Alhaji Hassan Bashir, the Federal Commissioner representing Bauchi state, National Population Commission, said this at a news conference in Bauchi to mark the commencement of the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey in the state.
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The bridge, which links the state with Kebbi and Sokoto States, collapsed on Monday after a downpour.
A document obtained from the Debt Management Office on Wednesday in Abuja, titled: ‘States, Federal Capital Territory and Federal Governments’ External Debt Stock as at June 30, 2018,’ also detailed other states’ external debts.
Acting Executive Secretary of SEMA, Sunday Jackson, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Umuahia.
The National Coordinator, IANSA Women Network-Nigeria, Ms Mimidoo Achakpa, made the call during a media briefing on the campaign ‘Stop Killer Robots’ on Tuesday in Abuja.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, debunked the allegation during an investigative hearing by House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources and Allied Matters in Abuja.
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the protection of lives and property in the country through the deployment of relevant security agencies for the maintenance of law and order.
The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said the Federal government had re-positioned the nation’s Accident Investigation Bureau to offer accident investigation services to other African countries.
The Federal Government says it has entered into a new partnership with the governments of Niger, France and the United Kingdom to tackle cross border crimes.
The Federal Government National Home Grown School Feeding Programme has trained 2, 746 food vendors in Nasarawa state to enhance the implementation of the initiative, an official has said.
Fayemi made the call on Tuesday in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.
The Federal Government is putting the sum of N500 billion into wealth creation and poverty alleviation, Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said.
Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, says the Federal Government is capable of surmounting the challenges facing the goals in Nigeria.
A human interest organisation, Save Humanity Advocacy Centre, has expressed concern over the failure of the Federal Government to designate the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as Shiites, as a terrorist organization.
The President of the union, Babatunde Olatunji, made the call at the opening ceremony of the 27th Annual Nationwide Industrial Relations Seminar of the union held in Ado-Ekiti.
Prof. Wole Soyinka has charged the Federal Government to take seriously its obligation to eliminate HIV and AIDs in Nigeria by taking full ownership of funding and treatment rather than relying on foreign donor support.
The Federal Government on Monday released a list of 69 ongoing road and bridge projects in the South-East to debunk allegation of infrastructure neglect by some governors from the zone.
Garba, who represents Adamawa North in the Senate, made the appeal when she inspected the project in company of some officials of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.
Victor Korede, the Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter, did the distribution in Ibadan.
Lagos State Government says it is awaiting Federal Government’s approval to start reconstruction of Okokomaiko/Seme border section of the Lagos – Badagry expressway.