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
Former Ogun State Governor and Senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has warned that Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen its economy will remain limited unless the country addresses insecurity and creates safer conditions for businesses, farmers and investors. Daniel said economic growth and national security were mutually dependent, arguing that insecurity raises production costs, disrupts commercial…
The Nigerian naira strengthened to N1,329 per US dollar at the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market on Thursday, 3 September 2026. Fresh data from the Central Bank of Nigeria shows the domestic currency gaining steady ground after closing earlier sessions near N1,337. Traders on commercial interbank desks in Lagos quoted live morning bids moving between…
There is something deeply absurd about Nigeria boasting that it has the cheapest electricity tariff among 14 African countries when millions of Nigerians still have to buy petrol and diesel to produce the electricity they are supposedly paying for. According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Nigeria’s average allowed end-user electricity tariff was just…
The United States Department of State has proposed draft rules that compel parents to prove their own citizenship or immigration status when applying for passports for their children. The measure enforces President Donald Trump’s executive order of 6 August 2026, which aims to curb birthright citizenship and suppress birth tourism. The draft guidance turns standard…
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…
Nigeria’s power distribution companies left 4.85 million grid customers without meters by the end of June 2026, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The regulator’s latest factsheet shows the national metering rate reached 61.51 per cent, creeping up from 60.22 per cent in May. Electricity suppliers installed 308,106 meters across the country between May…
Security operatives in Zamfara State dismantled a major auxiliary network feeding rural terror gangs on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. The Zamfara State Community Protection Guards, working alongside joint task force units, paraded nine suspects in Gusau for running logistics and medical lifelines for forest outlaws. The haul included an unlicensed medic, a fake lawyer, weapons…
Nigeria logged 500 distinct security incidents in August 2026, with the northern states absorbing two-thirds of the violence. Data from the latest Nigeria Security Index by Eons Intelligence reveals that the northern region accounted for 334 breaches, or 67 per cent of the national tally. Zamfara led the grim league table with 45 recorded events,…
Federal civil servants have demanded an immediate quadrupling of the national minimum wage to N300,000 per month. The Federal Workers Forum lodged the formal petition on Wednesday, 2 September 2026, writing directly to President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the National Assembly. The letter, signed by National Coordinator Andrew Emelieze and General Secretary Ogundele…
Twelve outgoing Nigerian state governors will leave behind an aggregate debt mountain of roughly N5.3tn as their constitutional tenures expire in 2027 and early 2028. Official records from the Debt Management Office show that these twelve subnational administrations held N2.16tn in local obligations by the first quarter of 2026, alongside $2.33bn in foreign loans. The…