Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today Sunday 8th February 2026
Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 08/02/26
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target=_blank>Voters won’t trust election outcomes without electronic transmission —Fatima Aliu
Dr Fatima Aliu is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ilorin. What do you think are the immediate implications of the Senate retaining the discretionary transmission of results and not making it mandatory? I think it shows that Nigeria is not ready for real democracy. We are proving
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target=_blank>Senate’s rejection of mandatory e-transmission of election results is a regression —Itodo
Samson Itodo is the Executive Director of Yiaga Africa and Convener of the Not Too Young To Run Movement. YOUR organisation has long advocated mandatory electronic transmission of election results, especially after the 2023 elections. How do you react to the Senate’s decision on Wednesday to reject that provision in the Electoral Act amendment? The
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target=_blank>Electronic transmission of election results can fail, we must do what we can get right —Yerima Shettima
Comrade Yerima Shettima is the Convener of the Northern Stakeholders Consultative Initiative (NSCI), a political advocacy group promoting the interests of Northern Nigeria. YOU’VE previously spoken about voter apathy in Nigeria. Now the Senate has refused to make electronic transmission of results mandatory, the very reform citizens have demanded for years. Do you think voters
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target=_blank>My revenue formula bill not about 2027 politics —Karimi
Recently, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Services, Senator Sunday Steve Karimi, introduced a controversial bill proposing a review of the revenue-sharing formula that would allocate more funds to the Federal Government, a move that runs counter to growing demands for increased resources for the 36 states. In this interview, the Kogi West lawmaker explains
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target=_blank>Senate’s version of electoral bill creates perfect storm for electoral crisis in 2027—Aromaye
Akindeji Aromaye is the Senior Media Associate of Enough is Enough (EiE), a civil society organisation (CSO) championing electoral reform and citizen engagement. WHAT does the Senate’s decision to exclude mandatory electronic transmission represent for the upcoming polls? The Senate’s decision represents a dangerous step backwards for Nigeria’s electoral integrity. After the 2023 elections exposed
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target=_blank>Akpabio’s Gaddafi and Mrs Tinubu’s Trump honour
I am reading a copy of Marcel Dirsus’ How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. A 2024 non-fiction book, in it, Dirsus examines historical strategies for overthrowing dictators. He also looks at how effective dictators can be in this modern era, especially in a world of contemporary mass surveillance technologies. One of Dirsus’ narratives that prologues the book is the
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target=_blank>OSOGBO MOSQUE’S MURDER: We only tried to stop deceased from harming Imam, incident was hijacked by mob —Suspects
THE five suspects arrested by the Osun State Police Command in connection with the alleged murder of one Ahmed Adewale Najeem by worshippers at Ummu-Hanni Adigun Memorial Central Mosque, Ayedun Estate, Ogo Oluwa Area, Osogbo, have spoken on what led to the fracas, saying that no one had the intention of killing the deceased but
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target=_blank>Presidential Jankara in Ankara
PENULTIMATE week’s Turkiye stumble of President Bola Tinubu, seen around the world, was the second time divine intervention would be preventing what could have been a freak public death for the Nigerian leader. Considering how he contorted out, ghastly contoured, tumbled and crumbled with nil grip and zilch control, he could have hit his head
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target=_blank>Something good is happening in Abia politics
“NO permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests,” is a quote largely attributed to Lord Palmerston, a 19th-century British statesman. It is a statement associated with realism in international relations. If anyone would doubt the practical realisation of the above in today’s Nigeria, such a person would not come from Abia State. On January
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target=_blank>Alternative Development: Inside NDLEA’s drive to turn drug growers into legitimate farmers
FOR decades, the story of drug control in Nigeria has largely been told through arrests, seizures, prosecutions, and prison terms. In Ondo State, however, a different narrative is beginning to take shape, one rooted not in fear, but in opportunity, thanks to efforts of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). For 46-year-old Bridget Olaoluwa, cannabis
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