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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has given update on its plan to embark on indefinite strike over government failure to honour the agreement it made to the union adding that, consultations are ongoing to decide the next line of action. The union made the disclosure in press release issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. …

The Nigerian Army has detained the unnamed female Private soldier who publicly accepted a viral marriage proposal from a male member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kwara State. The Army confirmed that the female soldier was placed under arrest since the recorded public proposal which took place at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Yikpata, Kwara State went viral …

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, has bemoaned how the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, was treated. He said what Magu went through was tantamount to persecution, and that his dramatic removal from office and the way his tenure was probed left him devastated. The don, in an interview …

Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the release of the body of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, for burial. Police spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the release followed the conclusion of an autopsy on the corpse to ascertain the cause and nature of death. Sylvester’s body had been moved to Lagos on Monday from Delta State for autopsy …

Police probe of last month’s death of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,MBA student, Timothy Adegoke, appears to have thrown up a challenge for detectives following the emergence of two autopsy reports on the cause of his death. Adegoke, 37, died at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife shortly after checking into the facility on Friday November 5, and his corpse was dumped in …

Twitter has withheld a tweet by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for copyright violation. On March 8, the vice-president posted a video in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Beyonce’s song ‘Run the World’ was used as the video’s audio. Quoting the tweet that same day, a Twitter user @olayknowless, had asked Beyonce to report Osinbajo’s account for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, marked his 79th birthday in Istanbul, Turkey. Photos shared by presidential aide, Buhari Sallau, showed the moment the President cut his birthday cake moulded in the national colours, green-white-green. The cake was presented as a surprise to him by Nigerian delegates who chanted “Happy Birthday, Mr President,” on sighting him. The …