Labour unions in Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), on Saturday announced suspension of their six-week old strike as the new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sunday Ogunduyile resumes duty.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has lauded former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s roles in successful hosting of the historic FESTAC `77 as the military Head of State.

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Wednesday authorised no fewer than 400 soldiers to join the security team at his annual state of the nation speech this week, drawing outrage from opponents who called it “militarisation”.

The Chief Judge of Sokoto State, Justice Bello Abbas, has granted pardon to 28 awaiting trial inmates in the Sokoto Central Prisons.

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State has commenced production of Cashew Juice, an official of the university said on Wednesday.

Rivers government on Tuesday denied that Gov. Nyesom Wike allegedly spent N111million to bribe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff during the Dec. 10 re-run legislative election.

The  panel constituted to investigate the electoral and other offences perpetrated during the re-run election alleged that it recovered N111 million from 23 INEC officials.

The Chairman of the panel, Mr Damian Okoro, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, made the allegation while presenting the team’s report to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, in Abuja on Tuesday.

He alleged that three senior electoral officers collected N20 million each out of the N360 million given to them by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, while the remaining officers received N15 million each.

Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers Governor on Electronic Media, said the allegation was false and politically motivated.

Nwakaudu said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the police allegation was aimed at diverting attention from the real issues about the election.

“ The statement (by the police) is patently false, politically motivated and cooked by the police to justify the violence they visited in the people of Rivers state during the re-run” he said.

According to him, Gov.Wike did not spend N360 million to rig the re-run election.

“ For the  avoidance of doubt, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike did not spend N360 million to rig the  re-run legislative elections of December 10, 2016.

“The people of Rivers State overwhelmingly voted the PDP  across the state because of the outstanding performance of Governor Wike  since May 29, 2015, Nwakaudu said. 

The leadership of the PDP will not be distracted from its commitment to reposition the party for better performance in the future, Sen. Ahmed Markarfi, Chairman, National Caretaker Committee, has promised.

At least five civilians were reported wounded on Tuesday following al-Shabaab attacks in Mogadishu a day before a planned presidential election, police and said.