Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today Wednesday 8th April 2026
Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 08/04/26
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target=_blank>Intrigues, realignment that will shape South-South politics
The release of the 2027 election timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has thrown the nation’s political landscape into a state of frenzy as all the political gladiators begin to assert their influence with a view to determining the players that will be on the field come 2027. In this report, SUYI AYODELE,
target=_blank>2027: Masses’ coalition may unseat Tinubu — Ex-minister
Former Minister of Power and Steel, Wole Oyelese, has hinted that the “Masses Coalition for Nigeria”, a growing grassroots political movement, might
target=_blank>INEC lacks power to remove leadership of party —Abdullahi
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi is the National Publicity Secretary of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). In this interview with journalists on the leadership challenges in the party, he speaks on the allegations of political interference, the planned convention, and the exclusion game. MUIDEEN OLANIYI brings the excerpts: How do you mean that the Independent National
target=_blank>YPP kicks against alleged plan to impose IPAC caretaker in Zamfara
The Young Progressives Party in Zamfara State has opposed an alleged move to impose a caretaker committee on the
target=_blank>Lack of virile opposition not healthy for Nigeria’s democracy —Akinwande
Gbenga Akinwande is a political activist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State. In this interview with OLAYINKA OLUKOYA, the former Local Government Chairmanship Aspirant in Yewa North LGA relates his political journey, challenges, expectations about Ogun 2027 project among others. Excerpts: WHAT lesson has the Nigerian politics taught you in
target=_blank>UPDATE: Iran agrees to reopen Strait of Hormuz for two weeks
…after Trump suspends attacks Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for a two-week period following the United States’ decision to suspend planned military strikes. The development was confirmed in a statement issued in Tehran on Tuesday by Iran’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, on behalf of the country’s Supreme National Security
target=_blank>Bola Ahmed Tinubu: Financialism rooted in productive enterprise
By Dave Agboola In the annals of Nigerian political history, two names stand out as towering figures whose philosophies have shaped the nation’s trajectory: Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the sage of Ikenne, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban of Borgu, Nigeria’s current president. Though separated by decades, their ideas converge in a remarkable way, with
target=_blank>That Ojaaba Ibadan court of dirty linen
Every Saturday, I reach for the Saturday Tribune to read the latest tales of dirty underwear from Ibadan’s courts of broken marriages. There are always stories—divorce petitions and intimate scandals—from the Chief Customary Court sitting at Ojaaba in Ibadan. I once asked the editor of the paper whether there were no Catholics in Ibadan and
target=_blank>That resolve by suspected political thugs
A video circulating across Nigerian social media has stirred a familiar mix of shock, anger, and disbelief. In it, a group of young men, faces uncovered and voices steady with defiance, address the public about what, at first glance, sounds like a labour dispute. They speak of compensation, of being undervalued, of refusing to continue
target=_blank>Rising costs, weak investment weigh on business performance —NESG BCM
Nigeria’s business environment recorded slower growth in March 2026 as rising input costs and weak investment sentiment softened overall performance, according to the latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) released by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in collaboration with Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc. The April 2026 report showed that while business activity remained in expansion
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