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
West African governments are accelerating the rollout of the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card to dismantle chronic border friction across the region. Seven member states have deployed the card to replace obsolete paper documents, migration officials confirmed at a workshop in Lagos on Wednesday, 16 September 2026. The participating nations include Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Benin,…
An investigative look at rising ectopic pregnancy fatalities reveals how legal restrictions and institutional gaps are turning routine first-trimester medical emergencies into preventable tragedies. When a tiny spark of life misses its home, it can quietly become a ticking time bomb inside the human body. Picture walking through a hospital corridor with pain slicing through…
Once dismissed by elders and chased away by security, a determined group of Lagos street skaters turned late-night practice into a global movement, building a sanctuary for Nigeria’s youth. Late into the night, in an apartment block in Lagos, a seventeen-year-old teenager crept outside into the dark. He carried a wooden board mounted on four…
Donald Trump declared on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that the United States is rapidly approaching the end of its military confrontation with Iran. Speaking to reporters as he stepped off Air Force One, the American president asserted that Washington and Tehran are now engaged in direct negotiations to halt the hostilities. The claim represents a…
Nigeria’s organised labour and main opposition leaders mounted fresh pressure on President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, demanding urgent relief after petrol pump prices hit fresh peaks across the federation. The Nigeria Labour Congress called on the federal government to grant immediate wage awards to workers and supply crude to domestic refineries in…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has reopened one of the most familiar battlegrounds in Nigerian public finance, summoning the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and 146 downstream petroleum marketing firms to account for ₦432.07 billion in unpaid regulatory obligations. The disputed liabilities, tracked in successive annual reports by the Auditor-General for…
The Independent National Electoral Commission moved swiftly on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, to quell mounting opposition hysteria regarding the whereabouts of its chairman, Joash Amupitan. Official spokesmen confirmed that the electoral boss travelled outside Abuja on an approved international mission to represent Nigeria at an institutional conference. The clarification directly answers a barrage of questions…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has started drafting a new policy blueprint to drag more citizens into the formal financial net. Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the birth of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy 4.0 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, during the launch of the Access to Financial Services Survey in Abuja. Aisha Isa-Olatinwo, who directs…
Leaders of the expanded BRICS club resolved to speed up investment in BRICS Pay at their eighteenth summit in New Delhi on 13 September. The platform seeks to link the domestic payments systems of member states and let them settle trade in their own currencies. By avoiding the American dollar, the group hopes to…
Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen on Wednesday after Houthi fighters launched drones and missiles deep into the kingdom. The exchange marks a sharp escalation in a conflict that now threatens the world’s most sensitive oil routes. Riyadh announced that its air defence units shot down a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday night before it…