A private warehouse in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital used by the state government to store foodstuffs and other materials was on Sunday invaded by some residents of the state capital who stole food items and others. The items included bags of rice and garri as well as cartons of noodles and…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and gas facilities at Owaza in Abia and Odogwa in Etche Local…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditation of those affected.” SERAP urged him “to publicly instruct the officials in the presidential villa…
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc Ahmed Dangiwa has said the federal government will deliver affordable housing to Nigerians by breaking systemic barriers. Speaking at a dinner organised in his honour by Housing Development Advocacy Network (HDAN) in Abuja on Saturday, Dangiwa stated that all Nigerians deserved access to decent, quality and affordable…
President Bola Tinubu has tasked the US with collaborating with African countries in defending their democracies against anti-democratic forces within and outside the continent in order to improve their living standards. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed in a statement that the president said this when he received the…
The military is currently conducting a mass burial for personnel who died during an ambush and air crash in Niger state. Bandits had ambushed the troops in Niger state on August 14, 2023, killing 14 soldiers while seven were injured. The incident necessitated the deployment of the Air Force evacuation aircraft. The aircraft, however, was…
By Adebayo Yusuf A Public Affair Analyst, Engineer Kemi Babawale has urged the new Ministers to employ the services of technocrats in running their Ministries. Engineer Babawale made this known in an interview with pensioners FM, shortly after featuring on Pensioners’ FM political programme, “The Searchlight”. According to him, ministers in each ministry of the…
The Global Peace Index, GPI, has released its list of 2023 most peaceful countries in 163 independent states and territories. While Iceland came first as the most peaceful country in the world, Mauritius is ranked first in Africa, followed by Botswana and Sierra Leone. Nigeria and some other West African Countries failed to make the…
By Michael Adeyemo The Zonal Director, Ibadan Zone of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Mr Sunday Omoge, has called on broadcast outfits to always comply with rules and regulations governing the profession to avoid being sanctioned. Mr Omoge who made this known during a courtesy visit on Pensioners FM, Ibadan, said raising the bar of…