23+ hour, 5+ 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…...

6+ day, 20+ 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, 23+ hour ago   (456+ words) A 37-year-old Nigerian woman, Saratu Jibo Yusuf, who was declared missing after travelling from Lagos to Doha, Qatar, has been found safe in a hospital, bringing an end to days of anxiety for her family and Nigerians who joined the…...

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   (456+ words) The figures, drawn from the United Nations World Population Prospects data, indicate that life expectancy for Nigerian males is about 54.3 years, while females are expected to live for approximately 54.9 years. The UN defines life expectancy at birth as the average…...

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, 5+ day ago   (1626+ words) The centenary celebration of Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Lagos on Friday was more than an occasion to honour a 100 year old Afenifere leader. It brought several generations of the Yoruba political tradition together around questions of leadership, regional cooperation, constitutional…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (656+ words) ABUJA — Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has paid an emotional tribute to the late former IGP Solomon Arase, describing him as a cerebral police officer, reformer and mentor whose brilliance was firmly rooted in humanity. Disu spoke on Monday at…...

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…...

2+ week, 18+ 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…...