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  • Gunmen kidnap Edo varsity professor on his way to farm, demand N18m ransom

    Gunmen kidnap Edo varsity professor on his way to farm, demand N18m ransom

    Prof. Osadolor Odia, of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma, has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen at his farm at Egoro, Ekpoma, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo.

    Odia, a Professor of Engineering and former Head of the Department of Mechanical, Engineering at the AAU, was said to be on his way to the farm when the incident occurred.

    A family source, who pleaded anonymity, said the professor’s abductors had already made contact with the family asking for a ransom of N18 million.
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    “I can confirm that Odia was kidnapped today on his way to the farm and a ransom of N18 million was demanded by the kidnappers.”
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    When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Edward Aihevba, said he received the news of the abduction as general information.

    Aihevba stated that he had no details of how the incident happened.

    Similarly, Spokesman of the Police Command in Edo, Kontongs Bello, said he was not aware of the incident and promised to ‎contact the Divisional Police Office in charge of Ekpoma.

  • My wife still denies me sex, 80-year-old professor cries out

    My wife still denies me sex, 80-year-old professor cries out

    An 80 year-old retired lecturer, Prof. Muritala Haroon, on Thursday told a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, that his wife, Afsat, still denies him sex.

    At the resumed hearing in the suit, Haroon said:”my wife did not abide by the advice given to her by this court to allow peace to reign by agreeing to perform her wifely duties’.

    However, Afsat was conspicuously absent when she was called and nobody represented her in court.

    The President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, cautioned Haroon to exercise more patience.

    ”The court will work with the extended members of the family to resolve the matter amicably,” he said.

    Odunade adjourned the case until May 17 for further hearing.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Haroon in February, filed for dissolution of his 52-ear-old marriage on grounds of sexual starvation and threat to life.

    In the petition, he alleged that Afsat was fond of locking him out of the bedroom.

    ”I can no longer cope with the attitude again. Worst still, she and her relatives want me dead.

    ”Afsat attempted to stab me. She is misleading our six children. She has turned them against me,” he said.

    Afsat had in her reply, rejected the prayer for separation.

    ”Prof is promiscuous. I can not have anything to do with because he slept with his close friend’s three wives.

    “My lord, Haroon slept with the three wives of the man who acted as an intermediary whenever we had problems,” she said.

  • Gunmen attack three Kaduna LGs, kidnap professor, kill son, three others

    Gunmen attack three Kaduna LGs, kidnap professor, kill son, three others

    Some daredevil gunmen in separate attacks invaded three Local Government Areas in Kaduna State, on Sunday, killing four persons, including a Professor son, two vigilante members, and one other.

    The invaded Local Government Areas are Igabi, Zaria, and Giwa.

    It was gathered that the bandits first launched an attack on Anaba village and Birnin Yero town, all in Igabi LGA where one person was killed.

    The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attack on Monday, gave the name of the victim as Lawali Abdulhameed – who was shot in an attempt to escape.

    The commissioner disclosed that the bandits stormed Wusasa in Zaria LGA where they kidnapped the Wazirin Wusasa (title holder), Prof. Aliyu Mohammed, in his residence while his son, Abdulaziz Aliyu, was killed during the raid.

    He also added that the Professor’s nephew, one Abba Kabiru, who was in the residence when the incident happened was shot and injured.

    According to the commissioner, bandits on motorcycles in large numbers stormed Iyatawa village of Giwa LGA but were repelled by some vigilantes, forcing them (gunmen) to flee.

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    However, Aruwan noted that two among the vigilantes who battled the bandits were killed.

    “Two of the local vigilantes, Malam Auwalu and Alassan Shehu, were sadly killed during the encounter as ground and air patrols were quickly mobilized to the location for a comprehensive engagement,” he said.

    “Governor Nasir El-Rufai on receiving the reports, sent condolences to the families of the slain residents and vigilantes, praying for the repose of their souls. He also prayed for speedy recovery for the injured.

    “The Governor also thanked the military for the swift response in deploying forces to the affected community in Giwa local government area.

    Groups of local vigilantes confronted the bandits, eventually forced them to disperse,” he added.

  • Helen Paul back in school to become professor

    Helen Paul back in school to become professor

    Nigerian comedienne, actress and singer, Helen Paul, is currently taking a postdoctoral study in an undisclosed university in America.

    The Nation reports that Paul is on the verge of becoming a professor barely a year after bagging a Doctorate Degree.

