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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
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has pulled out of the race to become the next United Nations Secretary General, a day after an informal Security Council poll left every remaining candidate facing opposition from at least one veto-holding power. Sall announced his decision on Saturday, October 17, in a statement issued from Marrakech, Morocco, and…
Donald Trump has turned down an Iranian offer for a swift seven-day ceasefire, betting that military strikes will yield better terms than compromise. Reports published on Saturday, 26 September 2026, reveal that the American president dismissed the proposal to halt regional hostilities and unblock the Strait of Hormuz. Mr Trump expects the Pentagon to resume…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday appealed for $1.1 billion to complete a $2.1 billion aid plan against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that operations could run out of money just as they need to expand. The programme is 48 per cent funded. “Without additional funding, vital operations will…
Global refugee numbers declined in 2025 by three per cent to 41.6 million, marking the first drop in forced displacement in a decade, even as the figure remains unacceptably high and millions remain trapped in prolonged exile. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in New York, citing the…
Nigeria’s education sector faces renewed pressure from armed group attacks on schools, with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Malick Fall, urging stronger collective commitment to safe, inclusive and violence free teaching and learning environments. Mr Fall made the call after meeting a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre…
Ted Turner, pioneer of the first 24-hour television news channel has died on Wednesday at 87. He launched CNN in 1980 when the idea of a 24-hour news cycle seemed like a recipe for bankruptcy. Instead, he forced the world to watch history happen in real-time. Turner Enterprises confirmed his passing following a long battle…
The United Nations warns that nearly nine out of ten crimes against journalists remain uninvestigated and unpunished. Secretary-General António Guterres described this 85 per cent impunity rate as an unacceptable assault on global democracy. Media workers now face a world where the price of scrutiny is often death or disappearance. These figures reflect a global…
A sharp concentration of global hunger is placing Nigeria at the centre of a worsening food crisis, with new data showing that a significant share of the world’s most food-insecure populations are clustered in a small group of countries affected by conflict and economic shocks. The latest Global Report on Food Crises, compiled by…
Twelve years after Boko Haram militants abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, parents of the victims have called on the Nigerian government, the United Nations and the international community to renew efforts to secure the release of those still missing. In an open letter on Monday signed by Yana Galang and Zanna…
Nigerians and Jamaicans could face visa restrictions to the United Kingdom if Reform UK wins the next general election, as the party unveiled a controversial policy targeting nations formally demanding reparations for transatlantic slavery. The proposal, announced by Home Affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf, singles out countries that have received substantial UK visas and foreign…