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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
Barely 14 of every 100 registered voters in Nigeria’s capital turned up for the February 2026 Federal Capital Territory council elections, a turnout so thin that some polling units recorded a single ballot. The figure has hardened a worry that now shadows the Independent National Electoral Commission as it prepares for the 2027 general…
The Nigeria Police Force has opened an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access and leakage of classified voter information from the Independent National Electoral Commission database resulting in the arrest of an INEC electoral officer and the questioning of Lere Olayinka the media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike….
A war of words has broken out between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, after the minister publicly declared that Atiku’s African Democratic Congress (ADC) would fail to secure 10 per cent of votes in Rivers State during the 2027 presidential election. Wike made the declaration…
A fierce political confrontation has broken out between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and prominent civic activist Aisha Yesufu, following the collapse of her senatorial ambition under the Nigeria Democratic Congress platform in the FCT. Yesufu, a longstanding voice in Nigeria’s civil activism space and a co convener of the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, has declared that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will fail to secure up to 10 percent of votes cast in Rivers State during the 2027 presidential election, while insisting that only a candidate endorsed by his Rainbow Coalition will…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has thrown down an extraordinary public challenge to rival groups within the Peoples Democratic Party, daring them to open an official party bank account and run a formal secretariat if they truly believe they are the authentic leadership of the party. Speaking during a live media session in Abuja on…
The internal fracture of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened as the faction aligned with Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, formalised plans for the 2027 presidential primaries. This group has pegged the cost of its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at a combined N51 million. The decision emerged from a…
Amid a tense pre-convention standoff over the use of a private event centre in Abuja, the David Mark-led faction of the African Democratic Congress moved forward with its national convention on Tuesday, after days of scrambling for a venue and fresh accusations of political intimidation directed at the Federal Capital Territory administration. Senator Dino…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has subsided, announcing an open-door policy for former members seeking a return to the opposition party. Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Friday, the PDP chieftain likened politics to a game…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has formally recognised the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as the party’s legitimate leadership. The commission updated its official website on Monday to reflect the development, listing Abdulrahman Mohammed as National Chairman and Samuel Anyanwu…