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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
United States President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd in Tennessee on Saturday that his supporters would applaud him even if he said “the stupidest things”. The joke came days after two national polls pointed to growing unease among the voters who returned him to the White House in 2024. He made the remark…
Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma struck a sudden pact on Friday to shut Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri for twenty-five days starting on 20 October, cutting off a critical eastern transit gateway just weeks before the lucrative Christmas travel rush begins across Nigeria. Crumbling tarmac grounds regional commerce…
Private petroleum depots across Nigeria pushed wholesale petrol prices to a record 1,900 naira per litre on Friday, 9 October, gutting the state oil company’s recent price-cut announcement within hours of its release. Wholesale tank farm operators in Port Harcourt raised loading fees by up to 170 naira, forcing retail filling stations across the Niger…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike directed the chairmen of Abuja’s six area councils on Friday to enforce a strict “no-work, no-pay” rule against striking school teachers and civil servants. The minister described the industrial action led by the local branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Nigeria Union of Teachers as a politically…
Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority has publicly rejected suggestions that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation independently led a recent operation against suspected cybercrime centres in the country, insisting that the exercise was planned, coordinated and executed by Ghanaian authorities with international partners playing a supporting intelligence role. The dispute, which erupted on Friday,…
Nigerian Navy divers and marine police units cordoned off the creek banks of Igbokoda in Ondo State on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, to drag the swamp bed for the bodies of twenty-five people and the broken fuselage of an air force transport aircraft. The twin-engine turboprop plane, marked NAF 931, plunged into the mangrove waters…
Ghana’s cabinet has approved a decision to formally apply to join BRICS, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, placing a second West African state firmly within reach of the bloc that already counts Nigeria among its partners. Ablakwa disclosed the decision at a joint press briefing in…
The Federal Government has opened bidding for 40 oil blocks across land, shallow water and deepwater terrains, with new rules requiring investors to disclose their beneficial owners. The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has commenced the 2026 oil licensing round, offering 40 blocks to investors. The NUPRC Chief Executive Officer,…
The African Democratic Congress has demanded an audit of the money released for maintaining Nigerian Air Force aircraft, pointing to a wide gap between what the fleet got and what the Presidential Air Fleet received in the same year. The call came after an Air Force ATR-42 crashed into a swamp near the Naval…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has created a dedicated Artificial Intelligence Division inside its ICT Department to catch irregularities in election results and push back against disinformation before the 2027 general elections. The commission’s chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, announced the move on Tuesday at a World Press Conference and National Stakeholders’ Meeting in Abuja,…