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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
President Bola Tinubu’s three week European leave has arrived at a politically significant moment, with the 2027 presidential campaign already underway and the constitutional question of how presidential powers are handled during a vacation once again relevant to public scrutiny. Tinubu left Abuja on Sunday, August 30, for a three week annual leave, with London,…
Atiku Abubakar fired back at President Bola Tinubu on Friday, accusing the presidency of confusing public suffering with sound economic management. The former vice-president responded after Tinubu mocked his proposal to restore and restructure petrol subsidies as a sign of serious ignorance. In a statement released through his media aide Phrank Shaibu, Atiku argued that…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s closed door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday has drawn intense political attention, coming only five days after his re-election and at the very moment national alliances are being rearranged for the 2027 general elections. Adeleke arrived at the State House at about 5:20pm…
Two of Nigeria’s biggest fuel marketing bodies have thrown their weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s pledge to revive the country’s state owned refineries, rejecting former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s verdict that the plants will never run profitably, in a dispute that turns on decades of heavy spending and repeated failure. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association…
President Bola Tinubu has approved yet another overhaul of Nigeria’s security architecture, ordering a new committee to produce a five-year defence plan within 90 days, even as fresh data and persistent gun violence cast doubt on whether another framework can address the governance failures that previous reforms left unresolved. The directive, issued at Wednesday’s Federal…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Special Adviser and Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has pushed back against suggestions that Osun State residents were blindsided by the governor’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, insisting the endorsement predates Adeleke’s own victory at Saturday’s governorship poll. Rasheed made the clarification on Arise Television on Tuesday, responding to questions…
The National Democratic Coalition has commended Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election victory while openly criticising his political embrace of President Bola Tinubu. The pro-democracy group praised Osun voters for defending their democratic choices against aggressive partisan pressures. Adeleke secured a decisive second term by resisting the federal ruling party’s well-funded campaign machinery….
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded that President Bola Tinubu account for trillions of naira sunk into state-owned refineries. The opposition leader told the president to stop blaming Muhammadu Buhari for Nigeria’s chronic fuel refining failures. Financial records show obligations for the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries surged from 4.52 trillion naira in…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu’s administration have locked horns over a grim security record. Atiku seized on reports showing 5,091 violent deaths over three months to demand the president’s resignation. He blamed fiscal indiscipline and budget padding for starving frontline troops of necessary hardware. Numbers tell a terrible story. The former vice-president…
A frontline rights group wants Nigeria’s top politicians to expose their personal wealth ahead of 2027. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project challenged President Bola Tinubu and opposition leaders to disclose their assets. Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi lead a nineteen-candidate list facing the voluntary challenge. SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare issued the demand in…