    A source close to the entertainer star said, “Yes, Helen Paul has been shuttling between Nigeria and the US for some months now. While studying to become a Professor, she is also working as a lecturer in one of the institutions in the US.

    “She is really an inspiration to this generation because combining these academic feats with her comedy career in Nigeria is no child’s play.”

    In an interview, Paul had opened up on how she felt after bagging a PhD

    “Sincerely, I thank God for my life every year and I still look up to him for the remaining things I want to achieve. All I have accomplished in life has been through the grace of God and for that, I give him praises. I have always been a child of faith as I believe in God in everything I do and I thank Him that everything works out at the end. However, I never knew that I would make it this far”

  • Gunmen kidnap another Nigerian professor in Yola

    Gunmen have abducted a lecturer of the Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Allan Kadams, a few weeks after the kidnap and release of a colleague.

    Confirming the incident, the Registrar of the University, Halima Muhammmad told journalists in Yola Tuesday that the kidnappers stormed the private residence of the professor at Bajabure federal housing estate around 2 a.m. on Monday while he was asleep ”and whisked him away”.

    Muhammmad said the chief security officer of the university is already liaising with the family of the professor to ascertain whether they had received a demand for ransom.

    Recall that about two weeks ago, another professor, Ibrahim Zata, was also kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his private residence in Girei. He was released after the payment of a ransom.

    Spokesman of the police command in the state, Othman Abubakar said that the command had received an official complaint on the matter and has since detailed its men to search for the teacher.

    ”We have received the report on the kidnapping case of the professor from MAUTECH Yola and our men are on top of the situation using all strategies to ensure that the professor of soil science is rescued unharmed and on time,” Abubakar stated.

    He also said the command on Tuesday paraded 11 suspects, saying ”seven out of them are kidnappers who have been terrorising Wuro-jabbe and Vuno-Killang areas in the state capital.”

  • Why I demanded five rounds of sex from female student – Dismissed OAU professor

    Dismissed professor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Richard Akindele has explained his side of what transpired between him a female student of the institution in a sex-for-mark scandal.

    Recall that Akindele, a professor of Management Accounting was recently dismissed after being found guilty of sexual harassment of a postgraduate student of the institution, Monica Osagie.

    In his reply to a query issued to him by the university, embattled Akindele explained that the five rounds of sex demanded from Monica, as revealed by the leaked audio conversation between them, was a deliberate attempt to discourage the student and at the same time invite her to his office to obtain evidence.

    Akindele said the demand for five days of sex was a deliberate attempt to play along with the student. The university did not, however, buy his argument and dismissed the professor.

    The reply was exclusively obtained and published by New Telegraph.

    How it all happened

    The institution was enmeshed in a scandal in April after a leaked phone recording exposed Akindele seeking sex from Osagie to pass her in an examination.

    In the audio, the professor, requested five rounds of sex from Ms Osagie, then a master’s student of the institution.

    The university initially suspended Akindele indefinitely, following an interim report of its investigation.

    However, after a full-fledged investigation, he was permanently dismissed in June.

    The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, said the conclusion was reached after the investigative panel found Akindele guilty of inappropriate relationship with the student, a claim to which he admitted.

    The vice chancellor said the dismissal of Akindele will serve as deterrent to others as “the university has taken further steps to ensure total elimination of sexual harassment in the OAU community.”

    Akindele’s evidence

    Evidences submitted by the professor to the investigative panel include screenshots of WhatsApp conversations including nude pictures Osagie.

    Akindele claimed that the two photos, an alleged screenshot of Ms Osagie’s private part, were sent to him to arouse his sexual pleasure.

    According to the WhatsApp messages presented by the dismissed professor, Osagie had allegedly initiated conversation with him (Akindele) at about 5:52 a.m. on Sunday, February 25, declaring her interest in him. She then sent him seductive messages, including nude photos.

    Read Akindele’s response below:

    “I know the lady in the audio recording to be an MBA regular student. I recall sometimes in November 2017 when she came to my office in company of some of her other MBA students/colleagues to inform me they failed a course that I took with another lecturer and pleaded that they should be upgraded. But I informed them that it was not possible because the result has been submitted and approved by the department. They left my office, but the lady returned alone to my office some few minutes after they had left begging me to upgrade her to an “A.” She confessed that she did not fail the course, but that she had two other courses in the Department that she failed (not any of which that I am involved) but that she would need an “A” in my own course to boost her CGPA to get to an average of 50 to enable her obtain an MBA Degree.

