Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today Sunday 5th April 2026
Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 05/04/26
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target=_blank>TERROR ATTACKS: No ease yet for Plateau residents at Easter
ISAAC SHOBAYO reports the mood in Jos, Plateau State, where incessant terror attacks have stripped residents of the joyful toga needed to enjoy and celebrate the spiritual essence of Easter. PALM Sunday marked the start of the Easter celebrations that many residents of Jos, the capital of Plateau State, were anticipating. Many Christians had marched
target=_blank>Nasir el-Rufai mother’s burial: Matters arising
I don tire for this country o! In fact, I am really, really fed up! Was it not Emilokan that I sighted at the burial ceremony of Nasir el-Rufai’s mother or was I seeing double?” “O-ti o! You were seeing triple! Mr President was there live and direct! He landed there gidigba and full ground
target=_blank>Nigeria will remain on the wrong path until there is a change of mindset in leadership —Liborous Oshoma
Liborous Oshoma is a Human Rights lawyer and Head Attorney at the Liborous Oshoma Chambers. What’s your overall takeaway from Chief Awolowo’s letter? The letter has been in circulation on social media for more than five years now. What that says actually is the fact that our issues, right from the time of John the
target=_blank>Between faith and hunger: Nigerians mark Easter under economic strain, insecurity
As Christians across Nigeria celebrate Easter, a season that commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the mood in many parts of the country reflects a blend of deep spiritual reflection and growing economic concern. Traditionally marked with joy, feasting, family gatherings, and religious observances, YETUNDE AJANAKU, however, reports that, for many Nigerians, the
target=_blank>Akpabio, Abbas, Makinde, Oyebanji, Sanwo-Olu, Oborevwori, others felicitate Nigerians, pray for peace, love for country
SENATE President Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to embrace peaceful coexistence, tolerance and mutual respect, regardless of faith or ethnicity. Akpabio gave the advice in an Easter message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh, in Abuja on Saturday. The Senate President urged all Christians to reflect on the values
target=_blank>ADC: As Tinubu’s cat readies to eat a poisonous toad
PRE- and post-colonial Yoruba society curated allegories that helped tame greed for power by potential emperors. It also dealt with tendencies within the society to play God. Some anecdotes warned a potential emperor from treading the path of ruination, both for them and society. One of such was that of a young wretched fisherman (Ap’ejalodo). I once told the story in my piece with the title Tinubu the Ap’ejalodo
target=_blank>40 years after Awo’s Fatwa: Nigeria still groping in the dark
LAST Saturday, March 28, 2026, made it 40 years since the former Premier of the Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, famously declined an invitation to contribute to the Nigerian Political Bureau of 1986. Then Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, had charged the 17-member bureau, chaired by Dr Samuel Joseph Cookey, to conduct a
target=_blank>From momentum to uncertainty: ADC’s thorny road to 2027
In the past few weeks, the stock of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) rose sharply, evoking pride on the part of its supporters and envy from the ruling party. But what was regarded as the party’s post-coalition momentum got abruptly obstructed following a legal tango that culminated in the de-recognition of its leadership by the
target=_blank>Primordial factors govern politics in Nigeria more than ideology —Dr. Pogu
The President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Bitrus Pogu, who is also one of the leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), speaks with the North Central Bureau Chief, ISAAC SHOBAYO, on the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s response to Professor Samuel Cookey-led Political Bureau on a new social order for
target=_blank>Where is Osun’s N11 billion?
Since the penultimate week intervention on the massive fraud and institutional cover-up rocking Osun State-partly-owned mortgage bank, Living Trust Mortgage Bank Plc, the Central Bank has taken two quick steps to legitimise the illegalities and outright crimes that have seen the mini bank with just N2.5 billion share capital, raking up N11 billion non-performing loans,
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