TODAY’S VIEWPOINT LOOKS AT URGENCY FOR A CREDIBLE DIGITAL CENSUS IN NIGERIA Tom palmer, an author, once described government as a mechanism for distributing largesse, with census a veritable ticket to it. This underscores why nations worldwide see headcount as very essential. Census provides data that help governments plan for development across board, identifying needs…
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT LOOKS AT REFORMS, TAXES AND NIGERIA’S FUTURE A common denominator aching the average Nigerian, entrepreneurs and the private sector, is the economic climate. Like a nimbus, it paints an atmosphere of a future of uncertainties despite assurances from government. To the man on the streets and civil servants, tax increase is crippling, making…
ASIWAJU OF OGOBI-EDE, CHIEF AYODELE ADEYEMO JP ON BEHALF OF LAMINISA PLATINUM BIRTHDAY COMMITTEE ON TODAY’S VIEWPOINT WRITES ON OBA MUNIRUDEEN LAWAL AT 70: THE MAKING OF A ROYAL ICON January 18 2008, was an epoch in ede, one of the foremost ancient and famed cities in osun state, nigeria. His royal majesty, oba munirudeen…
IN TODAY’S VIEWPOINT, PENSIONERS FM TAKES A LOOK AT THE IMPLICATIONS OF ECOWAS-AES SPLIT About fifty years after its birth, economic community of west Africa states, Ecowas has become a fractured entity. On 6 July 2024 Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, countries in west Africa Sahel region, declared the formation of the alliance of…
IN TODAY’S VIEWPOINT, PENSIONERS FM TAKES A LOOK AT TACKLING NIGERIA’S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS They are called Omo Ijoba in local parlance. It is an innuendo for the mentally challenged, and they are numerous on the nation’s roads and highways. For instance, in Ibadan, Oyo state, almost at every corner, from Dugbe to Mokola, Sango…
IN TODAY’S VIEWPOINT, PENSIONERS FM TAKES A LOOK AT SOLUTIONS TO NIGERIA’S DEADLY PETROL TANKER ACCIDENTS. IT IS WRITTEN BY PENSIONERS FM RECENTLY Residents of Suleja, Niger state will for years to come, relive the horror of January 18 this year. A tanker conveying about 60,000 liters of premium motor spirit overturned at Dikko junction,…
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON FIFTY PERCENT TELECOM TARIFF HIKE: A BITTER PILL FOR NIGERIANS AMIDST ECONOMIC STRUGGLES. IT IS WRITTEN BY PENSIONERS FM Recently, the Nigerian communications commission, NCC, dropped a reeling bombshell. It approved 50% increase in telecom tariff, exercising its power in line with section 108 of the Nigerian communications act, 2003, which…
PENSIONER’S FM ON TODAY’S VIEWPOINT. WRITES ON TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY: A NEW GLOBAL CROSSROAD On Monday, January 20, 2025, Americans entered into another uncharted path in the annal of governance. It is the start of Donald Trump presidency, as he took the baton from Joe Biden. Prior to his swearing in as the 47th president of the…
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON TURNING ASPIRATIONS TO ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2025. IT IS WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL DADA, A YOUTH CORPS MEMBER IN THE NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. The end of December ushers in not just a new year but the hopeful beginning of another season and an opportunity to redefine, reset, and renews ourselves. In…
IN TODAY’S VIEWPOINT, PENSIONERS FM LOOKS AT CURBING UNPROFESSIONAL TEACHING PRACTICES IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS Early this month, a viral video of a female teacher landing heavy slaps on a three-year old boy, for inability to write number six, sent shock waves around the country. Uproars trailed the horrific incident. Principally, the teacher’s action was unprofessional,…