23+ hour, 52+ 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, 15+ 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, 21+ 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, 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, 5+ 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…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1203+ words) A kidnapped traditional ruler freed from captivity. A seven-year-old girl rescued after disappearing from her community. Suspected kidnappers, murder suspects, armed robbers and drug peddlers arrested. Firearms, stolen vehicles and government property recovered. Across several Nigerian states and the Federal…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (481+ words) The curtain has fallen on a remarkable 93-year journey of service, resilience and devotion to family, as Pa Philips Adebisi Adegelu, patriarch of the Adegelu/Shafa family, was laid to rest in Ifo, Ogun State. Adegelu, who died peacefully at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) What began as a quest for spiritual help allegedly ended in a £15,800 transaction, a police petition and a criminal prosecution after a British woman travelled thousands of kilometres to Ibadan, Oyo State, in search of deliverance and traditional treatment. At…...

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, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) The police in Ogun State have dismantled a suspected illegal “baby factory” in Mowe, rescuing two heavily pregnant women and four children while arresting six suspects allegedly linked to human trafficking, child trading and illegal adoption activities. The Ogun State…...