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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
Former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke has ignited fierce public outrage by revealing that Nigerian politicians resort to human sacrifice in their desperate scramble for power ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking in Abuja during a consultative visit by the Savannah Centre Council of the Wise, led by former Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola,…
A Washington lobbying firm hired by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar claimed on Wednesday that intermediaries tied to President Bola Tinubu offered its founder a $3m bribe in London. Von Batten-Montague-York said an unnamed emissary tried to buy an immediate halt to its American advocacy campaign regarding historical drug-forfeiture files. The firm’s director, Karl Von…
Armed thugs stormed the Ondo State House of Assembly complex in Akure on Thursday, 27 August 2026, disrupting legislative business and sending staff scrambling for safety. The invasion followed an escalating plot by state lawmakers to remove the Speaker over financial misconduct allegations. More than 22 of the 26 members of the Assembly had already…
A single declaration about power stretching beyond 2031 has drawn the ruling All Progressives Congress into an old Nigerian argument, one that a far larger party lost badly barely a decade ago. Senator Abdul’Aziz Yari, the newly appointed Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, told supporters on his return from an overseas trip…
Nigeria’s fragmented opposition parties are tearing at each other ahead of a planned summit to pick a consensus presidential challenger. Factional leaders within the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party, and the African Democratic Congress have publicly disowned the coalition talks. Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde hosted preliminary parleys at the Government House in Ibadan…
Peter Obi wants millions of football-obsessed Nigerian youths to redirect their weekend television viewing into civic action. In a message marking the return of European league football, the former Anambra State governor argued that sporting excellence reflects deliberate public governance. He challenged young viewers to demand the same standards from local political institutions that they…
Peter Obi launched his 2027 presidential campaign in Onitsha with five critical questions designed to interrogate national governance. The former Anambra State governor framed the coming electoral contest around economic capacity, public safety, human capital development, institutional integrity, and fiscal prudence. He told supporters in the commercial hub that voters must look beyond ethnic slogans…
Atiku Abubakar fired back at President Bola Tinubu on Friday, accusing the presidency of confusing public suffering with sound economic management. The former vice-president responded after Tinubu mocked his proposal to restore and restructure petrol subsidies as a sign of serious ignorance. In a statement released through his media aide Phrank Shaibu, Atiku argued that…
Atiku Abubakar has pledged to bring back petrol subsidies if voters elect him president in 2027. The former vice-president and perennial opposition candidate framed the move as an urgent rescue for households crushed by runaway living costs. He argued that the current administration rushed into price reforms without building viable social cushions for the poor. The…
Nigeria’s 2027 general election campaign season formally opened on Wednesday, a day after presidential candidates, party leaders and diplomatic missions gathered in Abuja to sign the first National Peace Accord of the electoral cycle, with the European Union using the occasion to reaffirm that it backs no party or candidate in the contest. The…