1+ week, 1+ day 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…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (662+ words) A federal jury in Puerto Rico has convicted a 37-year-old Nigerian, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, for his role in a sprawling money-laundering conspiracy linked to romance scams, pandemic unemployment fraud and business email compromise schemes that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. Baiyewu…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (441+ words) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the sudden death of veteran journalist and Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, describing his passing at the age of 56 as a painful loss to Nigeria’s media industry and the nation. In a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1131+ words) Country music has lost one of its brightest stars and most recognisable voices, as legendary American singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at the age of 80 during a brief battle with cancer. Parton died at the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1420+ words) The Nigerian media industry has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of veteran journalist and Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo. He was 56. NewsmakersNG learnt from close associates of the respected journalist that Oladipo died on Tuesday,…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (867+ words) Taiwo Hassan, the veteran actor known to generations of Nigerian moviegoers simply as Ogogo, whose commanding presence and mastery of Yoruba performance traditions made him one of the most recognisable figures in Nollywood, has lost his battle with cancer today....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (250+ words) A viral video has sparked reactions online after billionaire businessman and UBA Chairman, Tony Elumelu, appeared to reprimand a young woman for addressing him simply as “Tony” at a public event. In the video circulating on social media, the woman…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (778+ words) The warning comes as political campaigns for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections officially commenced on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. In a statement issued by Moses Jolayemi, Technical Adviser to the NBC Director-General, Charles Ebuebu, the Commission said the commencement of electioneering…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (636+ words) American actress and singer Hayden Panettiere, celebrated for her roles in the hit television series Heroes and Nashville, has died at the age of 36 after being found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina. The…...