Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today Monday 3rd August 2026
Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 03/08/26
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target=_blank>2027 ticket rift: PDP awaits court verdict on Pantami’s late defection from APC
•We didn’t resort to any reconciliation committee —NWC•LP calm, ready for campaigns Within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) is awaiting judicial verdict to completely douse the tension arising from the choice of a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, as its governorship candidate in Gombe State.
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target=_blank>The reality of the ‘power’ monster and the promise of sector resetting
Nigerians are used to the problems plaguing the power sector: gas shortages that starve plants, transmission bottlenecks that trap electricity in the North, debts running into trillions across the value chain, and customers who pay for darkness. CHIMA NWOKOJI examines the Power Minister Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe’s practical solutions, which he says will come from metering
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target=_blank>Nigeria’s domestic petrol supply rose to 78.6% from 38.9% in 2025 — Report
In what industry stakeholders described as structural transition from an import-dependent market to one supported by significantly expanded local refining capacity, Nigeria’s domestic petrol supply rose to 78.6 percent in the first half (H1) of 2026, from 38.9 percent in 2025. This was contained in the Nigeria Half Year Downstream Industry Report released by the
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target=_blank>Should the NBA continue to monopolise the administration of justice?
MY original intention this week was to discuss a different subject. Record-breaking heatwaves are increasing demand for cooling, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) to warn of mounting pressure on electricity systems. I intended to argue that Nigeria must urgently treat grid restructuring and coordinated distributed energy systems as national priorities for affordable electricity, cooling,
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target=_blank>Tax Ombud and professionals: The debate on transparent tax administration
As Nigeria advances tax reforms, stakeholders are advocating an independent Tax Ombud, stronger professional collaboration and greater institutional transparency to foster taxpayer confidence, improve compliance and strengthen revenue administration. CHIMA NWOKOJI in this report examines various shades of opinions in the quest for a better tax administration. Nigeria’s tax system is changing quickly. The Federal
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target=_blank>Tinubu: From Emilokan to Bulldog Brower
A grandson of Uganda’s former military ruler, Idi Amin Dada, is Aziz Abdul, better known as “Ringo”. Like his grandfather, the young Ugandan is a super-heavyweight boxer who competed at the Commonwealth Games, which ended yesterday, August 2. He left the ring at the weekend convinced that he had been denied victory by a biased
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target=_blank>That three-bedroom varsity in Lagos
OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) recently uncovered what authorities described as a fake university operating from a three-bedroom apartment in Ilado, Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The operation led to the rescue of 106 young people allegedly recruited into the scheme and the arrest of its suspected
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target=_blank>N17.40trn in FGN bonds shows pension funds still play safe —Cowry Assets
Nigeria’s pension fund administrators maintained a firmly conservative investment stance in the first half of 2026, channeling the bulk of their assets into Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) securities that climbed to ₦17.40 trillion by the end of June, according to a review by Cowry Assets Management Limited. The figure marks a rise from ₦16.33
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target=_blank>How AI can help regulators, lenders allocate capital more efficiently —World Bank chief economist
Artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly improve how regulators, banks and private lenders allocate capital by strengthening risk assessment, expanding access to finance and directing investment to productive sectors of the economy, the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Indermit Gill, has said. Speaking at the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja with the theme, “Building Resilience
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target=_blank>Combined N783.78bn OMO, Treasury Bills maturities to boost liquidity conditions
Funding conditions in the Nigerian financial system came under pressure last week after the settlement of N1.20 trillion in Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) and N2.19 trillion in Open Market Operations (OMO) auctions drained significant liquidity from the banking system. System liquidity fell 20.68 per cent to N2.99 trillion from N3.78 trillion the previous week. Despite
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