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ICPC files criminal charges against suspended UNICAL professor

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has filed a criminal charge against Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, UNICAL, following the commission’s conclusion of an investigation into the professor’s alleged gross misconducts against some of his students. ICPC is arraigning the Senior Lecturer on a four count charge bordering on sexual harassment, official corruption and abuse of office, contrary to sections 8, 18 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000. One of the counts read: “That you, Professor CYRIL OSIM NDIFON (m) between June-September, 2023 at Calabar, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, and while being a public officer charged with responsibility for the certification of students as fit in learning and character as a prerequisite for the award of Bachelor’s degree in law and admission into the Nigeria Law School, used your office and

Abuja, Lagos protesters resist N160m SUV for lawmakers

Protests broke out in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday as youths decried the allocation of Sport Utility Vehicles for members of the National Assembly. The youths who gathered in their numbers in the Ikeja area of Lagos held placards and chanted ‘Fund education not SUVs, ‘Pay living wage not SUVs, ‘Return the SUVs Now’ and ‘Fund hospitals, not SUVs,’ among others. According to the protesters, “Lawmakers buying SUVs with public funds is insensitive when the majority are suffering.” One of the protesters, Juwon Sanyaolu told Newsmen that “Workers are still battling for a living wage as the N33,000 minimum wage is not sustainable but we have people at NASS taking delivery of exotic vehicles with about N160bn. Students are dropping out of school because of costly fees. It’s insensitive. They must return the SUVs and fund education.” He further said, “They’re the ones receiving hardship allowance. What hardship are they facing? What hard work are they doi

Breaking: EFCC Chairman Suspended Indefinitely

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Bawa indefinitely. This follows weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. Bawa has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the Commission, who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation.

2023PresidentialElection: Wike threatened to work against PDP

Rivers State Governor, Nelson Wike, ready to help the Peoples Democratic Party lose the 2023 presidential election. The governor issued the statement at the commissioning of the internal road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers on Thursday. Governor Wike while responding to recent comments by the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu said the chairman is exhibiting arrogance. He said “Doctor Ayu said we are children. Yes, the children brought you from the gutter to make you chairman. “Now we have seen that you don’t want the party to win election, we will help you. “These children you said we are, that brought you from nothing. “Ayu, you said you founded this party, but you left the party in 2007. You founded a company, you left the company, people stood and brought out the company to what it is today, you have no moral right to still come and claim that you founded that company, you left with your shares. “You want to show integrity, you wa

Breaking: S-Court dismisses PDP’s suit, affirms Bola Tinubu’s eligibility for presidency

The Supreme Court, has affirmed the eligibility of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to contest the presidential election that held on February 25. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, on Friday, held that an appeal the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to challenge the legality of Tinubu’s candidacy, lacked merit. PDP had in the appeal marked: SC/CV/501/2023, sought Tinubu’s disqualification on the premise that the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, allowed himself to be nominated for more than one constituency, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

ICPC files criminal charges against suspended UNICAL professor

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has filed a criminal charge against Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, UNICAL, following the commission’s conclusion of an investigation into the professor’s alleged gross misconducts against some of his students. ICPC is arraigning the Senior Lecturer on a four count charge bordering on sexual harassment, official corruption and abuse of office, contrary to sections 8, 18 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000. One of the counts read: “That you, Professor CYRIL OSIM NDIFON (m) between June-September, 2023 at Calabar, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, and while being a public officer charged with responsibility for the certification of students as fit in learning and character as a prerequisite for the award of Bachelor’s degree in law and admission into the Nigeria Law School, used your office and

Abuja, Lagos protesters resist N160m SUV for lawmakers

Protests broke out in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday as youths decried the allocation of Sport Utility Vehicles for members of the National Assembly. The youths who gathered in their numbers in the Ikeja area of Lagos held placards and chanted ‘Fund education not SUVs, ‘Pay living wage not SUVs, ‘Return the SUVs Now’ and ‘Fund hospitals, not SUVs,’ among others. According to the protesters, “Lawmakers buying SUVs with public funds is insensitive when the majority are suffering.” One of the protesters, Juwon Sanyaolu told Newsmen that “Workers are still battling for a living wage as the N33,000 minimum wage is not sustainable but we have people at NASS taking delivery of exotic vehicles with about N160bn. Students are dropping out of school because of costly fees. It’s insensitive. They must return the SUVs and fund education.” He further said, “They’re the ones receiving hardship allowance. What hardship are they facing? What hard work are they doi

Former INEC Chairman showers praises on the military for introducing NYSC 50yrs ago

Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is one of the best schemes introduced by the military and should be sustained. Jega said this on Monday in Abuja while delivering the 50th-anniversary lecture of the NYSC with the theme: ”NYSC: Five Decades of Fostering National Unity and Development.” According to him, there is no doubt that the NYSC has substantially achieved the objectives for which it was established. He said “certainly, there have been a lot of accomplishments in the area of national integration and nation-building. “The young men and women have contributed to the Nigerian economy as professionals who have just graduated from universities or tertiary institutions and who are providing cheap labour and national service. “Similarly, in community development, in education and in health, especially in the rural areas and through their participation in national elections.” “I

Breaking: EFCC Chairman Suspended Indefinitely

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Bawa indefinitely. This follows weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. Bawa has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the Commission, who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation.

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