Day: February 2, 2026

FUOYE celebrates VC Fasina at valedictory service

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By Otitoju Femi and Osesusi Bukola The Vice-Chancellor’s Valedictory and Convocation Thanksgiving Service of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) was held on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba 1000 Capacity Hall. The service, organized by the University’s Chapel of Transformation (COT), formed part of activities marking exit of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina. Delivering the sermon, the Guest Minister, Rev. (Dr.) K. Ayinde, took his scriptural reading from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, verses 1–5. He celebrated the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fasina, and his wife, Dr. (Mrs.) Bosede Fasina,…

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CHSR Faults Lagos Police Chief Over Owode Demolitions, Decries Criminalisation of Protests …calls for independent investigation

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Photo: CHSR at the media briefing By: Mandy Park Rights group, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has condemned outrightly, what it described as the “criminalisation of peaceful protest” and an alleged attempt by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Moshood Jimoh, to distort facts surrounding the illegal demolitions, forced evictions, and killings across Lagos state. This is as the group called for independent investigation to unravel the truth. Addressing journalists at a press conference on Monday in Lagos, CHSR slammed the Lagos State Police Command of abandoning…

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MOUAU don petitions Tinubu over denial of promotion to professor by Governing Council Chairman

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Photo: President Tinubu By: Mandy Park Erudite lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike ( MOUAU) Dr Philips Nto has petitioned President Bola Tinubu to intervene over the denial of his promotion to the rank of a professor by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, Comrade Fidelis Edeh. He said his promotion, which has been due since 2021, has been withheld by Edeh over issues associated with the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State. According to Dr. Philips Nto, during a press briefing in Umuahia, he…

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MOUAU don petitions Tinubu over denial of promotion to professor by Eden, Governing Council Chairman By: Mandy Park Erudite lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike ( MOUAU) Dr Philips Nto has petitioned President Bola Tinubu to intervene over the denial of his promotion to the rank of a professor by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, Comrade Fidelis Edeh. He said his promotion, which has been due since 2021, has been withheld by Edeh over issues associated with the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State.…

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NDLEA Arrests Businessman Over 1.6kg Cocaine Concealed in Private Parts, Footwear at Lagos Airport

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By Mandy Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, for concealing 1.60kg of cocaine in his private parts and the soles of his footwear at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. Onyekwere, 47, was arrested on Thursday, January 29, 2026, during the inward clearance of South African Airways passengers arriving from Brazil via Johannesburg, following credible intelligence. The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement…

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