April 2025 – Page 49

We Can’t Watch Helplessly While Our People Are Slaughtered –Tor Tiv

24.04.2025

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, alongside two former governors, Chief Samuel Ortom and Gabriel Suswam as well as elder statesmen have met with paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, His Royal Majesty, Orchivirigh, Prof James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse, to address the escalating security crisis plaguing Tiv communities across the state and beyond. The meeting,...

FCMB Capital Markets Champions N11.85bn Bond Issuance To Boost Clean Energy

24.04.2025

In a landmark transaction poised to reshape Nigeria’s energy landscape, FCMB Capital Markets Limited has successfully led the issuance of a N11.85 billion, 10-Year Series 2 Senior Guaranteed Fixed Rate Infrastructure Bond for GLNG Funding SPV Plc. The issuance, which closed in February 2025, represents a pivotal stride toward advancing Nigeria’s clean energy infrastructure and...

Edun Assures Investors Nigeria Remains Safe For Investment

24.04.2025

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Wednesday assured investors that Nigeria remains a safe destination for investment. Edun gave this assurance at the Nigeria Investment Forum during the ongoing World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington, D.C. Edun, while speaking at the Forum said, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has...

Okowa’s Decision To Support Tinubu Commendable

24.04.2025

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has described the decision of former Delta State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa, to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as commendable. This follows Okowa’s defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside the current Delta State Governor,...

Defections: Oborevwori, Okowa, Others Collapse Delta PDP Structure Into APC

24.04.2025

Delta State Governor Sheriff O borevwori has collapsed the entire structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Strongly with him in the move were the immediate past governor and former vice-presidential candidate of PDP, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and a former senator that represented Delta South...

Atiku’s Camp Reacts To Okowa, Oborevwori Defection

24.04.2025

The camp of the 2023 Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the official defection of former Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on the shocking defection, the group said the move signals what many analysts are describing as the beginning of...

Mourners Queue To Pope Francis Lying-In-State At St Peter’s Basilica

24.04.2025

Mourners are paying their respects to Pope Francis, whose body was moved from the Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral on Saturday. The Pope’s open coffin was carried yesterday morning in a solemn procession through St Peter’s Square where as many as 20,000 pilgrims had gathered, Vatican media said. As the coffin...

2027: Tinubu, APC Using Instruments Of State To Coerce PDP Govs –Bode George

24.04.2025

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has expressed shock that the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, would dump the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). George, in a statement, said APC is a party of strange bed-fellows and urged Deltans not to follow Oborevwori to the ruling...

PCRC: How Sex Workers, Okada Riders, Beggars Can Help Fight Insecurity

24.04.2025

The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) National Chairman Olaniyan Ibrahim has urged the committee in Nasarawa State to see sex workers, commercial motorcyclists (okada riders), and street traders as vital agents in the fight against crimes. He made the call in the Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State yesterday at the inauguration of the...

Insecurity: Enough Is Enough, I Want Results –Tinubu Tells Security, Intelligence Chiefs

24.04.2025

President Bola Tinubu has issued fresh directives to security and intelligence chiefs to restore peace and stability in troubled parts of the country, saying, “enough is enough”. This was disclosed by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, who spoke to newsmen after an emergency security and intelligence meeting held at the President’s official residence...