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BREAKING: OAU set to resume physical classes from June 21

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Lawal Shereef The Obafemi Awolowo University is set to resume physical lectures for Rain semester of the 2019/2020 session on 21 June 2021. This is reported after the University concluded it's Senate meeting slated for 16 June.  READ MORE!!:   5 things peculiar to OAU you won't see elsewhere Multiple sources have quoted the Dean of Students Affairs has announcing that the University will be resuming the Rain semester physically but classes of over 250 students are to resume online.  The Harmattan semester was partly physical and online and this will come as a new development as regards the Covid 19 pandemic which has ravaged the country. The University will be releasing the Rain semester calendar anytime from now, we will update you with more reports as regards this. join us for more updates;

Zuckerberg didn't author post claiming Buhari cannot 'think properly'

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Lawal Shereef A photo of a  tweet stating that the president of Nigeria is suffering from the ‘inability to think properly’  which has gone viral on social media was alleged to have originated from the verified Twitter account of  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This image was circulated amidst a ban placed on Twitter in Nigeria by its president, Muhammadu Buhari. Findings by the FactCheckHub show that the image is manipulated and therefore false . THE CLAIM That Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweeted that President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari is suffering from the inability to think properly and may need medical check-up. THE FINDINGS The image  under verification is presented to look like a screenshot  of a tweet. It has the photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, it was alleged to have been posted on June 4, 21 at 10:42am  and has been retweeted 2.6 million times with 3.7 million likes. The account is @MarkZuckerberg and it has the blue veri...

FG BANS TWITTER IN NIGERIA

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Lawal Shereef The Federal Government on Friday announced the suspension of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence. READ ALSO!!:  5 things peculiar to OAU you won't see elsewhere He also announced that the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.” join us for more updates;