The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that the party was poised to take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State and at the national level in the next general elections. The assurance was given yesterday by the state chairman of the party, Ahmed El-Waziri, while addressing journalists after a […]

The wife of the Jigawa State governor, Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi, has called on families, communities, and stakeholders to join hands in promoting exclusive breastfeeding practices in society to ensure the survival and healthy growth of children. The first lady made the call while speaking during the celebration of the 2026 World Breastfeeding Day, held […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Borno State chapter, has called on churches in the state to embark on a three-day fasting and prayers for the freedom of 78 Schoolchildren from Askira-Uba, who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists over two months ago from their schools in Askira-Uba local government area of the state. The […]

The Federal Government has called for stronger regional cooperation among Sahel countries to tackle terrorism, cross-border crime, violent extremism, economic and environmental challenges threatening peace and stability in the region. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sola Enikanolaiye, made the call on Saturday at a two-day high-level retreat on Nigeria’s engagement with countries […]

Last week, we began a new journey into one of the most fascinating parts of being human: the mind. We discovered that not every thought deserves our belief and introduced the idea of cognitive distortions The post Thinking helpful, overthinking isn’t: Understanding why we get stuck in our thoughts appeared first on Tribune Online.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), describing it as predictable and inadequate. The party accused the Federal Government of being more interested in damage control than conducting a comprehensive investigation […]

Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has disclosed that the state’s monthly allocation from the Federation Account has risen to between N14 and N16 billion, up from an average of N3.8 billion to N4.5 billion before 2023. The governor attributed the over 300 percent increase to the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu, particularly the […]

“We are confident that the APC will record another resounding victory in the 2027 General Elections, by the grace of Almighty Allah,” Augie said.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has sworn in 1,800 corps members of the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Stream II deployed to Benue State for their one year national service. In her speech during the swearing-in ceremony which took place on Friday at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Wannune in Tarka local government area, the NYSC […]

The Taraba State Government has dismissed reports suggesting that the state currently carries a debt burden of about N1.2 trillion, saying the claim does not reflect its officially recognised debt stock as contained in the latest publicly available records of the Debt Management Office (DMO). The government, in a fiscal and public finance update issued […]

The recently concluded South East Regional Security Summit, which was held in Umuahia, Abia State, indeed opened a new vista in the analysis of the security situation in the South East. One of the key observations from the communique issued at the end of the summit was that insecurity has significant consequences for commerce, investment, […]

Bubble tea is steadily gaining a following in Abuja as a growing number of speciality cafés introduce the Taiwanese drink to curious customers. Just a few years ago, asking for bubble tea in Abuja would probably have earned you a puzzled look. Today, however, the colourful drink with its chewy tapioca pearls is gradually carving […]

Former United States President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to his bones and is worsening, with his son, Hunter Biden, describing the condition as painful and debilitating. Hunter disclosed this in an emotional interview with the BBC, offering a fresh and deeply personal account of his 83-year-old father’s battle with advanced prostate cancer. According […]

By JOSHUA DADA, EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Richard Ndoma, Felix Igbekoyi, Adebayo Waheed, Nnamdi Mbawike, ABU NMODU, ATTAH ANTHONY, NONYE EKWENUGO and AZA MSUE The presidential directive withdrawing police personnel attached to unauthorised very important personalities (VIPs) is being met with mixed compliance across states, as investigations by LEADERSHIP Sunday revealed that many politicians, businessmen and other […]

The full text of the address delivered by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) to President Bola Tinubu during a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, has revealed that the clerics raised far-reaching concerns about the 2027 general election, insecurity, political inclusion, economic hardship, religious freedom and the continued use of the Muslim-Muslim […]

MIDNIGHT was just shyly unfolding its grim loneliness over the Coal City. I nudged the nose of my blue Peugeot 504 Saloon out of my apartment’s driveway opposite the Fire Service Office. The post Osun: EFCC and the war this week appeared first on Tribune Online.

THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) recently held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after which one of the bishops, John Onaiyekan, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, went public with the contents of the meeting. The post Onaiyekan: Is Tinubu insensitive to Nigerians’ plight? appeared first on Tribune Online.

Adeleke commissioner under arrest – Police EFCC obeys Tinubu’s order, unfreezes state govt accounts Tension heightened in Osun State on Saturday as the Accord Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC) traded blame over a sporadic shooting that disrupted an APC campaign rally in Ilesa, leaving at least four people injured. Among those reportedly hit […]

“We think Putin is pretty desperate and may do some kind of false flag provocation. He’s not capable of launching an invasion of NATO, but something nasty is possible,” Sikorski told the BBC.

MOST of these educated Nigerian elites co-operated wholeheartedly with the British officials. They did so in the honest belief that the cardinal policy of the British Government in Nigeria was directed towards a number of specific objectives, namely: the suppression of slave-raids and the slave-trade; The post The People’s Republic: How they rule appeared first on Tribune Online.

WHEN President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the sum of ₦70,000 as the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers in July 2024, he actually moved the wage payable to the least public worker in Nigeria by 133 per cent as the figure rose The post NLC: It is not all about the minimum wage appeared first on Tribune Online.

The Kano State Fire Service said its Emergency Response Unit received a distress call about the collapse at about 4:32am and immediately deployed personnel from its headquarters to the scene.

Sample 1: “Witness alleged that the soldiers attempted to dump the dead body of the deceased in a nearby drainage…” (The soldiers wanted to dump the dead body of the police officer in a drainage---eyewitness alleges, Opera News, 6 August, 2022) The post Of Drainage and Seating appeared first on Tribune Online.