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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 has sent his condolences to the Okonjo royal family of Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State over the death of Professor Kamene Okonjo. She passed away at the age of 96. In a statement from his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President described the late professor as a distinguished scholar,…
Former Delta State governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan died on the morning of Monday, 19 October 2026, following a brief illness just three days before his seventy-second birthday. A statement signed by Toju Anire Uduaghan on behalf of the family confirmed the passing of the medical doctor who governed the oil-bearing southern state between 2007 and…
Nigeria reopened the First Niger Bridge on Thursday after a 38-day closure that forced interstate traffic onto the newer downstream crossing between Asaba and Onitsha. Works Minister David Umahi ordered emergency repairs following alarming reports that scavengers had stolen crucial steel bolts from the ageing crossing. Neglect and theft continuously endanger critical transport links across…
A private jet that made global headlines last month by touching down on a road under construction near Asaba Airport had first broken off its landing attempt, repositioned, and come in a second time believing it was properly lined up with the runway, according to the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau. The Bureau made the…
Delta State Government has dismissed as false the reports circulating on several online platforms claiming that former governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has died, describing the claim as cruel and irresponsible. The clarification followed reports that surfaced late Wednesday night alleging that the two-term former governor had passed on, a claim that quickly spread across social…
Former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa has moved to retrieve his international passport from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, seeking to travel abroad for medical treatment even as the agency presses on with its investigation into the alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion in state funds. Sources within the anti-graft agency said the former…
Fresh security concerns have emerged in Nigeria’s aviation sector after a privately operated aircraft that reportedly landed on a roadway near Asaba, Delta State, departed the location and returned to Lagos without obtaining regulatory approval. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Director of Public Affairs and Consumer…
The Federal Government has confirmed the death of four persons and serious injuries to 24 others in the train accident along the Warri–Itakpe Train Service corridor near Agbor, Delta State. The confirmation came in a statement issued by the Nigerian Railway Corporation on Tuesday through the Federal Ministry of Transportation, signed by the ministry’s…
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence by hanging for Chelynor Halim, a convicted kidnapper from Delta State, in a unanimous decision by a five member panel that dismissed his appeal as lacking merit. The apex court on Friday affirmed the 2017 judgment of a High Court in Asaba, Delta State, which found…
Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has expressed confidence that the voting pattern which delivered the state to former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in the 2023 election will not be repeated in 2027, citing strengthened relationships with the Igbo community and religious leaders who now support the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during…