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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
Publishers and authors preparing to enter Nigeria’s new textbook evaluation regime have been handed a measure of relief, after the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council reduced the cost of assessing and ranking school textbooks and ordered refunds for firms that already paid the higher rates. The decision, announced in a statement signed by…
The Federal Government has officially dismissed widespread reports suggesting an impending ban on the export of raw cocoa beans, clarifying that its policy is focused on promoting local value addition rather than restricting exports. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made the clarification in a statement issued on Friday, following public…
A single announcement from the Federal Ministry of Works has once again placed the question of political self commemoration at the centre of national conversation, after the government renamed its flagship coastal road the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway, making it the sixth public facility to bear the President’s name since he…
Nigeria is preparing to convert one of its least understood assets, the genetic code of more than 200 million citizens, into an engine for medicine, agriculture and national income, with the Federal Government unveiling plans for a dedicated Nigeria Genomic City. The announcement signals a deliberate attempt to move the country from a spectator in…
Millions of Nigerian entrepreneurs operating outside the formal economy now have a rare opening to register their businesses at no cost, following the Federal Government’s decision to throw open applications for the free incorporation of 250,000 micro, small and medium enterprises. The scheme, driven jointly by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of…
President Bola Tinubu has formally retained Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election. The decision effectively kills months of heavy intra-party scheming and intense speculation regarding the structure of the ruling party’s next ticket. The All Progressives Congress confirmed the continuation of the pairing after the vice president submitted…
Fresh political intrigue has trailed former All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, following his firm rebuttal of viral posters claiming he had abandoned the ruling party for the New Democratic Congress. The former Kano State governor pushed back on Friday, describing himself in colourful terms as a steadfast party man rather than…
The Federal Government has dismissed as fabricated a viral list claiming that 136 Nigerians are held in Ethiopian prisons, insisting that only 98 inmates fall under the newly signed Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement between Abuja and Addis Ababa. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made the clarification in a statement issued on…
Hope returned to the cell blocks of AbaSamuel Prison in Addis Ababa as Nigerian inmates erupted in celebration over a newly signed bilateral Prisoner Transfer Agreement between Nigeria and Ethiopia, a deal that clears the way for eligible prisoners to be brought home to complete their custodial terms. The Federal Government facilitated the agreement…
President Bola Tinubu has tied a significant share of Nigeria’s insecurity to the breakdown of governance at the local level, describing functional council administration as central to national development and stability. The president made the remarks in his Democracy Day address to the nation on Friday, June 12, 2026, marking 27 unbroken years of…