Day: October 22, 2024

Benue varsity pioneer VC suspended, replacement named

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Professor Innocent Ujah, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Benue State, has been suspended over alleged gross misconduct and willful disregard to authority. Professor Ediga Bede Agbo was immediately appointed as the acting Vice Chancellor of the university. A statement by James Onogwu, the Coordinator, Information, Publication and Public Relations of the institution on behalf of the Registrar on Monday night, indicated that the decision was taken during the special meeting of the Governing Council held on October, 17, 2024. The statement noted that…

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Albanian ex-president arrested for alleged money laundering

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Ilir Meta, former president of Albania and a fierce opponent of Prime Minister Edi Rama, was arrested Monday in Tirana, his political party announced, with media reporting he was suspected of money laundering. Meta was arrested in Tirana by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation, the Freedom Party said in a statement, adding that it had not received an official explanation. The party’s secretary general Tedi Blushi in the statement called it a “criminal kidnapping”. Meta, 55, was president from 2017 to 2022. Images published by Albanian media showed…

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Teacher arrested over sexual abuse of student, abortion

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A 42-year-old teacher, Gbolahan Osinusi, has been arrested by detectives from the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a student for five years since she was 12 years old. The teacher was also accused of forcing the girl to perform a series of abortions after he impregnated her. It was learnt that the nurse, who allegedly performed the abortion, identified as Mariam Fatolu, is now on the run. The police in FESTAC town, Lagos, have commenced a manhunt for the fleeing nurse. Lagos State Police spokesman,…

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Wife arrested for inflicting injury on husband’s manhood over disagreement

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One Yemisi Ogunlana, a housewife, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police command for allegedly using a sharp object to severely injure her husband’s man organ, during a disagreement. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement she made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday night. She explained that the Divisional Police Officer of Ogijo Division, reported that one Idowu Adebowale, 31, from Oko Oba came to the station to report a case of attempted murder. The statement reads, “A 31-year-old man named Idowu…

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Jigawa Commissioner declared wanted by Hisbah over alleged adultery

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Auwal Sankara, Commissioner for Special Duties in Jigawa, has been declared wanted by the Kano State Hisbah Board for alleged adultery. The Commander General of the board, Aminu Daurawa, disclosed this at a news briefing in Kano on Monday. Daurawa said that the commissioner was allegedly caught in an uncompleted building with a married woman. He said that this was made possible through intelligence tracking after receiving a series of complaints from the woman’s husband, Nasiru Bulama, accusing the commissioner of allegedly engaging in an illicit affair with his wife.…

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Rape: Lagos commences trial of accused lecturer

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Kolawole Muyiwa, a part-time lecturer of the Department of Primary Education and Early Childhood Development of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos, on Monday, appeared before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Ramon Oshodi, on trial for the alleged rape of a student. It was learnt that the Lagos State Government had on February 6, 2023, arraigned the lecturer over the alleged rape of the victim, to which he pleaded not guilty. Muyiwa, according to the prosecution counsel, B. T. Boye and I.…

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