NEWS ACROSS THE NATION AND GLOBE

                                          The governor, who was at the Anenihs’ Abuja home, expressed deep sadness over the passing of the former Minister of Works and Housing, and the Iyasele of Esan land. As a sign of honour and respect for late chief Tony Anenih, the state governor has declared three days mourning in the state as it starts tomorrow Wednesday 31st October and to end 2nd of November 2018. The governor was received by the

The Kwankwasiya is a political movement group structure under  Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso who represents Kano Central senatorial zone in the National Assembly. Members of the group were received by the Deputy Governor of Kebbi, Alhaji Samaila Yombe, at the APC Secretariat, Birnin-Kebbi on Tuesday, NAN reports. On why the members defected to the ruling party, the group’s former

Rotimi Amaechi during the commissoning of the new Port Harcourt Airport international terminal today was no were to the found as his excelency, the president of the Federation arrive the state capital at around  12: 30 pm. The terminal project which began in 2013 with a $500 million loan taken from China, has three others in line which are those of Abuja, Kano and Lagos. T he Leader of the All Progressives Congress in the State was absent as claims from rumour states that the  minister of transportation  was  in Ibadan attending a Town Hall meeting organised by the Federal government. The president was welcome and received by the  Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike in company of other leaders of the People’s Democratic

The Nigeria Air Force has claimed to have destroyed the boko haram base on Tuesday. The spokemans in abuja this morning, said its Air Task Force, ATF, of Operation Lafiya Dole, last Tuesday, destroyed Boko Haram terrorists’ logistics base, along with some vehicles, at Tumbun Sale in Northern Borno State. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said “the operation was conducted on 23 October 2018 after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions revealed

The Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country’s political system from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Zewde is at present UN under-Secretary-General and special representative of its Secretary General to the African Union. She replaces Mulatu Wirtu, who tendered his resignation to parliament earlier on Wednesday. The president’s post is a ceremonial one in Ethiopia. The prime minister, who

As the defection act continues to tour round, the senator representing  Rivers West, Osinakachukwu Ideozu was the last in the state among all three senators to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress as the  Majority Leader at the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, announced Osinakachukwu’s defection at plenary on Wednesday today. Lawan, who was moving a motion for the adjournment of plenary till

Today Tuesday 23rd October 2018 in Abuja, pensioners have demanded for an increase in the national minimum pension    in line with current considerations for a new national minimum wage. The Pensioners under the backing of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) have threatened to shut down the operation of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) if the government failed to pay the balance of their 33 percent pension increase within 21 days. Abel Afolayan, the NUP National President, while