By Michael Adeyemo Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Oyo State Chapter, Comrade Oluwatimilehin- Alex Eniola, has called for proper and sustainable empowerment of youths in the state. Comrade Eniola made the call in an interview with a Pensioners FM correspondent shortly after his appearance on the station’s Yoruba stewardship programme, “Abo Ree.” He…
A total of 22 communities in Ibadan, Oyo State, will experience about three hours of daily power outage due to ongoing road construction, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has said. In a statement issued on social media today, IBEDC attributed the outage to road construction works along Foodco Road and Idi Isin, which necessitated the…
Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, has signed into law the 2026 appropriation Bill of N1, 584,271,856,630.00 trillion. The budget is made up of a recurrent expenditure of N416, 594,925,850 billion, while N1, 167,676,930,780 is earmarked for capital expenditure. Speaking after signing the appropriation Bill during the enlarged State Executive Council meeting at the Exco…
Torrential rains battered Indonesia’s Siau Island, causing a flash flood that killed at least 16 people, with another three missing, authorities said today. An overflowing river flooded four towns on the small island north of Sulawesi yesterday, the national disaster mitigation agency said in a statement. “Sixteen people have been reported dead due to the…
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, under Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke, have foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued three victims in Taraba State. In today statement signed by Umar Muhammad, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, the Army said the operation was carried out this month, following the receipt of credible…
Nigeria has emerged as the fifth-best English-speaking country in Africa, according to the 2025 Education First English Proficiency Index sighted by EF’s website yesterday. The report, compiled by global education leader EF, assessed English skills across 123 countries and regions, using data from 2.2 million test takers. This year’s edition also included, for the first…
The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of applications for the Direct Short Service Commission Course 29/2026, inviting eligible Nigerians to apply for commission as officers. According to a statement obtained from the Nigerian Army’s social media handle on Tuesday, the DSSC is open to both civilians and serving military personnel who possess relevant professional…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Untold ecstasy rent the atmosphere of the ancient town of Ogbomoso as stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state met and mobilized party faithful in the zone to join in the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the sole candidate of the Party in the 2027 general elections….
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Kayode Bello, a Law Graduate and Activist, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, and presided over by Justice Evelyn Maha, to compel the Nigerian Law School under the control of the Council of Legal Education to readmit him. Bello is contesting that there is nothing in…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The National President, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP Comrade Godwin Abumisi has felicitated members of the National Executive Council, all State Executive Councils, Sectoral Units, Parastatals and the entire Nigerian Pensioners on yuletide celebration. Comrade Abumisi made this known in a statement made available to Pensioners’ FM. He prayed that the new…