#HEADLINES

= The House of Representatives says it is ready to approve a supplementary budget so that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) could call off its ongoing strike.

= All the 20,000 cadets of the Youth Empowerment Scheme of Oyo State YES-O have been directed by the State Government to re-apply for the scheme, with immediate effect.  

= The military has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Yobe following attacks in Damaturu by suspected insurgents on Thursday night. This was contained in a statement signed by Capt. Eli Lazarus, spokesman of the 3 Division Special Operations Battalion Damaturu.

= Meanwhile three out of the six suspected Boko Haram insurgents arrested at the Maiduguri International Airport on Monday, while returning from this year’s Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia have been released, according to the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army.

= The International Criminal Court has told Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto he must attend most of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity.

= An Al-Shabab commander who was the target of a recent abortive US Special Forces raid in Somalia had spent time in the UK, according to the BBC.

= At least one person has died and dozens more are injured in an explosion and fire that tore through a sweet factory in northern Mexico.

= Fifa has appointed Italian referee Gianlucha Rocchi for the Group F encounter between Nigeria’s U-17 and Iraq this afternoon at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai.

= The Brazil government says they will investigate whether Fifa's official accommodation agency was involved in "cartel" practices that may lead to hotel price hikes during the 2014 World Cup.

= Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has suggested that black players may stage a boycott at the 2018 World Cup in Russia unless the country tackles racism in football.

= Nollywood actress and producer, Queen Temitope Oluwa has slammed a N5 million legal suit against the owner of Africa Independent Television, Ait for her movie “Atupa Emi” which is illegally been aired on the television station.