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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
Eleven people, including a pregnant woman, were killed when three gunmen stormed a township house party near Durban, highlighting South Africa’s worsening illegal arms crisis and police enforcement struggles. A social gathering inside a residential home in KwaMakhutha township, located approximately 30 kilometres south of Durban along South Africa’s eastern coast, turned into a scene…
Discovered in 1973, the offshore Ima gas resource has reached a final investment decision. The government says the $800 million project could eventually supply Nigeria LNG Limited. A gas discovery that has remained undeveloped since 1973 has reached a new investment milestone. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday welcomed a final investment decision worth $800 million…
Nigerian asset managers and domestic households took absolute control of the trading floor at the Nigerian Exchange Limited during the first eight months of 2026. Local buyers accounted for 89.8 per cent of total equities trades valued at 13.2 trillion naira between January and August, according to the latest Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Participation report….
Four informal miners, including three women and a man named Mallam Fahad Aliyu, died on Tuesday afternoon when an unstable tin excavation pit collapsed on them in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The accident occurred around twenty past two along a riverbank in the Tangur community, trapping the workers beneath several tonnes…
Nigeria has cleared six oil traders to ship 830,000 metric tonnes of petrol into the country for the final quarter of the year. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority issued the permits on 18 September, allocating cargo rights to Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano, AYM Shafa, NIPCO, Pinnacle Oil, and Bono Energy. The approved…
Twenty-three players joined head coach Éric Chelle on the grass at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Tuesday evening. The session launched Nigeria’s qualifying run for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Captain Wilfred Ndidi and winger Samuel Chukwueze arrived in camp shortly before drills began, bringing the squad close to full strength…
Nearly four in five Nigerian adults now use a financial product, yet three-quarters remain financially broke. The ninth Access to Financial Services in Nigeria survey, released in Abuja by Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Advancement on Tuesday, revealed that national financial inclusion reached 79% in 2026. That figure represents roughly 94.2 million adults, while formal inclusion…
The naira hovered near 1,324.70 to the American dollar on Wednesday morning as chronic foreign exchange tightness continues to test the currency reforms of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Spot trading across early deals saw the domestic unit edge between 1,323.80 and 1,329.00 before settling around 1,324.70 in the official market. That movement follows modest…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria launched a comprehensive anti-corruption policy package in Abuja on Tuesday, attempting to purge graft from the state monopoly that wheels electric power across the country. Managing Director Sule Abdulaziz rolled out four separate rulebooks covering anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and fraud, conflict of interest, and whistleblowing protections. Speaking through his human…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and major depot operators lowered wholesale petrol prices across Nigeria on Tuesday after international crude benchmarks tumbled. Dangote trimmed its gantry rate by 25 naira to 1,325 naira per litre, prompting wholesale marketers in Lagos to slash their depot prices by up to 24 naira. Similar downward adjustments emerged at coastal…