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’s headline economic expansion of 4.43 per cent in the second quarter of 2026 masks a severe collapse across the real industrial economy, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria warned on Friday, 4 September 2026. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, director-general of the industrial lobby, cautioned that celebratory official statements hide deep structural rot inside domestic factories. Services now…
The war between the United States and Iran widened on Thursday, 3 September 2026, when Iranian forces launched coordinated missile and drone strikes against American staging posts in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Tehran said the salvoes avenged an American missile strike on a wedding party in the southern coastal town of Kuhestak that…
Nigerians spent roughly N11.3 trillion to buy 10.37 billion litres of petrol between January and July 2026, according to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. Monthly fuel bills remained stubbornly above the N1 trillion threshold throughout the seven months. The numbers paint a grim picture of an economy where citizens buy less fuel…
For an industry built around something as old as the written word, publishing has spent much of the last two decades learning how to survive change. The book is no longer confined to a printed page. A manuscript can move from a writer’s computer to an editor, designer and digital marketplace without ever passing through…
The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence has arrived in Nigeria. It has. AI tools are already within reach of Nigerian students, entrepreneurs, professionals, businesses and public institutions. The more difficult question is what happens after the technology arrives. Does it actually change how people work? Does it make businesses more productive? Can it…
The Emir of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad Sani II, died in Cairo on Thursday, 3 September 2026, ending a forty-five-year reign on the throne of the historic Jigawa emirate. Palace officials confirmed the passing of the revered monarch in an Egyptian hospital following a protracted illness. His death closes an era for northern Nigeria, removing…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declined to grant bail or private medical access to Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The 38-year-old suspect ran a phantom government agency known as the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council. Justice Obiora Egwuatu refused to order his immediate release from police cells without first…
When Nigeria raised its national minimum wage from ₦30,000 to ₦70,000, the increase was presented as a response to a changing economic reality. But two years after the new wage was signed into law, the story across the country is far from uniform. Some states have gone above the national benchmark. Others are paying exactly…
Lagos has a waste problem that is becoming increasingly difficult to hide. Across parts of the state, refuse has continued to accumulate even as authorities intensify efforts to improve collection and disposal. The problem is no longer simply about overflowing bins or untidy streets. It points to a larger challenge: how a rapidly expanding megacity…
Kira, daughter of the late Yoruba actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has shared an emotional tribute in which she spoke about the pain of losing her father and the future moment she had hoped to share with him. In a social media post published on Thursday, September 3, Kira revealed that one of…