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By FRANCIS SARDAUNA, Katsina The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Saturday admonished the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector by allocating 26 per cent of its annual budget to the sector. The union claimed that the allocation of 26 per cent of federal and state governments’ budget to education would go a long way in resuscitating the sector and avert the plaguing crisis between it and government. The Sokoto Zonal Coordinator of the union, Jamilu Shehu, who disclosed this at a press conference in Katsina, said at least six per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) should be allocated to education during the period under review. The Sokoto Zonal Office of the union comprises Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina; Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina; Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; Sokoto State University; and Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero. ...

•US President Trump President Donald Trump has taken a coronavirus test but said on Saturday that his temperature was "totally normal," and his administration extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life. After White House officials took the unprecedented step of checking the temperatures of journalists entering the briefing room, Trump told reporters he took a test for the virus on Friday night and that he expects the results in "a day or two days." He met with a Brazilian delegation last week, at least one member of which has since tested positive. The top U.S. infectious diseases expert, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, said the country has recorded 20,226 case of the new coronavirus, but has not yet reached the peak of the outbreak. "This will get worse before it gets better," Surgeon General Jerome Ad...

The plot to remove Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) come Tuesday, March 17, at the emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, may running into hitches, going by the feelers from the presidency. BIGPEN  gathered from our often reliable source at the villa that President Buhari was yet to be convinced by those who are pushing to oust Oshiomhole why he should be forced out. Sources said that Mr. President wants Oshiomhole to serve out his tenure but some element are mounting intense pressure on him to kick out the party’s national chairman. It was gathered that Buhari was not keen with the idea that Oshiomhole have to be disgraced out of office as national chairman of the party. Sources said that if President Buhari had wanted Oshiomhole out, he could have kicked him out long after his assumed office for his second tenure in office. The source also disclosed that the power-brokers in the Buhari-l...

A young man named Mohammed Jamilu Gunddare on Friday reacted to reports of him attempting to attack President Muhammadu Buhari in Kebbi State. Gunddare was reported to have attempted an attack president during the Argungu Festival in Kebbi State after a video of him charging towards Buhari had surfaced online. But the Presidency had denied the report, saying Bello only wanted to take a selfie. However, Gunddare while addressing journalists on the incident, said he was only “excited and eager” to have a handshake with Buhari. Stating that he admired Buhari very much, Gunddare also dismissed claims that he was detained by the Department of State Services, DSS. He said: “I was emotionally attached to his outstanding virtues of honesty and craved to shake him. “I am alive and the DSS never tortured me; nobody ever tortured me, I was well cared for and given food”. CC. Palitomedia 

A police escort rider attached to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has died in a road accident, State House said on Friday. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the accident occurred on the road to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport as Prof Osinbajo was on his way to a scheduled trip. He noted that Prof Osinbajo is saddened by the death of Inspector Ali Gomina, 45, and has aborted the scheduled trip. Describing Inspector Gomina, VP Osinbajo was quoted saying the officer was “a diligent, hardworking and serious-minded officer who will be greatly missed by the team. “He is survived by his wife, children and relatives.” Channel TV