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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
Scrap metal dealers have threatened to stop supplying iron and steel companies across Nigeria from October 1, in a dispute that could disrupt raw material flows to a sector that depends heavily on recycled metal. The National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria said the action would begin on October 1 and…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has said anyone caught rigging an election under his administration would be jailed, even where a single vote is involved. He made the pledge in an interview on Arise News on Thursday, 24 September 2026, ahead of the 16 January 2027 general election. “I’ve said it,…
The Supreme Court has restored key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 governing political party membership registers and how parties nominate their candidates, setting aside a Court of Appeal judgment that had declared those provisions unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision on Thursday, 24 September 2026, a seven member panel led by Justice Adamu Jauro allowed…
The National Identity Management Commission has denied that Nigeria’s national identity database was hacked, describing a video circulating online as a recycled and previously disclaimed claim from 2024. In a statement signed by its Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, and posted on the commission’s X handle on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, NIMC called the…
Osun State’s 30 local government councils have not received their statutory allocations from the federation for more than 16 months, an interruption that has stalled routine spending at the tier of government closest to residents. An analysis of Federation Account Allocation Committee records shows that about N216 billion meant for the councils was not…
A federal judge has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to immediately restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, days after reporters from the three outlets were barred from the premises. US District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a 14 day temporary restraining order early on Thursday, 24 September 2026, in…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has described the N712 billion reconstruction of Terminal 1 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as a plan to turn the country’s busiest international gateway into a modern, passenger-centred airport. He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the 35th Airports…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has said the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors known as the G5 deliberately allowed Peter Obi to win parts of the South-South in the 2023 presidential election, in order to deny the PDP’s own candidate, Atiku Abubakar, votes in a region the party had long dominated. Wike first made…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has again declared Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, wanted, this time over an alleged case of receiving stolen property. The commission announced the declaration on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, in a public notice carrying Maina’s photograph and signed by its Head of Media…
Nigeria’s fish import bill dropped to about N167.91 billion in the second quarter of 2026, down 14.8 per cent from the N197.17 billion spent in the same quarter last year, according to figures in the latest Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics report from the National Bureau of Statistics. The report, which tracks six fish categories,…