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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’s commercial banking sector generated combined gross earnings of N18.2tn in the 2025 financial year, a figure that underscores the industry’s enduring revenue strength even as profitability weakened considerably across several major institutions. Audited financial statements from leading banks reveal a sector navigating a delicate tension between impressive top line growth and shrinking bottom…
Afrobeats superstar Davido, whose full name is David Adeleke, has moved beyond passive support to become an active participant in the governorship re-election campaign of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, signalling a deepening intersection between celebrity influence and electoral politics ahead of the August ballot. In posts shared across his social media pages, the…
Tensions over Iran’s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup have sharpened after the president of the country’s football federation, Mehdi Taj, insisted that FIFA remains the tournament’s true host and demanded guarantees that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will not face insult during the event. “Our host is FIFA, not Mr Trump or…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio sparked laughter on the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday when he declared that the African Democratic Congress was effectively finished, following a fresh wave of defections that saw lawmakers abandon the party for the Nigerian Democratic Congress and the Labour Party. Akpabio made the remark while presiding over…
An FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project to pay N100 million in damages to two Department of State Services officials after finding that the civil society organisation’s posts on X amounted to libel. Justice Yusuf Halilu delivered the judgment on Tuesday in suit number FCT/HC/CV/4547/24,…
Sixteen years after the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid an emotional tribute to his late principal, describing him as a leader whose humility and commitment to national service remain unmatched in Nigeria’s post-independence political history. In a statement published on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Jonathan, who…
Faced with worryingly low turnout in a nationwide exercise critical to settling long-standing retirement obligations, the Federal Government has issued a firm directive to Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure full compliance with an ongoing pension verification and enrolment programme for civil servants with accrued pension rights. The National Pension Commission, PenCom, confirmed that…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has formally signalled her intention to seek a second term in the 2027 National Assembly elections, purchasing her nomination and expression of interest forms in Abuja on Monday. The development was confirmed through a statement issued by her media aide, Mike Idoko. Accepting the forms,…
Swedish authorities have escalated enforcement against suspected sanctions-busting vessels, arresting the Chinese captain of the tanker Jin Hui after a coordinated boarding operation in the Baltic Sea. The 182-metre vessel was intercepted on Sunday afternoon in Swedish territorial waters off Trelleborg, where it had been at anchor. Police and coast guard teams, supported…
A fragile diplomatic moment in one of the world’s most dangerous standoffs grew more uncertain on Saturday after United States President Donald Trump publicly signalled deep scepticism over a fresh Iranian peace proposal, even as he stopped short of rejecting it outright. Tehran submitted a 14-point response to an American proposal through Pakistani mediators,…