of…
Two female students from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, regained their freedom on Friday after five days in captivity. Gunmen snatched the pair on Sunday, 6 September 2026, along the exposed corridor between the university campus and the neighbouring Ihiagwa community in Imo State. FUTO public relations officer Orakwe Ezugwu confirmed their release in…
Lagos lost a prominent private figure with the sudden passing of Anthony Adeniyi Adeosun. The sixty-two-year-old businessman died on Wednesday in Lagos State after an active career in private enterprise. He was the husband to former finance minister Kemi Adeosun. The Adeosun family announced his death through a formal statement on Thursday morning. His passing…
Dozens of primary and secondary school pupils alongside their teachers have finally regained their freedom after spending nearly two months in captivity. The hostages were abducted during a highly coordinated raid on three public schools in Oriire Local Government Area on May 15. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…
The Nigeria Police have arrested the father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the individual central to a N1.3 billion fake presidential agency scandal. Law enforcement officers detained the elderly man during a morning raid on the family residence in Ogbomoso. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the detention and quickly condemned the action as an unlawful…
A former Secretary to the Benue State Government, Professor David Salifu, has died after sustaining severe gunshot wounds during a highway ambush by suspected bandits. The academic and politician succumbed to his injuries early Friday morning at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi. The attack occurred on Thursday along the notorious Wukari-Zaki Biam…
A federal judge has sent prominent political activist and online publisher Omoyele Sowore back to prison. The Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his immediate remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar handed down the directive following a series of dramatic legal skirmishes regarding the defendant’s compliance with prior court orders. The move…
Bandits have executed Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher abducted from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The terrorists released a gruesome video on Sunday showing the educator being tied up and forced to speak before being beheaded. The footage, which circulated widely on Telegram on Monday morning, has…