April 2025 – Page 90

Shettima Inaugurates Panel To Build Innovation Driven Economy

18.04.2025

Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has inaugurated the Interministerial Committee on Research and Innovation aimed at ensuring food and energy security, reducing Nigeria’s dependence on imports, and driving the nation toward becoming a trillion-dollar economy within the next decade. The inauguration, which took place on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, is part of...

Nigerian firms urged to integrate risk reform for growth

18.04.2025

Nigerian firms must integrate robust risk management into their core strategies to attract sustainable investment, corporate executives urged at a Lagos seminar, warning that weak risk culture and erratic policies threaten economic resilience. The hybrid session, hosted by Kreston Pedabo under the theme “Spreading Business Resilience: Integrating Enterprise Risk Management for Sustainable Growth,” convened stakeholders,...

Iyabo Ojo Reunites With Ex-Husband At Daughter’s Wedding

18.04.2025

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo and her estranged husband, Ademidun Ojo, reunite for the traditional wedding of their daughter, Priscilla Ojo, to Tanzanian singer, Juma Jux. With video making its rounds on the internet, Iyabo Ojo and her ex-husband were seen seated side by side, calmly waiting to give their daughter’s hand in marriage. The reunion...

FSDAi injects £10m into ARM-Harith for economic growth

18.04.2025

FSD Africa Investments, the UK-backed specialist development finance investor, has committed £10m to ARM-Harith’s Climate and Transition Infrastructure Fund in a bid to unlock Nigerian pension funds for infrastructure development and boost the national economy. The strategic investment is aimed at addressing long-standing barriers that have kept domestic institutional capital on the sidelines of infrastructure...

150m Nigerians Have Access To Sufficient Electricity – Adelabu

18.04.2025

The Minister of Power, Adedayo Adelabu, on Thursday, disclosed that approximately 150 million Nigerians now have access to adequate electricity, while 80 million still lack reliable power. Speaking during the 2025 Ministerial Sectoral Update Conference held in Abuja, Adelabu stated that the progress stems from Nigeria’s participation in the “Mission 300” initiative—an ambitious joint effort...

Plateau Killings: Terrorists Committing Premeditated Acts Of Genocide

18.04.2025

The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has described the recent attacks on communities in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State as “premeditated vicious acts of genocide” targeted against indigenous Christian populations. Archbishop Okoh made this known on Thursday during the distribution of relief materials to...

Rivers Lawmaker Slams NBA Over Criticism Of Emergency Rule

18.04.2025

…Demand Refund Of N300m Gift Hon. Solomon Bob, a member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, has launched a scathing attack on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), accusing it of hypocrisy, insincerity, and overstepping its authority in condemning the recent state of emergency declared in Rivers State. The lawmaker’s remarks, issued in a...

NAPTIP partners firm to curb human trafficking

18.04.2025

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a gender-centric non-governmental organisation, the MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame Initiative, to curb human trafficking in the maritime sector. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the Chief Executive Officer of the MMS WoFHoF...

Misilli Wins Again At The National Spokespersons Awards

18.04.2025

It was a moment of triumph, laced with quiet joy and radiant success, as the unassuming yet dynamic Director-General of Press Affairs, Government House Gombe, Ismaila Uba Misilli, once again ascended the podium of excellence to be crowned ‘Most Outstanding Spokesperson of the Year’ in the State Government Category. This marks the second consecutive win...

Reps Suspend Interaction With Ibas

18.04.2025

The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight on Thursday postponed the scheduled appearance of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), Sole Administrator of Rivers State, following a formal request from the administrator. In a statement issued on Thursday by House spokesman, Hon. Akin Rotimi, the committee confirmed receiving a request from Vice Admiral...