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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
\The Federal Government borrowed N1.6 trillion at its September bond auction, held against a backdrop of falling yields and a rising share of non-competitive allotments that together point to a shifting risk-return picture for fixed-income investors. The Debt Management Office offered N1 trillion across a newly issued September 2036 bond and a reopened June 2038…
Warren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, bringing an orderly end to a six-decade tenure that reshaped corporate capitalism. The 96-year-old investor now assumes the title of chairman emeritus with immediate effect. His 71-year-old son, Howard Buffett, takes the chair, while chief executive Greg Abel retains operational control and authority over capital…
The Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise how the two arms of economic management work together, in a move both sides describe as an attempt to make policy more coherent without eroding the bank’s independence. The agreement was signed in Abuja on Friday. According…
The Federal Government has begun a six week review of the tax laws that took effect at the start of the year, after businesses complained that unclear rules were disrupting corporate filings. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, announced the exercise on Thursday, 17 September 2026, while inaugurating a…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has started drafting a new policy blueprint to drag more citizens into the formal financial net. Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the birth of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy 4.0 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, during the launch of the Access to Financial Services Survey in Abuja. Aisha Isa-Olatinwo, who directs…
Nigeria’s biggest ever share sale has opened to a surge of demand, with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals initial public offering attracting about N1.5 trillion in commitments within the first six hours of trading, according to figures cited by market operators. The pace of subscription has already pushed Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote…
The naira strengthened in the parallel market , even as fresh official data confirmed that consumer price pressures continued to ease across the country, offering a mixed but broadly steadying picture of an economy still adjusting to more than three years of reform. In the parallel market, the currency appreciated to about N1,380 to…
Aliko Dangote has renewed his long running argument that Nigeria’s wealthiest citizens are pouring money into private jets and luxury while doing too little to build the factories that create jobs, tying the criticism directly to the productive capacity he says the country needs to escape its economic difficulties. Africa’s richest man made the…
Nearly six of every ten domestic flights in Nigeria failed to depart on schedule in August 2026, according to figures published by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, a reliability record that has drawn fresh scrutiny of the country’s airlines and the strained operating environment behind the delays. The NCAA’s Summary of Domestic Airline Flight…
The Nigerian Exchange opened the trading week in positive territory on Monday, 14 September 2026, adding about N160bn in value on the same day Aliko Dangote sounded the gong to launch the largest public share offer in the country’s history, an event that has dominated market attention for weeks and continues to shape how investors…