LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kiki Mordi, the BBC journalist who went undercover to expose university lecturers guilty of sex for grades, has started receiving death threats from people angry about the exposé. Kiki, who said she was herself a victim of sexual harassment in the university and didn’t graduate, said on Monday that the project was […]
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LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Lagos has suspended its lecturer who was involved in a sex-for-marks scandal. The lecturer was exposed in a video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The vice-chancellor of the institution, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES in an […]
Oct 7 2019 | Posted in
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LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Ibadan community has been thrown into mourning session following the sudden death of one of its staff. The lecturer, Dr O. A. Subair, of the Department of Mathematics, reportedly committed suicide. The university don set himself on fire on Monday afternoon in his senior staff quarters located at Phillipson […]
Apr 7 2019 | Posted in
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LAGOS JANUARY 27T (NEWSRANGRS)-Optimism is being sounded by the Federal Government about the possibility of striking lecturers, under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), returning to classroom, this week. The lecturers have been on strike for over two months now, following the inability to reach a deal on their demands with the […]
Jan 27 2019 | Posted in
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LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday staged a walkout from a meeting with a federal government delegation. The government delegation was led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. Despite the walkout, Mr Ngige expressed optimism that the strike would soon be called off. The […]
Dec 18 2018 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has dismissed Prof. Richard Akindele who was recently alleged to have been involved in a sex-for-marks scandal with a postgraduate student of the foremost higher institution. OAU Vice Chancellor VC Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede announced Akindele’s dismissal in a statement issued Wednesday in Ile-Ife. […]
Jun 21 2018 | Posted in
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BokO Haram terrorist group has released three abducted University of Maiduguri lecturers in Magumeri, Borno State. Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists were 10 women kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa Road, near Maiduguri. Their release followed series of negotiations as directed by […]
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