    “I promptly turned down her request. She knelt down and held my legs pretending to be begging me, but was actually romancing me. I shouted at her to stop her madness, but she immediately stood up, raised her gown up to cover her face and I noticed she was not wearing any pant.

    “I was afraid she could shout to attract other people and it may be difficult for me to defend myself of sexual assault. So I had to gently tell her to calm down and that we will do it five times on another day and place to which she agreed and gently left my office. I had to do that to save myself from any possible accusation of sexual assault which may be difficult to prove if she had shouted on that day. Of course, she attempted calling me at other times and seeing me after that day, but I kept avoiding her.

    “Since then, she kept sending messages to me regularly describing how good she is in bed and how badly she needs to sleep with me and get an “A” in the course, all of which I resisted.”

    Akindele further explained that the day the leaked phone call was recorded, he had deliberately played along because on the said day, two unknown vehicles with unidentified men and a lady suspected to be Osagie trailed him from OAU campus to Moro Campus, where the MBA programme was being run.

    He said: “On that fateful morning, I left my office on campus for Centre for Distance Learning (CDL), Moro to go for the MBA lecture. As I was driving out of the university, I noticed two vehicles following… I was somehow scared and wondered what the occupants in the cars were up to. While still wondering, my phone rang and it was the lady in question calling, but I did not pick. When the phone rang the third time, I picked and sensing danger with cars behind me, I decided to play along with her request, and that was what led me to demand five times of sex and for her to come to my office.

    “I have evidence and proof that she naked herself and harassed me sexually and I have a naked picture she sent to my WhatsApp contact, pressing that she wanted to have sexual intercourse with me. I have known this lady to be a bad behaved lady and as if she is a psychotic person….”

    Akindele said if truly he had wanted to sleep with the student, he would not have demanded five times of sex rounds at a go, saying dating a girl would not ordinarily begin with the request for five times.

    The dismissed professor said it was only unfortunate that the girl was faster in implicating him.

    One of the WhatsApp message exchanges the professor shared with the panel reads thus:

    Osagie: So ure awake by dis tym. Dis will b a good time to giv u a blowjob

    Akindele: Yes. Meaning?

    Osagie: Suck ur cock.

    Akindele: Haa

    Osagie: Stop saying haa. So wen u are wit a woman u just climb on her nd finish?

    Akindele: Huuuu

    Osagie: Just saying. Mayb we can try d 69 position 1 day.

    Akindele: Meaning

    Osagie: Dis one is ur assignment google and find out wat it means.

    Later, Prof. Akindele sent two pictures wishing her (Osagie) happy Sunday and saying good morning. But enraged by these messages from the lecturer, the student replied as follows:

    Osagie: Are u kiddin me. I thought u were goin 2 send me pictures of a man suckin a girl’s pussy while she sucks the man’s dick.

    Akindele: Ok.

    Osagie: No, it is not okk, let me send u mine but you won’t show anybody ooo

    Akindele: Ok.

    Osagie: Promise?

    Akindele: Yes.

    Following this pledge, Osagie sent in pictures of her private parts and followed with other conversations.

    …as Osagie turns down further interviews

    New Telegraph’s effort at getting comments from Osagie were unsuccessful. She refused to comment on the matter, querying reasons behind the introduction of the evidences at this stage.

    Speaking through her counsel and Executive Director, Women Advocates, Research and Documentation (WARDC), Abiola Akiode-Afolabi, Ms Osagie accused the media of attempting to wage a media war against her, saying she had been traumatised enough to warrant another round of public disgrace.

    According to Ms Akiode-Afolabi, the university has exonerated Ms Osagie after reviewing all evidences tendered before it, and so she would not tolerate any fresh facts, which she described as an afterthought.

    She said: “Which fresh facts again? Did you see the school’s conclusion? Because the school came to the conclusion that she did not harass the man. Where did you now get your own facts? I hope it is not that the media want to feed fat on this story.

    “But if you have facts, disclose now but we won’t hesitate to go to court o. This is because the girl has been embarrassed a lot and so if you people bring it up again and embarrass her, we would not take it lightly. She cannot comment on this matter any longer because the case is even before the court. So she cannot start denying anything. If you guys have anything, bring it out.

    “The school did a fact-finding of three levels and came to the conclusion that she didn’t harass anybody.

    “I am aware of all these messages you are saying, but please check your facts very well and look at the time you want to be bringing them out. So I am not going to speak to you on this, if you have your facts, bring them out and we will reply at the appropriate time. If we need to go to court, we will go to court.”

