In series of intelligence-led operations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis including Colorado, Loud and Skunk with several members of Drug Trafficking Organisations linked to the seizures arrested. Out of the total opioids seized during the raids, not less than 3,874,000 pills of tramadol 225mg and 100mg, and others as well as 252.2litres of codeine syrup were recovered from a warehouse at Oko market, Asaba, Delta state on Saturday, 6 December, 2025, while no fewer…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola For months, Nigeria’s political space has been consumed some sayexhausted-by the ongoing confrontation between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio. What began as a sensational allegation of sexual misconduct has since morphed into a full-blown legal battle, a media spectacle, and an instructive case study on how political narratives, public perception, and the justice system collide in the age of social-media-driven politics. But beyond the noise, hashtags, and competing press statements lies a series of verifiable facts-quiet, procedural, legal steps taken long before the controversy reached boiling point. Nowhere…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The life of Oba Adegboyega Famodun, the 30th Owa of Igbajo, was a study in political dexterity, legal endurance, and a remarkable transition of power. He was a man who, in the eyes of many, managed the impossible: to have his cake, both in the cutthroat realm of partisan politics and the sacred sanctuary of the traditional stool, and somehow still keep it. This extraordinary trajectory made his eventual transition, on Friday, November 28, 2025, at the age of 67, a moment of profound reflection in Osun State and beyond. A Transition from Power to Throne…
The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria has promised to endow a prize at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) in honour of its late Treasurer, Rafat Idris Salami. In a statement on Friday, 5 December, 2025, IPI Nigeria said the prize to be endowed will be to instil in students of the institution the values that the late Treasurer stood for. The President of the body, Musikilu Mojeed, confirmed the decision during the opening ceremony of the 2025 IPI Nigeria Conference and Annual General Meeting on December 2, 2025. Salami, then Assistant Director of Digital Media at the Voice of Nigeria…
All Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their weight behind the recent re-engineering of national security architecture by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noting that safety of citizens’ lives and their property remains a non-negotiable obligation of the government. The Governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), met for two days in Lagos in a strategic meeting where they discussed sundry matters affecting the state of the nation. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted the meeting held at Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island. The Forum, led by the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma,…
By Lanre Adewole Last Tuesday, it was goodbye to a part of me in Tribune; the editorial part of the last 25 years thereabouts, as the Lagos Office where I was the Bureau Chief for close to 13 years threw me a surprise retirement soirée. I squinted as my successor, Mr. Akin Adewakun who I nicknamed Prof. led his team including head(s) of other units within the Bureau, to paint a picture of a near-perfect leader and man that I know I wasn’t and still not, though I keep trusting the Holy Spirit to continually work on the works of…
Lagos has done it again. Once more, Detty December has exploded across our megacity, proving beyond argument that when youthful creativity collides with responsible governance, the outcome is nothing short of electrifying. This year’s Detty December did not just happen – it was enabled, supported and supercharged by a government that understands the language of innovation, culture, enterprise and economic expansion. Under the leadership of Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Lagos has become the undisputed creative capital of Africa, where beats meet business and imagination meets infrastructure. At the core of this success is the enduring strength of the Lagos THEMES agenda…
By Comrade Rowland Okoh Ominous signals are once again palpable in Federal University, Lokoja. The atmosphere is tense, the whispers are loud. All indications point to yet another season in which the appointment of a Vice Chancellor risks becoming less of an academic process and more of a transactional venture. With over 30 prospective candidates scheduled for interview this month, the fear remains that the entire exercise may turn out to be a mere formality, another “Cash ’N’ Carry” arrangement, where merit bows to money and integrity loses to gratification. For a university that has existed for fifteen years, it…
The Chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Comrade Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD), has announced measures to improve security and environmental sanitation in the local government. Essential among these measures are: ban on scavenging; ban on street-trading and hawking; ban on cart-pushing and zero tolerance for sexual and gender-based violence. According to the council Chairman, the enforcement of the order starts on Monday, 1 January, 2026. Dauda spoke during a press conference held at the council secretariat on Friday, 5 December, 2025. The press conference, convened to address critical security and social concerns affecting the Ikeja community, had in attendance the Heads…
Alimosho Local Government, in collaboration with the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of polio among children between the ages of 0 and 5. The Outbreak Response (OBR) vaccination campaign has become crucial to ensuring that no child suffers disability as a result of the preventable disease. Leading the exercise, the Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Hon. Akinpelu Ibrahim Johnson, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to safeguarding the health and future of young residents. “Our government is committed to ensuring that every resident feels the impact of governance through adequate healthcare and other…