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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
An admission from the International Monetary Fund that Nigeria left public spending worth about two per cent of its Gross Domestic Product out of recent budget records has handed the opposition fresh ammunition, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar now demanding that President Bola Tinubu’s government account for money he insists “somebody spent” and…
Barely a day after accepting a fresh role at the heart of Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo has moved to douse the controversy that trailed his earlier rejection of Rotimi Amaechi as running mate, insisting that his objection was never personal and that the country’s electoral law, not internal politics, narrowed the field…
Pressure on the presidency over the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council mounted sharply on Friday as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar handed President Bola Tinubu a seven-day ultimatum to order what he called a transparent, comprehensive and independent investigation into the affair, warning that silence would be read as complicity. The former vice…
A single ruling from the Federal High Court in Abuja has reopened one of the most delicate questions in Nigeria’s democracy: whether the state can lawfully shut down a political party, and if so, on whose terms. Justice Peter Lifu’s order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to strike five parties off its register…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed Senator David Mark’s leadership of the African Democratic Congress, dismissing a suit by Rep Leke Abejide that sought to strip Mark and Rauf Aregbesola of their positions as national chairman and national secretary of the party. Delivering judgment on Thursday, July 2, 2026, Justice Musa Liman…
Peter Obi’s N8 billion defamation suit against his former campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, can now proceed after an Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha granted the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate leave to serve court processes on the actor turned politician through substituted means. Justice D.A. Onyefulu gave the order on Tuesday, June…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appointed Nollywood actor and lawyer Kenneth Okonkwo as his spokesperson, ending weeks of open friction that followed the African Democratic Congress chieftain’s public rejection of the party’s vice presidential choice for the 2027 general election. Okonkwo announced the appointment in a statement posted on his official X page…
The African Democratic Congress has successfully uploaded the particulars of its Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s nomination portal, the party announced on Tuesday. The party said the uploaded candidates were former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, and former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi, its vice-presidential candidate. The National Publicity…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over what he describes as a fresh and coordinated attempt by elements within the ruling establishment to deploy political and legal machinations to keep his party off the ballot ahead of the 2027 general election. Atiku disclosed…
Confidence within Nigeria’s fractured opposition found a loud voice over the weekend as Senator Seriake Dickson, National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), declared that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would suffer a heavy defeat in the 2027 general elections, provided the contest is conducted without interference. Speaking on…