     

    VC’s response

    In his response to enquiries from New Telegraph, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, confirmed that the institution received the seductive messages by Ms. Osagie to Mr Akindele as part of the lecturer’s responses to his query, but that they were not sufficient enough to exonerate him.

    According to Ogunbodede, the evidences showed that the two were found culpable, but that in the circumstance, there was a weaker partner and a stronger partner.

    “Prof. Akindele provided information that Osagie sent him nude pictures, but the panel did not consider that as sufficient justification for his actions and inaction.”

    The don added that all laid down procedures were followed before reaching the conclusion.

    He explained that the panel had also considered punishing Ms. Osagie, but found out that she was no longer the university’s student because she had overstayed on her MBA programme and so had lost her studentship.

    The VC said: “Let me tell you that the university was not silent on the lady. If you read the press release, you would see that we really mentioned something relating to her in the report, but lecturers are supposed to act ‘in loco parentis’ for students. Even though Prof. Akindele provided the nude pictures, the right thing for him to do would have been to report her to appropriate authorities. And even as a stronger partner, Prof. Akindele had every right to discipline the student.

    “And honestly, if our student had also been found culpable, the ideal thing would be to discipline the student. But in this case, this lady is no longer with us. The lady came for a programme, but she did not complete her programme within the stipulated time, and so she is not a registered student of our school. As at the time the issue came up, she was trying to resolve her failed courses, but could no longer come in to register. So the situation would have been different if she was our student. But in this case, the lady is not entitled to our certificate.”

  • OAU suspends sex-for-mark professor indefinitely

    The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has suspended Prof. Richard Akindele, the sex-for marks lecturer whose telephone conversation demanding for sex from a female student was recorded and released on social media.

    TheNewsGuru gathered that Professor Akindele appeared before the panel but the female student involved in the matter failed to show up.

    OAU Lecturer, Professor Richard Akindele
    Prof. Richard Akindele. Source: Facebook

    A member of the committee who pleaded anonymity revealed to TheNewsGuru.com that the committee recommended the suspension of the professor in a report of the committee set up by the university to probe the matter and to authenticate the veracity of the telephone conversation, where the lecturer demanded to have sex with the student five times before he would upgrade her mark from 33 to a pass mark.

    In the leaked telephone conversation, the female student, who our correspondent gathered was a postgraduate student doing her Masters in Business Administration, initiated a call and asked the professor about their earlier discussion on the matter.

    The member of the committee said, “The committee recommended the indefinite suspension of the professor pending the time the final report will be ready. The committee established a prima facie case against the professor. But note that this is the interim report of the committee.

    “The committee invited the professor and the female student. We identified the student and invited her, but she did not appear. Only the professor honoured our invitation. I don’t want to tell you what he said on the telephone.”

    The committee member said the lady was an MBA regular student and added that the final report would be submitted after the lady might have appeared before the panel.

    However, the Public Relations Officer of the OAU, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, when contacted on the telephone, told our correspondent that he would find out to know if the report was ready and get back. But he had yet to do that as of the time of filing this report.

    The Vice Chancellor of the OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, had, on Sunday, told our correspondent that the report of the committee would be ready on Wednesday and that it would be released to the public.

    It will be recalled that the the lady had released a telephone conversation she allegedly had with the professor; and the lecturer was heard demanding sex with the lady.

    The lady eventually rejected the condition given during the conversation.

  • Sex scandal: Student exposes OAU professor who demanded sex for marks [Audio]

    Sex scandal: Student exposes OAU professor who demanded sex for marks [Audio]

    A randy Professor of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife has been exposed by a female student over demanding for sex from her.

    In the audio, which leaked on Monday, the student repeatedly addressed the other person in the conversation as ‘Prof. Akindele’, who, later, protested: ‘stop calling my name!’

    In the leaked audio which has since gone viral, the professor demanded for several rounds of sex with the student who later declined the offer.

    The Professor [Actual name withheld], according to an OAU academic staff who spoke in confidence with TheNewsGuru said the accused ‘Prof’ has been caught three years ago for engaging in the sex-for-mark practice.

    Enitan failed a certain course taught by the professor who flagrantly negotiated sex for marks from her.

    Clips of the audio are presently being circulated on social media, sparking various reactions from concerned Nigerians.

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    Listen to the audio below

     

     

    Student: Hello Sir, Professor Akindele, yesterday you said something but because I was close to my boyfriend I could not say anything. You said you’ve submitted it

    Lecturer: I gave you an opportunity and you missed it. Forget about it. You will do it next year.

