THE House of Representatives yesterday lamented that despite the poor funding of the education sector, about 10 states had been unable to access the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, intervention fund of N3 billion each was entitled since 2011.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday explained why it lifted the ban on regulatory services placed on MTN Nigeria for several regulatory infractions.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, berated the Judiciary, even as he described as worrisome, the level of conflicting judgments emanating from various divisions of the Court of Appeal in respect of the 2015 general elections.

LAGOS— Stakeholders in education sector have reacted to plans by the National Universities Commission, NUC, to increase duration of medical students from six to 11 years, saying the development was expensive, discouraging and will lead to dearth of medical doctors in Nigeria.

2015 Governorship candidate of the APC in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has expressed confidence in his party winning this weekend’s legislative elections upon what he claimed was the neutral role of the security and electoral agencies.