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
President Bola Tinubu transmitted the names of four national commissioners and two resident electoral commissioners to the Senate for confirmation, setting off another familiar cycle of public anxiety regarding the composition of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The official dispatch, which includes appointments and reappointments to fill vacancies across multiple geopolitical zones, urged federal…
By N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe When the guardians become prisoners of the system George Orwell’s Animal Farm was more than a story about rebellious animals. It was a warning about the corruption of noble ideals, the abuse of power and the consequences of allowing those entrusted with protecting society to escape accountability. In the novel,…
As thousands of middle-aged men battle sudden fatigue, expanding waistlines, and bedroom anxieties, medical evidence reveals why the popular concept of “male menopause” misses the true cause of their suffering. A silent shift often begins in a man’s late 40s or early 50s. It is unmarked by a sudden, dramatic medical emergency, but by a…
The Federal Government recently retreated from its proposal to restrict and heavily tax imported solar panels, after concerted pushback from commercial operators, renewable energy developers, and energy access advocates. The trade barriers were formally introduced as an infant-industry measure designed to spur domestic photovoltaic manufacturing. The shelved plan prevented an immediate commercial disaster. Yet the…
The Federal Government’s petrol relief package could cost as much as 0.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, or about N1.77 trillion, according to BMI, a Fitch Solutions company. The estimate, contained in a report titled “Fuel Discount Mechanism Raises Macro Risks in Nigeria”, covers a package announced by Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele on October…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike led Rivers State lawmakers and all twenty-three local government council chairmen to a closed-door meeting with Governor Siminalayi Fubara at his Port Harcourt private residence on Sunday evening. The visit marked the first time the former governor and his legislative loyalists crossed Fubara’s private threshold since bitter political warfare…
Regulatory operatives from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) set ablaze heaps of seized pharmaceuticals and adulterated consumables this week, incinerating fake, falsified, and expired products valued at over ₦5.3 billion. The towering black smoke at the disposal grounds staged a familiar ritual of state enforcement. Yet across public tertiary…
As mass migration drains Nigeria’s hospital wards, systemic exhaustion and a rise in illegal medical centers are threatening patient safety and fundamentally altering the relationship between doctors and citizens. Routine surgical operations at Abubakar Imam Urology Centre in Kano rarely made headlines until a late 2025 procedure altered the course of a family’s life and…
By N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe Some books outlive the circumstances of their birth. Professor Wole Soyinka’s The Man Died: Prison Notes, published in 1972, is one of them. Born from his imprisonment during Nigeria’s Civil War, it remains a powerful meditation on power, freedom, truth and the cost of silence. More than five decades later,…
The Federal Government has completed ten world-class radio diagnostic centers, but the relentless ‘Japa’ brain drain threatens to leave the multi-billion-naira facilities without the specialists needed to run them. Inside the clinical corridors of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi, advanced magnetic resonance and computed tomography scanners sit in pristine, freshly calibrated bays….