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
As this year’s International Day of the Girl calls for an end to child marriage, Nigeria must confront what the practice takes from girls’ health, education, safety and freedom to choose. A girl should not have to become someone’s wife before she has had the chance to grow up. She should have time to finish…
By N’Mazi Obiomah Something is happening in Nigeria. The politicians are moving. Parties are repositioning. Old alliances are fraying, new coalitions are emerging, and defections are becoming an increasingly familiar feature of the political landscape. Behind the public declarations and carefully choreographed political meetings is a fierce contest for influence ahead of the 2027 general…
As Nigeria moves towards the 2027 presidential election, the fuel subsidy debate is returning with a force that may make it one of the most important economic issues on the campaign trail. The political message is simple: Nigerians are suffering, petrol is expensive, transport costs are high, food prices have risen, and millions of households…
For households facing repeated flooding, recovery means more than waiting for water to recede. Repairs, disrupted earnings and relocation costs can stretch family finances long after the immediate emergency has passed. When floodwater leaves a home, it can leave behind expenses that take much longer to clear. Furniture needs cleaning, damaged belongings must be replaced,…
Nigerian content creators Peller and Jarvis have announced that they are expecting their first child, two months after their wedding. Popular Nigerian content creators Habeeb Hamzat, better known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, popularly known as Jarvis, have announced that they are expecting their first child together. The couple shared the news on Thursday…
Nigeria’s 2027 general election is beginning to take shape, and the latest voter register offers political parties a revealing picture of the electorate they will have to persuade, mobilise and ultimately get to the polling booths. The most striking message from the figures is that Nigeria’s electorate is no longer predominantly a youthful constituency. The…
A harrowing assault on a Peruvian school bus exposes how systemic institutional silence and toxic dynamics feed into a broader, global epidemic of sexual violence against young people. The team bus droned down the highway as a squad of secondary school athletes returned from a local tournament. Outside the windows, daylight lit up the road,…
From a viral danfo game to a million-player virtual Lagos and a Yoruba dating app, Nigerian developers are turning familiar experiences and cultural identity into digital products. A yellow danfo weaving through Lagos traffic, a virtual resident trying to make a living in the city, and a dating app built around Yoruba culture may appear…
On World Teachers’ Day, the teachers we remember invite us to look more closely at the preparation, judgement and everyday lessons that continue to shape life beyond the classroom. In 1957, after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Albert Camus wrote to his former primary school teacher, Louis Germain. The writer credited Germain’s teaching…
Two separate aviation incidents in Nigeria exposes the acute vulnerabilities of air travel, sparking an urgent case for investing in safe, affordable, and sustainable passenger rail. Two separate aviation incidents in Nigeria have drawn attention to flight safety, after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft carrying 32 people crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, October…