Australia’s Milton dick elected IPU Assembly president
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives, Milton Dick, has been elected President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly for the 2026–2029 term. Dick secured 182 votes, representing 56 per cent of the total votes cast, to defeat two other candidates in the election held in Arusha on Friday. Speaker of […]
Owerri Airport to close for 25 days for runway rehabilitation ahead of Christmas – FG
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Imo State Government, will temporarily close the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri for approximately 25 days starting October 20, 2026, to carry out essential runway repairs and extension works.
2027: Tinubu kicks off re-election campaign in Kaduna Oct 24
According to him, Tinubu will formally inaugurate the APC PCC, appointed a few months ago, on Oct. 14 at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Abia voters fume as INEC staff abandon PVC collection centre
“I feel heavily disappointed because I left a lot of things I should be doing to rush down here to pick up my PVC. I feel discouraged,” he said.
‘I may share this prize with Trump’ — Nobel winner Pillay
“If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump,” Pillay said in a video posted to X by the Secretary General of Amnesty International, which showed Pillay being applauded in Nuremberg after the announcement of the award.
2027: Tinubu made life expensive; Atiku will make life affordable — ADC
He said Atiku would prioritise local refining through a targeted, budgeted production subsidy for fuel refined in Nigeria, alongside reforms in electricity, education, healthcare and agriculture. The proposed measures, he said, would ease production costs, improve access to essential services and create opportunities for young people and women.