    Student: I was calling to confirm whether you were serious about it.

    Lecturer: Me that agreed to do something. I know what I meant. If you don’t trust me, forget about it. If I wouldn’t do it, why should I give you audience in the first place? If I am not interested in doing it, I won’t give you audience in the first instance. The other person has come and I told her straight away because there is nothing I can do to bail that person out and her mark is even better than your own. The person scored 39 while your own is 33. Only two people failed the course so what else do you want me to do. You can see it anytime you come, we are at Moro doing exam, we are doing MBA executive exam. They are just starting. I will finish by 4:30 and maybe 5, I should be in the office. If you are ready, come by 5:00. Why did you tell me you were on your period the other time.

    Student: I was really seeing my period Professor Akindele.

    Lecturer: Stop mentioning my name. And now nko?.

    Student: I am not on my period now.

    Lecturer: Your boyfriend has done it yesterday?

    Student: Is it every time that someone will be doing with the boyfriend? Is it every time you do it with your wife?

    Lecturer: Yes

    Student: It’s a lie, not possible. So what’s the plan now?

    Lecturer: Let’s have the first one today and then we will do another one tomorrow. Is our agreement not five times?

    Student: Is it B that you want to give me or C? Why would it be five times you will knack me?

    Lecturer: That’s what I will do.

    Student: Prof, you know what? Let me fail it. I can’t do it five times. For what nah? No worry. Thank you, sir

    Lecturer: You are welcome.

  • Saraki lauds Ekweremadu’s appointment as Professor

    President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday congratulated his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on his appointment as a Professor and Senior Mentoring Scholar of E-Governance and Strategic Government Studies, by the Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, USA.

    Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, described the appointment as well deserved in view of Ekweremadu’s academic bent, notwithstanding his crowded legislative and political responsibilities.

    “Your appointment did not come to me as a surprise. I am only surprised that it did not come much earlier,” Saraki said. “Southern University could not have made a better choice. I am confident that your performance on this role will surpass the expectations of the university council.”

    He further commended Ekweremadu for not only blazing an enviable academic trail but for being a good example to his contemporaries and up coming generations.

    “I am happy that this recognition has again proved that with the right education, one can break any ceiling in life. I want to urge Nigerians to continue to advance their educational career in other to acquire the necessary knowledge to drive governance and development both in the country and beyond,” Saraki stated.

    He noted that the international honour is a thing of pride for both the Senate and the entire country.

  • Police arrest seven suspects in connection with murder of UNIBEN professor

    The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday said that it has arrested seven persons in connection with the murder of a lecturer with the University of Benin, Prof. Paul Otasowie.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Otasowie, a senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, was on October 4 killed by gunmen in Ekehuan, Oredo Local Government Area of the state.

    The deceased, who was a former Director of the institution’s Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme, was said to have been shot in front of his residence.

    The Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, disclosed the arrest to journalists during a press briefing at the police headquarters in Benin.

    He explained that while two of the suspects were arrested before his arrival as the new commissioner, the five others were arrested on Monday and Tuesday.

    He also said that a mobile phone belonging to the deceased was recovered from one of the suspects.

    Kokumo stated, “Before my coming on board there was this sad incident about the gruesome killing of Prof. Paul Otasowie. Before my assumption of duty on Monday, two suspects had been arrested in connection with the matter.

    “Between Monday and now (Wednesday) that I assumed duty, we have been able to effect the arrest of five additional suspects. It may interest you to know that the telephone belonging to the late professor has been recovered from one of the suspects.

    “And a family member of the late professor has been able to identify the telephone as being that of the late professor. So, we have the suspects with us.”

    The new police commissioner also paraded 31 other suspected criminals, arrested for various offences in the state.

    He explained that the suspects included a gang of suspected kidnappers whose plan to abduct a prominent citizen in the state was foiled by police operatives.

    According to him, a syndicate specialised in robbing fuel stations at night when sales to customers had ended were also nabbed.

    Kukumo added that the command arrested five suspected highway robbers while four cut-to-size guns were recovered from them.

    The commissioner promised to run an information driven police command in partnership with sister agencies and different stakeholders in the state, adding that “one vital information is better than 1,000 AK47 rifles”.

    This he said was aimed at reducing crime to the “barest tolerable minimum”.

    He also assured that the command under his leadership would ensure zero tolerance for corruption and urged residents to report any unlawful act by personnel of the command to him.