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 bid farewell to veteran actor Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs in Lagos on Friday, 2 October 2026, closing the final chapter on one of African cinema’s most commanding screen figures. Family members, acting colleagues, and senior state officials gathered at This Present House in Lekki Phase 1 to honour the thespian, who died on 16 September…
Nigeria has called for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, telling a high level United Nations meeting that the only true guarantee against their use is getting rid of them altogether. The position was set out on Tuesday in New York by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, at a plenary…
Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has conceded that Guinea-Bissau were simply the better side, after Nigeria fell 3-0 in their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Bissau on Tuesday. The loss, Nigeria’s first of the qualifying series, came only three days after the team had rallied to beat Madagascar 2-1 in Uyo….
President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria on Tuesday evening after about four weeks in Europe, telling reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos that he was healthy and ready to resume work. Responding to questions about concerns over his health, the President said the speculation was a normal feature of politics. “Rumours will…
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister, the Royal Palace announced on Tuesday, tasking her with forming a new government after her party topped the recent parliamentary election. The palace said in a statement that the King received El Mansouri at the Royal Palace…
President Bola Tinubu landed at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, brushing aside persistent rumours about his failing health as malicious political gossip after a month away in Europe. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac, the head of state announced he was sound, healthy, and ready to go,…
Nigeria has opened a nationwide digital register for citizens aged 15 to 35, hoping to map its vast army of jobless young people. Minister of Youth Development Ayodele Olawande unveiled the enrolment scheme in Abuja to build an integrated census of skills, trade vocations, and academic credentials across all 774 local government areas. The state…
Nigeria’s annual fiscal envelope remains far too small to lift more than two hundred million citizens out of grinding poverty, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Abubakar Atiku Bagudu told lawmakers and civic groups in Abuja on Monday, 28 September 2026. Speaking at a legislative capacity workshop on budget integrity, Bagudu insisted that public fury…
An electrical surge triggered a fire at the Nigeria Customs Service Western Marine Command in Apapa, Lagos, destroying key administrative spaces just as a new leadership team assumed duty. An early-morning electrical spark in an administrative facility quickly escalated into a major fire at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command headquarters in…
The Federal Government has placed 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory on alert for flooding between 27 September and 10 October 2026, following forecasts of heavy rain, saturated soil, rising river levels and increased surface runoff. According to the advisory, the warning came from the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre, which sits under…