The Nigerian Senate has denied recent reports about failing to play a role in the burial of its late colleague, Ifeanyi Ubah, A press statement on Sunday by the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, stated that contrary to insinuations in some misinformed quarters, the Senate accorded Senator Ubah all honours and rites as a sitting member of the Senate before his burial in Nnewi on Friday. The statement added, “For the...

Nigeria’s total debt has now hit N136 trillion as Senate approves President Tinubu’s fresh $2.2bn loan request. The approval of $2.2 billion fresh loan by Senate on Thursday was based on request by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Senate decision was sequel to the consideration and adoption of a report of the committee on local and foreign debts, chaired by Senator Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto North). While presenting the report of the committee, Wamakko recommended the...

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...