Israel said the truce would be extended an extra day for every additional 10 hostages freed.

He capitalised on widespread frustration about migration, pledging “borders closed” and modifying his stance on banning the Quran.

This comes barely three years after about 57 marginal oilfields were put up for sale in 2020, a process that was concluded last year.

He lamented that Nigeria loses over 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day to criminal activities.

“We are facing some fiscal and monetary challenges, but where there is the will, there is always the way.”

She charged beneficiaries of the interest and collateral-free loans scheme to invest their money well.

He said with stable political landscape, foreign investments in Nigeria now secure.

The plan is to increase revenue from the sector to N100bn, said Culture Minister Musawa.

The most affected states are Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Borno, Bauchi, and Kaduna which collectively account for 96% of all suspected cases.

Gbenga Omotoso also debunked the governor used funds from the state treasury to pay off legal fees.

Both sides would free women and children and details will be announced by Qatar, which is mediating in the negotiations, he said.

He said the Lagos State government needs to justify contract awards, because from the public’s reaction, it “touched a raw nerve”.

He highlighted Nigeria’s stable democracy since 1999 and ongoing economic reforms.

The scheme is set to support up to 25 states out of Nigeria’s 36 states.

The Nigerian president will hold bilateral talks with German Chancellor Scholz.

He rode a wave of voter anger with the political mainstream and won by a wider-than-expected margin.

Also, 52,500 kilogrammes of cannabis covering 21 hectares of farmland was on Saturday, destroyed in Efon Alaye.

He will hold bilateral talks with German Chancellor Scholz.

“You all combined are not 10 per cent of what I am made up of. Shame on you all.”

The federal government got N585 million from philanthropists and the corporate world to pay their fines.