Jega made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at an international conference with “Democracy and Disinformation: How Fake News Threatens our Freedom and Democracy in Nigeria’’ as theme.
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He said this at Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom, during the official defection of former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio from Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, says Chief Executive Officers of Federal Government agencies should be given more revenue targets and probably have their tenures tied to it.
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N348.5 billion for the expansion of the Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe road into dual-carriage way that would link Nassarawa, Plateau, Bauchi, and Gombe states.
The Federal Executive Council has approved the acquisition of 150 million-dollar World Bank credit facility to support polio eradication in Nigeria.
The Federal Government and the Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending are working with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture to reduce green-house gas emissions.
The protesters, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners/Federal Contributory Pension Retirees, marched to the NUP House in Onireke, Ibadan, wielding placards with inscriptions like: “Pensioners are suffering’’ and “Save our Souls’’.
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has enjoined the Federal Government to desist from the reckless and reckless deployment of military force.
The Federal Government has directed “full action” against unscrupulous driving school operators and other saboteurs of the nation’s driver licensing system.
The Eligible Customer policy introduced by the Federal Government in the power sector will lead to a 14 per cent increase in the electricity tariff payable by residential consumers across the country, power distribution companies have said.
Onyeama made this known on Monday in Abuja while fielding questions from newsmen, and said that the evacuation was done in two batches of 155 persons and 200 persons.
The Federal Government on Monday assured that the gale of defection in the nation’s party politics will not shield any corrupt politician from investigation and prosecution.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says that 116 of the Nigerian migrants trapped in Libya slave camps would be repatriated home soon.
M-Liman made the commendation on Sunday in Shinkafi when he visited the IDPs camp at Marafa Umaru Primary School Shinkafi, described the measure as a welcome development.
The People Democratic Party has asked Nigerians and the international community to hold the All Progressives Congress and its Federal Government responsible should our nation’s democracy fall under any harm in the coming days.
This cheering news was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
No fewer than 11, 717 people have benefited from the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme across the 21 local government areas of Kogi.
Makarfi made the call while on a visit to Kogi Secretariat of the PDP in Lokoja in continuation of his nationwide tour to garner support for his presidential ambition.
President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar, said this at the 2018 Micro Finance Banking Conference/Award Night held in Abuja.
The Executive Secretary of FEPSAN, Ahmed Rabiu Kwa, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on telephone that the adulterated fertilizer was causing low yield of farm crops.