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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 vice-president Atiku Abubakar took aim at the Federal Government on Friday, 9 October, dismissing President Bola Tinubu’s temporary thirty-day petrol discount as an insincere political stunt designed to hoodwink voters before the 2027 general election. Speaking in Abuja during the inauguration of the African Democratic Congress presidential campaign council, Mr Abubakar demanded to know…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has said the petrol discount announced for Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Retail stations does not amount to a return of fuel subsidy. Oyedele explained in a statement on Friday that NNPC Retail would fund the discount by reducing its profit margin rather…
The World Bank declared on Thursday, 8 October 2026, that the Nigerian naira weathered regional foreign exchange turmoil far better than several continental peers during the second quarter, limiting its maximum depreciation to just 2.6 per cent while punishing sell-offs battered currencies across the African continent. Currency markets across twenty-two sub-Saharan nations outside the CFA…
The International Monetary Fund warned finance ministers gathered in Washington on Thursday, 8 October 2026, that global public debt will soon breach one hundred trillion dollars and climb relentlessly towards one hundred per cent of world economic output before the present decade draws to a close. Multilateral lenders urge finance chiefs across both advanced and…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, of abandoning domestic food growers while spending scarce foreign cash to bring in grain from abroad. Speaking to party delegates in Abuja, the opposition contender argued that state policies have crushed rural production, exposed farmers to rural gunmen, and turned Nigeria…
The Nigeria Labour Congress warned on Thursday, 1 October 2026, that runaway inflation has completely wiped out the purchasing power of the statutory 70,000 naira national minimum wage. Speaking in Abuja as the country marked its sixty-sixth year of independence, labour president Joe Ajaero accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of abandoning breadwinners to cruel market…
President Bola Tinubu told a weary nation on Thursday, 1 October 2026, that his economic reforms had finished their foundational work and opened a new era of shared prosperity. Delivering his national broadcast from Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary, the head of state firmly rejected mounting calls to bring back consumer fuel…
Nigeria will mark 66 years of independence on October 1, 2026, a milestone that invites both celebration and serious reflection. The question, however, is not simply whether Nigerians should wave the green-white-green flag, attend ceremonies or exchange Independence Day greetings. The more difficult question is what, after 66 years of self-government, Nigerians have to show…
Eight public sector unions have warned that they will begin a three day nationwide warning strike on Friday, 2 October, unless the Federal Government cuts the petrol price to N500 a litre, approves a wage award and opens talks on a new minimum wage before the end of today. The threat was contained in a…
Nigeria will create 1.2 million manufacturing jobs by barring the outward shipment of unprocessed agricultural and mineral wealth, Raw Materials Research and Development Council Director-General Professor Nnanyelugo Martin Ike-Muonso announced in Abuja on Wednesday, 30 September 2026. The council is pushing lawmakers to pass the Raw Materials Research and Development Council Amendment Bill, which establishes…