“The biggest asset that Nigeria has is the Nigerian people. If you begin from that premise, you can understand where the opportunity lies.”

“We have the biggest soft power right now in the whole of the continent,” he said.

In the absence of the verification, you can just win an election and it will become short-lived because at the point of receiving the crown or after receiving the crown, the nullifies it”

Nuhu Ribadu said the FG will continue to partner with Tantina to curb vandalism.

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He also said the French have become a convenient issue for the Niger regime to establish themselves.

“We will ensure those who did this must pay for this. we will ensure that they never have any other opportunity to kill any other person, that I assure you.”

“It is a change of methodology as distinct from a clear government intervention that led to a reduction in jobs.”

The NBS CEO stated said persons above the age of 64 will now be considered in the labour force.

Analysts faulting the methodology, argued that it could mislead the governments, policymakers and other users of the NBS figures.

“If we had our resources and nobody was stealing our oil as is being done now the Niger Delta region will develop.”

“If we look at the rankings for ports, there is no Nigerian port in Africa that is first 10.”

He said politicians would pay more attention to governance when more people show interest in how they are being governed or how their taxes are being utilized.

She restated UNICEF’s promise of $270m and said “UNICEF will be working with us to set up a humanitarian situation room.”

He urged Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo to rid the sector of “speculators”.

He also said the minister should ensure that the private sector thrives under his administration, as neglect would lead the country into a mess in regard to food security.

The state government is also introducing subsidised road transportation on major routes.

“When you’re consuming and you’re devaluing, you’re only digging your own grave.”

“Going forward, we need to really rethink how we fund a lot of things in education in our country.”

E“What is at stake here is the ego of the people involved. Every war can be ended with a dialogue from the beginning.”