Sexual assault: OAU vows to sanction accused Professor
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State, says the Professor of Yoruba Incantations and Stylistics at the African Language Department, Joseph Opefeyitimi, won’t evade appropriate sanction over the alleged sexual assault on a female student of the institution, Boluwatife Babafemi. Babafemi had accused Prof. Opefeyitimi of sexually molesting her during a visit to the lecturer’s...
MTN’s Chief Risk and Compliance Officer resigns
The Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, Mr. Cyril Ilok, has resigned his appointment with the country’s largest telecommunications firm. The resignation takes effect from September 30, 2022. No reason was given for the resignation. MTN’s Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, disclosed this in a notification to the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Ilok joined MTN Nigeria...
Civil servant suspended for spreading governor’s death rumour
A civil servant in the Ondo State Civil Service has been suspended for spreading death rumour about the state governor, Olurotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu was rumoured to have passed away abroad following a protracted illness. The rumour was later put to rest after the governor returned to Nigeria. However, the suspension of the civil servant was disclosed by the Ondo State Head of...
UNWTO grants scholarship to 100 Nigerians on tourism training
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has granted scholarships to 100 Nigerians for study on Certificate on Introduction to Tourism and Industry Management Course. The UNWTO Secretary-General, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, announced this in Madrid, Spain at a bilateral meeting between Nigeria and the Organisation on the hosting of the first Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry. According to...
NECO postpones common entrance examination to May 7
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from April 23 to May 7. Head Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Mr. Azeez Sani, made this known in a statement made available to The Star on Wednesday. Sani said that the examination was rescheduled to give...
2023: APC pegs presidential forms at N100m, governorship N50m
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 approved Schedule of Activities and Timetable for the 2023 general election. The NEC has approved the commencement of sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms from Saturday, April 23 to May 6, 2022 for the 2023 general election. With the guidelines released on Wednesday,...
Gunmen invade church, abduct pastor in Akwa Ibom
Gunmen have abducted the Founder of Solid Rock Kingdom Church, Apostle John Okoriko, at Akpan Nya in the Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. An eyewitness, who declined to be named, disclosed that the gunmen, on Tuesday, jumped through the fence and invaded the church where the pastor lives. He said the gunmen shot sporadically, dragged and whisked...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Mariupol defenders facing 'last days' A commander of forces holding out at a steelworks in the besieged port city of Mariupol issues a desperate plea for help, saying his marines are "maybe facing our last days, if not hours". "The enemy is outnumbering us 10 to one," says Serhiy Volyna from the...
Lagos4Lagos chair: I didn’t collect N100m bribe from Tinubu
The alleged collection of N100 million bribe from the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is tearing apart the Lagos4Lagos Movement. The Movement’s leader, Dr. Olajide Adediran (Jandor), has sacked the group’s state chairman, Prince Sunday Ajayi, on account of the alleged bribery. The crisis within the splinter group in the APC, which recently defected to...
Sexual assault: OAU student was my wife-to-be, says Professor
A lecturer at the Department of African Language Department, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Joseph Opefeyitimi, has reacted to the accusation of sexual assault leveled against him by one of his students. The Star had earlier reported that the female student accused Prof. Opefeyitimi of sexually harassing her. The student, who said her lecturer subjected her to physical...
