A Federal High Court in Osun Monday, sentenced a former Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) lecturer, Richard Akindele, to two years in prison for demanding sex for marks from a student, Monica Osagie. Akindele had changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty.’ The trial judge, Justice Maureen Onyekenu ordered that the lecturer serve his sentence in... Read More

May 30, 2018

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The Late 5: Former Governor of Taraba bags 14 years jail term, Dino Melaye joins PDP at Wednesday’s plenary and other stories

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: A former Governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame, was on Wednesday sentenced to 14-year imprisonment for criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the sum of N1.64bn preferred against him by the EFCC. Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gudu, Abuja, who... Read More

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April 10, 2018

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Richard Akindele wanted sex for grades, a problem too many Nigerian students face

Its been nearly 15 years since Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem released his now iconic second single ‘Mr. Lecturer’. The song was controversial for its time, telling for the first time, the stories of young Nigerian female students enduring sexual harassment from lecturers, professors and adhoc university staff. It was even more revolutionary because Eedris instead... Read More

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