Tag: Lecturer
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My salary, allowances as Buhari’s minister not up to what I received as lecturer in Saudi Arabia – Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, has declared that he had not purchased property anywhere in the world since assuming office as Minister, asserting that he was motivated by patriotism to serve his country. He dismissed insinuations that he had procured three houses in Abuja within the period of his…
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Mysterious deaths: Kano loses another prominent lecturer
A prominent lecturer at the Kano State University of Science and Technology, Dr Ghali Umar is dead. He was said to have died on Monday, in the spate of mysterious deaths that have hit Kano, fuelling speculations that the deaths were traceable to the deadly Coronavirus. Dr Ghali Umar was of the Department of Architecture…
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Sacked EKSU lecturer maintains innocence on sexual harassment, sues students
A lecturer dismissed by the management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Mr Olola Aduwo, over an allegation of sexual harassment against a female student of the university, has denied he ever admitted to the offence before any panel. Aduwo, in a release he gave to journalists yesterday, accused the panel set up to investigate…
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Sexual Harassment: Kano Court remands lecturer
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 36-year-old lecturer, Ali Shehu, in prison custody for breach of trust and sexually harassing his female student. The accused, a lecturer of Kano State School of Technology, is facing trial on a two-count charge of breach of official trust and attempt…
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Badagry youths protest against sack of lecturer at LASU
Some youths, under the auspices of the Voice Movement of the Masses (VMM), an NGO, on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Badagry against the sacked of Dr Tony Dansu, an indigene, from the Lagos State University, Ojo. They staged the protest, in their hundreds, at the popular Badagry Roundabout, carrying placards of various inscriptions,…
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UI clears air on ex-lecturer’s death, dismisses suicide reports
The management of the University of Ibadan has dismissed insinuations that a former lecturer, Mr Aminu Zubair, who died in his residence on the institution’s campus, committed suicide. The university’s Director of Communication, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Saturday that Zubair died in a fire outbreak that…
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Kidnapped Ondo poly lecturer dies in abductors’ den
One of the four victims of the last week’s kidnapping in Ondo State has reportedly died in the custody of the abductors, six days after the abduction. The victim, who is also a lecturer at the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, was identified as Taiwo Akinyemi and reportedly died on Sunday. Four persons, including the deceased,…
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Panic as polytechnic lecturer slumps, dies over non-payment of salaries
The Kogi State Polytechnic community was thrown into mourning on Monday after one of its lecturers, Mr Yakubu Nataala, slumped and died at his residence in Lokoja, Kogi State. It was gathered that the residents of the area speculated that the late Nataala might have died due to his frustration over the non-payment of his…
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Soldier, policeman, lecturer, 97 other Nigerians abscond during pilgrimage in Israel
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Tor Uja, has said 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017 pilgrimage to Israel. Uja, who made this known while receiving security report of the 2017 pilgrimage on Monday in Abuja, said that no pilgrim absconded in Rome and Greece. The NCPC boss said that…
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Gunmen invade Veritas University Abuja, abduct lecturer
There was pandemonium on Monday at Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, as gunmen invaded the institution and abducted a lecturer, who also doubles as personal assistant to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Michael Kwanashie. Findings revealed that the attackers stormed the Catholic institution around 12am and shot into the air before kidnapping the victim from his quarters opposite…