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
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has raised its processing wait times for Nigerian citizens seeking study permits and visitor visas. The revision, published on 16 September 2026, pushes the standard study permit review period from nine weeks to ten weeks. Nigerians seeking ordinary visitor visas must now wait 87 days, while super visa applications require…
Forests and trees support the livelihoods of more than five billion people worldwide, yet their contribution to food security and nutrition is still largely missing from national statistics and policy planning, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The report, titled “Forests for Food: Nourishing…
Organised labour has called off its nationwide industrial action over the planned concession of King’s College, Lagos, after the Federal Government agreed to a two-week review of the arrangement, according to a statement issued by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria. The union said the decision followed an emergency high-level meeting with…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that no more than six of the North’s 19 governors supported President Bola Tinubu’s bid for the ruling party’s ticket ahead of the 2023 election, offering a rare public account of how thin the President’s regional backing was at the time. Shettima made the remark on Wednesday, 16…
UI Sets Fresh Rules, Penalties For Uncollected Certificates The University of Ibadan has announced that certificates left uncollected for more than 10 years will be shredded, part of a set of new rules that also introduce graduated penalties for graduates who delay picking up their academic documents. The guidelines were contained in a special bulletin…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has drawn a sharp response from lawyers over its threat to prosecute practitioners who bill clients in foreign currencies, with several branches of the Nigerian Bar Association arguing the agency has stepped outside its legal remit. The commission set out its position on Friday, 11 September 2026, when…
Air Peace and United Nigeria Airlines have rejected the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority’s report on domestic flight disruptions for August 2026, saying the figures misstate their flight volumes and fail to separate delays the airlines caused from those driven by factors outside their control. The NCAA’s Summary of Domestic Airline Flight Disruption Operations for…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum demanded on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that President Bola Tinubu immediately reverse the latest increase in the pump price of petrol. In a hard-hitting statement signed by its chairman, Elder Sunday Oibe, the socio-religious group warned that repeated fuel price hikes threaten to push millions of struggling families past…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi met behind closed doors with leaders of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja to hammer out an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-level parley brings two perennial heavyweights together in an ambitious bid to stitch together a credible opposition challenge…
Cumulative investment in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry has surpassed 75 billion dollars, marking an extraordinary journey from state monopoly to essential economic utility. Bismarck Rewane, managing director of Financial Derivatives Company and chairman of FCMB, highlighted the milestone during an industry review on Wednesday, 16 September 2026. The capital deployed across the sector stood at barely…