By Michael Adeyemo General Manager, Pensioners FM, Dr. Babatunde Tiamiyu, has promised to reposition the station on higher grounds. Dr. Tiamiyu made this known at the staff forum, held at the station’s board room. According to Dr. Tiamiyu, the repositioning of the station is in line with the station’s fifth anniversary lecture by former Nigerian…
The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has expressed her deepest sympathy with Mrs Paulen Tallen, former Minister of Women Affairs on the death of her son. Comrade Aisha Ibrahim, National Chairperson of NAWOJ, expressed the association’s grief in a Condolence signed by Wasilah Ladan, National Secretary of the association and…
Concerned citizens have called on the security agencies to redouble efforts in order to arrest the persistent kidnappings along the Gusau-Funtua road. Many commuters told newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, that the situation has gone beyond control. According to one Abubakar Ibrahim Danmarke, “I was travelling from Danmarke in Zamfara Kaduna on Monday, when…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has welcomed the intervention of the Federal Ministry of Mines on the state’s tax disputes with Thors Explorations Limited. Governor Adeleke said the state has validated claims within the context of the Constitution and extant laws. A statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed says the governor had earlier…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Sabiganna of Igannaland, Oba Saliu Azeez, has expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu, over the commencement of the Okeho – Iganna road construction which was recently approved by the Federal Government. Oba Azeez who is also Permanent Chairman, Traditional Council, Iwajowa Local Government, made this known in a telephone interview with Pensioners…
All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in Saturday’s local government election. Declaring the results on Sunday at its headquarters in Makurdi, the Chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, Richard Tombowua, announced that the APC won all 23 chairmanship and 276 councillorship elections held in the state. According…
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza, prompting swift criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Macron told France Inter radio that “the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza”. At a summit…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two Public Affairs Analysts have urged President Bola Tinubu to identify and address factors responsible for economic hardship on Nigerians. The Analysts, Mr Ayodeji Ajisope and Mr John Njoku made this known while reacting to President Tinubu’s Independence Day speech, on Pensioners FM Current Affairs programme, Voice of Liberation. According to Mr…
The General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Reverend Canon Yemi Akinyinka has commended Governor Seyi Makinde for staff welfare package and the new fire equipment for the agency. He stated this during the final examination for the Eighty (80) newly recruited officers of the Agency, held at the agency premises, Secretariat, Ibadan. Akinyinka said…
President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed Friday night titled, ‘President Tinubu confers…