The Director General of the Africa CDC, Dr Jean Kaseya, speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’ on Thursday, said the lack of vaccine is because partners consider Ebola an African issue.
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The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, has asked candidates who reached the oral interview stage of its ongoing recruitment exercise to check the portal on October 28 to know their status. It said the portal will remain open until November 13.
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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has directed agencies under his ministry to intensify public education and awareness campaigns following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease, EVD case in the Federal Capital Territory. The agencies include the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN and the Voice of Nigeria, VON.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, including the devaluation of the naira worsened poverty in Nigeria. He spoke on Wednesday at the Financial Times Africa summit 2026 in London, United Kingdom, UK. According to him, the sharp decline in the naira’s value had impoverished Nigerians and contributed to the country’s position as the world’s poverty capital.
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No fewer than six people, including three members of the same family, have died in a road accident involving a FishEye Wagon carrying about nine passengers along the Tambuwal-Sokoto road in Sokoto State. A1 wagon, travelling from Tambuwal to Sokoto, collided with a trailer, according to people familiar with the incident.
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS).
The appointment was announced on Thursday, 22 October 2026, in a statement by Lilian Omo-Odigwe, Director of Coordination and Liaison at NISS. It followed a recommendation from the current DSS Director-General, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi.
Bichi takes over from A.A. Gadzama. His new role is for an initial four-year term starting 22 October 2026, in line with Section 4 of the National Institute for Security Studies (Establishment) Act, 2019. The institute is located at the Lower Usuma Dam in Abuja.
Bichi handed over leadership of the DSS to Ajayi in August 2024. He began his career in the Security Division of the Kano State Cabinet Office and later transferred into the security service in 1984. Over the years he built wide experience in intelligence work, security administration, operational leadership and training.
The NISS statement noted that this background will support the institute’s work in security education and capacity building.
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate publication of the preliminary voters’ register, warning that the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to display the list online could undermine confidence in the 2027 general election. Atiku, in a statement on Thursday, said Nigerians were entitled to inspect the register, challenge questionable entries and correct omissions before the election.
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The International Criminal Police Organisation has arrested two suspects in Nigeria in separate investigations into cybercrime, including an international investment fraud scheme linked to more than $2.4m in suspected criminal proceeds. The arrests were disclosed in a statement on Operation Serengeti III, a cybercrime enforcement operation.
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The Edo State Government has demolished buildings allegedly used for ritual activities and cult-related crimes following the arrest of two suspects in the state’s renewed crackdown on criminality. The government demolished a bungalow and four boys’ quarters at Uwalor-Oke in Uromi, allegedly used by a suspected ritualist, Ebhata Eromosele. Another building linked to cult-related activities in the Ewatto was also pulled down.
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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said his party requested to use the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for its campaign council inauguration because the ruling All Progressives Congress held political events at the venue. Sowore, who spoke at an Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria event on Thursday, said the AAC wanted opposition parties to enjoy the same opportunity to use the facility as the APC.
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The National Economic Council, NEC, has endorsed a 90-day emergency economic action plan aimed at reducing the cost of living, making food more affordable and accelerating the delivery of projects that will directly improve the welfare of Nigerians. The Council also approved the establishment of a national dashboard to monitor government projects across the federation and ensure transparency and accountability in the utilisation of proceeds from the removal of petrol subsidy.
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