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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
A disputed agency that lawmakers say never legally existed has forced the Nigerian state to account for itself in real time, with the House of Representatives on Tuesday handing defaulting government offices a 48 hour ultimatum to produce documents and officials in a probe that has now drawn in two ministers, the National Security…
The diplomatic standoff between Abuja and Pretoria over compensation for Nigerians uprooted by xenophobic violence has entered a sharper legal phase, with human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, insisting that only a regional court, not the African Union, can force South Africa to pay. His intervention reframes a bilateral grievance…
The Nigeria Police have arrested the father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the individual central to a N1.3 billion fake presidential agency scandal. Law enforcement officers detained the elderly man during a morning raid on the family residence in Ogbomoso. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the detention and quickly condemned the action as an unlawful…
The Presidency has widened the net in the unfolding controversy over a bogus presidential agency, vowing on Friday to hunt down and prosecute the government insiders who allegedly allowed Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew to run a fictitious body for months without detection. What began as a forgery case has now hardened into a public…
Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew has spent the better part of two years moving through the corridors of official Abuja with the confidence of a man who belonged there. He held meetings inside the Federal Secretariat, received foreign delegations, exchanged handshakes with directors-general and lawmakers, and signed correspondence as the Director-General of the Presidential Foreign…
A broad coalition of civil society organisations, trade unions, youth groups, community associations, social movements, faith-based bodies and concerned Nigerians has declared June 12, 2026, a day of nationwide protest and mass action against worsening insecurity, economic hardship and deteriorating living conditions across the country. The planned demonstration coincides with Nigeria’s Democracy Day, a…
The upcoming trial of 36 military officers accused of attempting to subvert the administration of President Bola Tinubu has hit a legal snag regarding courtroom ethics and professional attire. Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has raised a formal objection to the dressing protocols mandated for the General Court…
Former presidential candidate Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has declared that pro-democracy groups across the country will mobilise against any attempt to impose a one-party system on Nigeria, following a strategic consultation with human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN. The declaration was contained in a statement issued by the Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim Media Office on Wednesday. “We…
FG Budgets N135.22bn For Post-Election Disputes Ahead Of 2027 Polls, Critics Cry Foul A N135.22 billion line item quietly tucked into Nigeria’s 2026 federal budget has ignited a firestorm of criticism from opposition parties, legal minds, and civil society groups who argue the allocation signals the government’s own low expectations for the integrity of the…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called for the immediate suspension of all ongoing political campaigns across the country, warning that premature electioneering is undermining governance and worsening insecurity ahead of the 2027 general elections. Falana, who serves as Chair of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB),…