17+ hour, 13+ min ago   (550+ words) The Lagos State Government has handed 2,000 Cowry Cards to the Lagos State Police Command, giving selected officers three months of free travel on designated state-run public transportation services. The intervention covers Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services, electric boats, as well…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (393+ words) ABEOKUTA, Nigeria — The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Bode Ojajuni, has ordered an immediate manhunt for a man identified simply as Kola over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old boy on three occasions and threatened him into silence....

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1080+ words) By Esther Pius Ekong/ On one of those days, while returning from school in the company of my schoolmates, we saw a deaf and dumb girl, judging from her school uniform to be a student of Junior Secondary School, running…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (660+ words) A late-night traffic incident on Lagos Island has ended in tragedy after a motorist, Basit Kolade, was allegedly attacked and killed by a mob following a collision involving his vehicle and a motorcycle. The Lagos State Police Command, which confirmed…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (582+ words) (Published by the Sunday Tribune, September 6, 2026) When his longtime associate and composer, Akanni Fatai (alias B’olodeoku), died in the late 1970s, the Apala music emperor, Ayinla Omowura, captured the shock in a tear-jerking elegy. He described the news of Fatai’s passage…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (704+ words) Nigerian businessman and social media personality, Igho Ubiribo, popularly known as ‘Tiny’, ‘Ego’ or ‘Denisi’, died after undergoing a cosmetic penis enlargement procedure during a trip to Thailand, according to evidence presented at an inquest in London. Ubiribo, 43, died in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (464+ words) The Civil Defence, Correction, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced the shortlisting of successful candidates for the oral interview stage of its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise. The exercise covers applicants seeking employment into the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Immigration…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (204+ words) ABUJA — Serving and retired senior police officers on Monday converged on the Nigeria Police Resource Centre, Jabi, Abuja, for a public lecture in honour of the late former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase. The lecture, organised by the Board of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (550+ words) Digital financial services provider OPay⁠ has moved to calm customers after a viral social media notice claimed the company would suspend operations indefinitely from September 1, 2026, declaring the message false and warning Nigerians against acting on fabricated information. The controversial notice,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1526+ words) Denis Odama is free. But perhaps he should never have been in jail. A Facebook comment attributed to Odama was central to the complaint. Screenshots circulating online showed a comment under Governor Bassey Otu’s July 27 post about the swearing-in of…...