Day: November 16, 2022

Nigerian lecturer in Ugandan varsity dismissed over alleged sexual misconduct

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Dr. Lukman Abiodun, a Nigerian lecturer based in Uganda, has been dismissed by the management of Kabale University, over allegation of sexual misconduct involving female students of the institution. It was gathered that until Abiodun was sacked, he was the Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics in the institution. Abiodun was accused of demanding sex from female students in exchange for marks and failed students who refused his advances. The institution’s secretary, Johnson Munono, announced Abiodun’s dismissal in a letter trending online. The letter, dated November 9, 2022,…

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Obi replies Soludo’s opinion piece

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Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), yesterday, gave a response to the opinion piece penned by the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, setting the stage for a feisty verbal exchange between the two leading lights of Anambra and the Southeast region. Reacting to Soludo’s treatise titled, ‘History beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1), where the governor disclosed that the investment he (Obi) left in government was worth close to nothing and the LP candidate can’t win the 2023 presidential election, Obi said…

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Fake dollar syndicate busted by NSCDC, $15,400 notes recovered

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The Special Intelligence Squad of the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has busted a notorious fake dollar syndicate. It was gathered that the syndicate specialises in the printing, sales and distribution of fake United States Dollar notes. Director, Public Relations at the NSCDC headquarters, DCC Olusola Odumosu, said the syndicate had been operating for the past 10 years around ‘Heart Plaza’, Mararaba, under the bridge in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, before luck ran out on them. The report also revealed that they had…

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Godswill Akpabio sacked as APC Senatorial Candidate

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The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices led by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file a proof of arguments within the time provided by the rules. The panel further ruled that Akpabio, being a presidential aspirant of the APC, could not participate in the valid primary of the party held on May 27 and…

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