On Saturday night at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco, a team of teenage girls did what no African side had done before them. Nigeria’s Flamingos beat Japan 2-1 to win the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, becoming the first team from the continent to lift the trophy. Awawu Bashiru opened the scoring […]

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has called for stronger collaboration among governments, communities, urban professionals and other stakeholders to address Nigeria’s growing housing crisis, urban decay and infrastructure challenges. The President of NITP, Prof. Kingsley Ogboi, while making the call, emphasised that sustainable and liveable communities could only be achieved through effective urban […] The post Effective planning key to tackling Nigeria’s housing, urban challenges —NITP appeared first on Tribune Online.

A fresh controversy has erupted over the long-running Shangisha/Magodo land dispute, with 546 judgment creditors accusing the Lagos State government of issuing a single Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for 549 plots to Chief Adebayo Adeyiga and two associates, even though two appeals concerning the allocation remain pending before the Court of Appeal, Lagos […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday warned politicians, lawyers, public officials and social media users against turning the courtroom into “an extension of the political arena”. The CJN spoke at the inauguration of judges nominated for the 2027 Election Petition Tribunals in Abuja. She said political parties, candidates and supporters […]

The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to translate the reforms introduced by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 into increased oil production, greater investment, improved energy security and tangible economic benefits for Nigerians. According to the Green Chamber, the success of the five-year-old legislation must go beyond […]

Deputy Governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the 2027 general election in the state, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has donated N80 million to St Agnes Medical Centre, Maryland, Lagos, to make quality healthcare accessible to the vulnerable in the state. The donation was announced by the Commissioner for Waterfront […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has increased the charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, alleged director-general of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), from 22 to 36 counts, and has brought four additional civil servants into the case. The four new defendants are Aminu Abdullahi, Ogaba Harry, Florence Omameh and […]

BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja AND FEMI OYEWESO, ABEOKUTA Widespread condemnation has trailed the deplorable accommodation conditions at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Sagamu, Ogun State, where thousands of Prospective Corps Members were reportedly forced to sleep on the floor of an overcrowded multipurpose hall after the number of graduates deployed to […]

| Number an improvement, but not good enough – Female Legislators  |  It will amplify women voices, says Ex-NDP Chairman BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS Nigerians across professional and gender lines have expressed divergent views on the National Assembly’s proposal to create 182 additional legislative seats reserved exclusively for women. While supporters describe the initiative as a […]

Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have questioned the conflicting explanations offered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) over the nationwide power shortages. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has urged Nigerians to be patient, saying the full impact of the government’s power sector reforms would be felt […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has denied negotiating the N40,000 consequential adjustment for federal workers, declaring that the responsibility for negotiating adjustments to existing salary structures rests with sectoral unions and their respective negotiating councils, not the Congress. The Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Comrade Benson Upah, stated this in a press release dated […] The post NLC denies negotiating N40,000 wage adjustment appeared first on Tribune Online.

Nigeria’s agricultural transformation drive is increasingly drawing attention to an important question: how can the country ensure that agricultural innovations introduced through development projects become lasting solutions for farmers rather than interventions that disappear when project funding ends? For decades, agricultural development initiatives have focused largely on introducing improved technologies, distributing farm inputs, training farmers […] The post Beyond projects: How Sasakawa, GIZ are building institutions to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector appeared first on Tribune Online.

African trade unions have called on governments across the continent to urgently address unemployment, underemployment, poverty and insecurity to curb dangerous migration, warning that the absence of decent work and growing instability are forcing many citizens to undertake risky journeys in search of better opportunities. The unions said migration should be a matter of choice […] The post Africa must tackle unemployment, insecurity to stem dangerous migration tide —Trade unions appeared first on Tribune Online.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has stepped up efforts to secure workers’ representation in global climate decision-making, demanding a stronger voice in the proposed Just Transition Mechanism, fair climate financing and policies that protect jobs and livelihoods as countries prepare for COP31 in Türkiye. The NLC National Coordinator of Climate Change and Just Transition, Mr […] The post NLC moves to put workers’ interests at heart of COP31 climate talks appeared first on Tribune Online.

I write to draw the attention of the Oyo State Government and the leadership of Egbeda Local Government Area to the deplorable condition of the Olodo Bank Iyanafa Road in Ibadan. The road project, which commenced about four months ago, was abruptly abandoned by the contractor handling it. Since then, the road has deteriorated significantly, […] The post Abandoned Olodo Bank Iyanafa Road: A Call for urgent government intervention appeared first on Tribune Online.

Cocoa merchants under the aegis of Cocoa Processors Associations of Nigeria (COPAN) have lamented what they described as operational challenges experienced by cocoa exporters, shippers and shipping agents while obtaining approvals from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the offloading of export containers at the various Lagos ports. Chairman of the association, Chief Felix Oladunjoye, […] The post Cocoa processors decry operational challenges at Lagos Ports appeared first on Tribune Online.

Since 1999, the race to Agodi Government House has never produced a clear frontrunner. Every election in Oyo State has been a gamble to the very end, a contest where no candidate could claim a comfortable lead at the start and where victory was decided by last-minute coalitions, defections, and accidents of history. In 1999, […] The post 2027: Oyo people have set their minds on Alli appeared first on Tribune Online.

Property and business owners have been urged to prioritise safe electrical installations, quality building materials and regular safety inspections to prevent recurring fire outbreaks and reduce losses of lives and property across Nigeria. Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, gave the advice during the premiere of a documentary on market fires in Lagos.  Represented […] The post Property, business owners urged to prioritise safe electrical installations, others appeared first on Tribune Online.