By Adebayo Yusuf A public Affairs Analyst, Barrister Foluso Olapo and a Broadcast Expert, Mr Ayodeji Ajisope have urged President Bola Tinubu to come up with realistic policies to tackle inflation in the country. Barrister Olapo and Mr Ajisope made this known while featuring on Pensioners FM Current Affairs programme, Voice of Liberation. According to…
The Federal Government has expressed concern over the continuous rise in the prices of food and other commodities, prompting protests in Niger and Kano. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun, addressed a bilateral meeting with a visiting German delegation led by the country’s Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development…
The Senator representing Kebbi Central, Senator Adamu Aliero, has lamented that the continued closure of the land border between Nigeria and the Republic of Niger has caused serious damage to the economy of states bordering the country. Aliero, a two-term governor of Kebbi State, while speaking on Arise Television monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday,…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two Public Affairs Analysts, Dr Raymond Adegboyega and Engineer Gbeminiyi Ayodele have called on President Bola Tinubu to extend his investigation to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of the country while reacting to Dr Betta Edu’s financial scandal. Dr Adegboyega and Engineer Ayodele made the call while featuring on Pensioners FM…
By Adebayo Yusuf A Public Affairs Analyst, Dr Aliyu Ilyas has called for restructuring of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, following the financial scandal trailing the suspended Minister, Dr Betta Edu. Dr Ilyas made the call while featuring on Pensioners FM Current Affairs Programme, Trending, and called for the investigation of the…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 Budget into law. The President assented to the Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. Present at the ceremony were the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas….
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has urged Nigerians to keep supporting the policies, programmes and other activities of the President BolaTinubu-led administration to ensure better things in 2024. The Director-General of NOA, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, made the call in a message on New Year’s Day in Abuja on Monday. Issa-Onilu noted that the current administration…
By Arafat Ayofe /Tosin Popoola Some poultry farmers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital have lamented low patronage of chickens as Christmas approaches. A team of Pensioners FM correspondents who visited some major markets in Ibadan such as Dugbe and Molete observed that prices of livestock have increased compared to last year. Some of the…
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, is exploring collaboration with the World Bank to unlock financing and technical support for the development of the mining sector. This was revealed in a statement signed by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. Speaking during…
The Naira began the week positively as it appreciated against the US dollar on Friday at the official foreign exchange market. Official data from FMDQ disclosed that the Naira firmed up to N864.29/1$ from N1099.05/$1 on Friday. The figure represents a N234.76 gain at the local market compared to the N1,099.05/$1 it closed on Friday….