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Virologists and epidemiologists in the country have called on federal and state governments to strengthen public health surveillance across the borders and port services following the outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda. The experts, who spoke in separate interviews with The PUNCH called for increased awareness and urged that flights from areas where the virus …

• Adamu: Without governors, APC will lose in 2023• Bagudu: Release of campaign list unfortunate• Muslim-Muslim ticket: I won’t vote APC, says Onaiyekan• PFN: We can’t vote a candidate not sensitive to Nigeria’s unity• 2023: Nigeria can’t afford war, say Christian youths Just as it was with the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday when its meeting to mend …

•Restates ban on use of mobile phones during voting •Says parties can’t substitute, withdraw candidates unless by death, court ruling Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday disclosed that it will  deploy undercover security agents at polling units across the country as part of measures to curb vote buying and increase transparency in next year’s general elections. National Commissioner and Chairman Information and …

The train departed Abuja for Kaduna before it was attacked in a Kaduna community by the terrorists. Six months after terrorists kidnapped scores of people after attacking a train, the last batch of 23 hostages has been released. This was disclosed by Usman Yusuf, the secretary of a committee set up by the Chief of Defence Staff, Leo Irabor. PREMIUM …

Chief Mike  Ozekhome ,SAN, in this interview with ISE-OLUWA IGE, compares the nation’s judiciary during the First, Second and Third Republics with the current Fourth Republic and concludes that though it still rates best among the three arms of government, yet, it is high time the judiciary particularly the apex bench engaged in  urgent introspection and self-examination by revisiting some …

The newly-registered Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics has ruled out the use of industrial action to press for demands. This is just as the rival group of the Academic Staff Union of Universities said it has a presence in no fewer than 17 universities in the country, adding that it would work towards the registration of new members. The union’s …

Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said teachers form a critical and indispensable part of educational development in the nation, saying that they deserve commendation and encouragement for their role in driving national development and progress. Obi, who made this known in his Message to mark World Teachers Day 2022, applauded all teachers in Nigeria for their sacrifice …

Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman of, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has described corruption in the education sector as stealing the future of the country. Owasanoye stated this in Abuja at the annual ceremony of the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with the Theme: Corruption and the Education Sector. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of being complicit in corruption in the tertiary education sector in the country. This came on a day Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said  President Buhari has accepted the report on the engagement of members of the House with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, …

Attempts to resolve the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appear not to be yielding the expected results as a peace meeting, yesterday, between its Board of Trustees (BoT),  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his loyalists ended inconclusive. The meeting which held at Government House, Port Harcourt lasted for over four hours ending at about 4:35 pm. Acting chairman of …