Simon Ekpa, the factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been sentenced to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme in Finland for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media.” The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, NBI, arrested him alongside four others for alleged terrorist offences, according to reports by the BBC. Ekpa, a Nigerian–Finnish citizen, is accused of using his leadership position within IPOB, a separatist group seeking an independent state...

President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly seeking approval for a new external borrowing plan of N1.767 trillion to partly finance the N9.7 trillion deficit in the 2024 budget. The President’s request, conveyed in letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, was read during plenary sessions on Tuesday. The loan proposal, already approved by the Federal Executive Council, aligns with Sections 21(1) and 27(1) of...

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Prime Minister Modi, who arrived in Abuja on Saturday evening, was received at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa at about 10:20 a.m. He was welcomed with the Indian national anthem, followed by the Nigerian anthem, before inspecting a guard of honour mounted by...