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Terrorism: Finnish court reduces Simon Ekpa's six-year jail term - Report

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- The Court of Appeal in Finland has reduced Simon Ekpa's six-year jail term to four years. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Paijat-Hame District Court in Finland, last year, sentenc... Read More


ANALYSIS: New Cameroonian army camps alone won't secure Lake Chad

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Cameroon's Defence Minister Joseph Assomo last month announced the formation of a Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) Lake Chad military unit in response to increasing jihadist viol... Read More


Fireboy unveils 13-track 'ZUKO!' album tracklist

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Nigerian singer Fireboy DML has unveiled the tracklist for his fifth studio album, ZUKO!, scheduled for release on Friday trough YBNL Nation and EMPIRE. The 13-track project featu... Read More


WAFU B U-17 Qualifiers: Nigeria's Golden Eaglets lose to Niger in opening game

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Nigeria's Golden Eaglets began their 2026 WAFU B U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Niger in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Abdoul Razaq Zada opened t... Read More


APC campaign council tasks governors, lawmakers with grassroots mobilisation for Tinubu's re-election

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged its governors, lawmakers, council chairmen and party executives to take President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election campaign to the gra... Read More


Tinubu urges judges to close loopholes delaying corruption trials

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian judges to close procedural loopholes that politically exposed persons and organised crime suspects exploit to delay or frustrate criminal t... Read More


Kenya confirms second Ebola case as contact develops symptoms in quarantine

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, involving a 39-year-old man who developed symptoms while in quarantine, 10 days after the country's first confirmed patient died. The d... Read More


Gunmen kill traditional ruler in Plateau

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Gunmen have killed Jatau Samkwar, the Mishkaham Bokkos, at his residence in Daffo, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The traditional ruler was reportedly attacked on ... Read More


FHFL, Nigeria Police Trust Fund break ground on 257-unit affordable housing estate in Nasarawa

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL), in partnership with the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), has commenced construction of a 257-unit affordable housing estate for police officers ... Read More


2027: Tinubu's grip on Nigeria worse than Abacha - Dele Momodu

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Veteran journalist and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Dele Momodu, has described President Bola Tinubu's growing political influence as worse than what Nigeria experi... Read More