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 spending on imported arms and ammunition rose sharply in the first half of 2026, climbing to N55.06bn from N26.95bn in the same period of 2025, a 104.31 per cent increase that arrives less than five months before the country returns to the polls. The figures are drawn from the National Bureau of Statistics foreign…
The obstruction of Peter Obi’s convoy in Benue State has become the latest flashpoint in a widening argument over the safety of opposition politicians, drawing sharp warnings from Igbo leaders and socio-cultural groups who say a pattern of physical confrontation is emerging as the 2027 campaign gathers pace. Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria…
Peter Obi has returned to the most contested question of Nigeria’s last presidential election, alleging that the man who presided over it was not neutral. Speaking in an interview with ARISE News, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress said Mahmood Yakubu, who chaired the Independent National Electoral Commission through the February 2023 poll,…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it wants ordinary Nigerians, not wealthy financiers, to pay for its 2027 campaign, a proposition that will be tested against an electoral law that now permits a single donor to give as much as N500m. Speaking on Arise News’ Prime Time on Wednesday, the party’s national leader, Senator Seriake Dickson,…
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Peter Obi’s running mate on the Labour Party ticket in the 2023 presidential election, has said he personally advised the former Anambra State governor against joining the African Democratic Congress, describing the platform as unsuitable for Obi’s ambitions. Speaking during an interview on the MIC ON Podcast, Baba-Ahmed recalled that he…
Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, has argued that a broad opposition coalition remains the only realistic path to defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking in an interview with Ibeju Upgrade Media on Thursday, Okonkwo dismissed the prospects of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria…
The All Progressives Congress chairman in Yobe State, Muhammad Gadaka, has apologised and withdrawn a remark urging married women whose husbands prevent them from voting for the party to seek divorce, offering to pay their dowries. Gadaka made the comment on Thursday while addressing supporters and receiving defectors at a campaign rally in Nangere,…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has urged the people of Rivers State to turn out in large numbers for the 2027 general election and insist that their votes are properly counted. Obi made the call in a statement posted on X on Friday, after attending a town hall meeting organised by…
The dispute over the Nigeria Democratic Congress candidates for the 2027 Anambra State House of Assembly elections has shifted from political accusation to a question that can potentially be settled by electronic records, as the Independent National Electoral Commission says its candidate nomination system contains an audit trail capable of showing how the disputed…
President Bola Tinubu’s latest attempt to stop the release of US investigative records has revived a three decade old controversy, but the legal dispute now centres less on whether a 1993 forfeiture occurred and more on whether records from an American law enforcement investigation can be withheld under US privacy and investigative exemptions. Tinubu,…