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
The federal civil service remains an elaborate cash machine for fraudsters. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has uncovered nine hundred and eight suspected ghost workers across fifty government agencies. Anti-graft agents recovered nearly nine hundred and forty-two million naira in stolen salary payments. The Nigeria Police Force topped the list of…
A bench warrant now hangs over Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self styled Director General of a council the Presidency insists never existed, after he failed to appear at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday for an arraignment that has stalled five separate times. Justice Mohammed Umar issued the order following an…
President Bola Tinubu has formally moved the battle to establish state police to the doorstep of the House of Representatives, transmitting the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026, in a bid to secure the constitutional backing that would end more than two decades of debate over how Nigeria polices…
The man at the centre of one of the most audacious impersonation scandals to hit the Nigerian public service in years has broken his silence, insisting he is not on the run even as the Nigeria Police Force moves to place him before a judge on forgery and impersonation charges. Adeniyi Adeyemi, who styled…
President Bola Tinubu has taken the reform of Nigeria’s policing architecture a decisive step closer to reality, inaugurating a Presidential Working Group tasked with drafting the legal machinery that will bring state police to life once the ongoing constitutional amendment is concluded. The panel was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…
The Senate has moved to calm one of the most persistent fears surrounding Nigeria’s proposed shift to decentralised policing, insisting that the new legal framework gives the federal police clear grounds to step in wherever a state police outfit is turned into a weapon of electoral intimidation or presides over a collapse of public…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has dismissed as fabricated a viral video suggesting that its officers endorsed Peter Obi’s presidential bid, saying the footage was manipulated to push a false political narrative and that an investigation into its origin is underway. In a statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Josephine Adeh,…
The Senate on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment bill clearing the way for the establishment of state police services across Nigeria, marking one of the most consequential security reforms in the country’s history and a decisive break from a policing structure controlled from Abuja since independence. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has declared his readiness to make any sacrifice, including risking his own life, to secure the release of pupils and teachers held by gunmen in Oriire Local Council of the state. He made the pledge on Tuesday while addressing peaceful protesters led by activist Martins Otse, popularly known as…
The Oyo State Government on Monday demolished a three-bedroom bungalow allegedly used as a hideout by kidnappers involved in the abduction of the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Bayo Adelabu, and her children. The property, located in the Lako Community along the Aiyegun-Anaye Road area of Ibadan, was pulled down by…