Tribune Newspaper Headlines Today Thursday 1st October 2026
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target=_blank>9.3m youths registered as new voters in 2026 — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 9,324,349 young Nigerians were newly registered during the 2026 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercises, as it unveiled nine returning and new Youth Ambassadors to deepen youth engagement ahead of the 2027 general election. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Joash Amupitan, SAN, made the disclosure at the
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target=_blank>Independence Day: Nigerians must reject third-class country status —Gbenga Hashim
•Unveils proposed $4tn economy, 4m bpd crude, N605 petrol, affordable energy for industrialisation•Says ‘Nigeria we want cannot be outsourced’ The Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr Gbenga Hashim, has challenged Nigerians to reject the idea that the country must remain a third-class nation, urging citizens to take greater ownership of Nigeria’s future ahead of
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target=_blank>US: Death row inmate, Christa Pike, hospitalised after surviving two lethal injections
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to an off-site hospital after surviving two lethal injections during an attempted execution in which her heart continued beating, according to her lawyer. Pike, 50, was administered two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Wednesday night, but her execution was halted
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target=_blank>Viagra, herbal bitters combo may affect liver, kidney — Study
Experts have raised concerns over the simultaneous use of sildenafil citrate, commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction, and popular herbal alcoholic bitters, after researchers observed significant changes in liver, kidney and reproductive hormone markers in male laboratory rats. The study, published in the West African Journal of Pharmacy, examined the effects of sildenafil citrate administered
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target=_blank>WAEC didn’t leak, malpractice rate dropped, despite glitches —HNO
In this interview with the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN), the Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr Amos Dangut, speaks on allegations of inconsistency and glitches in West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), logistics challenges that forced candidates to write till midnight, drop in malpractice
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target=_blank>Cold war over composition of APC PCC
•As DGs of agencies complain over exclusion •Promises Tinubu 10 million votes•Every appointee must ensure our victory —APC national chairman The Directors-General of Agencies and Parastatals of Government (MDAs) on Wednesday kicked against the composition of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC). The DGs expressed concern over their exclusion at a meeting
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target=_blank>How religious organisations can promote suicide prevention
Kunle is a married father of two in Ibadan. For the better part of the year, he had been struggling. His business had collapsed. He had borrowed money from people he respected and could not repay it. He felt like a man who had failed at everything that mattered, and he had begun to believe,
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target=_blank>FG misses September target for submission of 2027 budget to National Assembly
The Federal Government has missed its September target for submitting the 2027 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, raising fresh concerns over Nigeria’s persistent delays in the budget cycle and the implementation of annual fiscal plans. Government sources attribute the development to the decision to embark on yet another recess shortly after returning from a
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target=_blank>Dense breasts, age 70+ linked to suspicious breast lumps —UCH study
Researchers at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have identified heterogeneously dense breasts, advanced age, and having had at least five pregnancies as significant predictors of suspicious breast lumps among women undergoing three-dimensional mammography. The study found that women with heterogeneously dense breasts had about 10 times the odds of having a suspicious breast lump
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target=_blank>ACI Africa Conference: From Abuja to Dakar
It was a symbolic moment when the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, formally passed the hosting mantle to Senegal after Nigeria hosted the 35th Airports Council International (ACI) Africa Annual General Assembly, Regional Conference and Exhibition, in Abuja. With the handover, attention has now shifted to
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