There are strong indications that fresh moves by the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resolve the lingering crisis over the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System had again hit a brick wall.

At the resumed negotiation yesterday, it was gathered that the Federal Government again rejected a model, the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, proposed by ASUU as an alternative to the IPPIS.

The Federal Ministry of Education’s Deputy Director of Press, Ben Goong, in an interview confirmed that the government had started negotiations with ASUU.

The Federal Government had last year directed its employees, including university lecturers, to register for the IPPIS, which is a centralized payment system introduced to check fraud.

But ASUU directed its members to shun the directive on the grounds that it negated the principle of university autonomy.

President Muhammadu Buhari has again come under severe attack from the bishop of sokoto catholic diocese, bishop Matthew Kukah who said his administration had relegated the national interest to the background.

He also alleged that the president had also introduced nepotism to the nation’s military and divisive policies that pushed the country to the brink.

The cleric stated this in his sermon at the good shepherd major seminary, Kaukau in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna state before the burial of Michael Nnadi, a seminarian, who was killed by kidnappers.

According to him, Buhari’s promise during the 2015 electioneering campaign that if he was elected, the world would not have to worry about insecurity in Nigeria has been defeated.

The immediate past Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke has been freed from EFCC custody after 53 days.

He has been in the custody of the anti-graft agency after he was arrested upon his return from a self-exile, since December 19, 2019.

But he regained his freedom yesterday shortly after he was granted bail by Justice Binta Nyako in the fresh money laundering charges instituted against him by the EFCC.

He and his co-accused, Aliyu Abubakar, earlier pleaded not guilty to the seven counts instituted against them.

Adoke’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome speaks to us on why he expressed worry over the delay in the trial and what next after his client has been granted bail.

President Muhammadu Buhari has again promised that all children kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists would be set free during his regime.

He gave this assurance at a breakfast dialogue on ‘‘Stop the War on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts, Dividend of Silencing the Guns’’, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, held on the margins of the ongoing 33rd African Union Summit.

According to Buhari, number of schoolgirls from Chibok and Dapchi earlier abducted by Boko Haram has regained their freedom.