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 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’s education system needs urgent reform. But the government must not mistake a curriculum problem for the entire graduate unemployment crisis. The Federal Government’s renewed emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, cloud computing, software development and other digital skills is a welcome recognition that the world of work is changing rapidly. Education Minister Tunji Alausa…
N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe Nigeria is on the Brink of a Climate and Humanitarian Emergency, even as it stands at a dangerous intersection of climate vulnerability, economic hardship, food insecurity and inadequate public infrastructure. Against this troubling background, the Super El Niño deserves serious attention, not as a distant meteorological phenomenon, but as a potential…
Official statistical agencies and national labour planning authorities across Nigeria have initiated frameworks to record and formalise digital platform workers within national employment indices. Government technocrats view this as a bureaucratic milestone, presenting the gig economy as an engine of job creation and economic diversification. The official narrative celebrates the rise of digital dispatch and…
Nigeria’s public health network faces its sharpest trial since 2014 after health officials confirmed an imported case of the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola virus in the Federal Capital Territory. The patient landed in Abuja from Uganda on 3 October, fell ill four days later, yet received an official laboratory diagnosis only on 20 October. Slow detection…
The National Economic Council’s new action plan promises cheaper food, faster projects, investment and household support. But without clear targets, adequate funding, firm accountability and preventive planning, another government deadline could become another unfulfilled promise. Nigeria’s economic managers have announced another deadline. This time, they have 90 days to make life easier for millions of…
By N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe Charles Dickens, in his celebrated novel A Tale of Two Cities, opened with one of the most memorable paradoxes in English Literature: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” In that extraordinary description of a society torn between prosperity and deprivation, hope and despair, privilege…
From biometric payments to mobile wallets, a global shift driven by Gen Z is forcing traditional banks to redesign their branches and build an invisible, digital-first financial future. Imagine walking into your favourite local spot for a morning coffee. You step up to the counter, glance briefly at a digital scanner, and walk away with…
Plumes of acrid black smoke rose above the Ogolonto corridor in Ikorodu as an enraged mob set a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle on fire. Minutes earlier, the high-capacity bus had collided with a commercial motorcyclist along the corridor, leaving the rider dead on the tarmac. Before law enforcement personnel could secure the scene or…
Federal authorities last week unveiled the Destination 2030 (D30) data platform, convening media proprietors and production executives at the Nigeria Electronic Media Content Exhibition and Awards (NEMCEA) to push for an overhaul of creative asset management. Official statements framed the initiative as a definitive turn away from precarious, gig-based production cycles toward structured intellectual property…
By N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe W. B. Yeats, the Nigerian Crisis and Tinubu’s 2027 Re-election Bid There are moments in the life of a nation when literature becomes more than an expression of artistic imagination; it becomes a mirror held before society, reflecting its contradictions, anxieties and impending dangers. Such is the enduring relevance of…