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“They know that they would never win, but just to delay him with the hope that he would die in the process.”

The University of Uyo had, last year, filed yet another appeal at the Court of Appeal, Calabar, against the judgement of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which ordered the reinstatement of the ailing lecturer.

Four successive vice-chancellors of the university have refused to reinstate him, despite an unbroken string of legal victories.

Checks done by this paper while interviewing a cross section of patrons of quick loans in Abuja, Lagos and other parts of the country, revealed that the trend became popular since 2018 and gained higher fame in 2020 with the economic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Quick loan firms everywhere There are a handful of them who offer enticing loans with low interest rates with little to no paperwork. While some offer from N20,000 to N5m, there are those whose thresholds reach tens of millions. Their tenors are between one and 12 months (one year), with some up to a maximum of 24 months (...

I would have died, if not for Otedola, other Nigerians – Ailing lecturer Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, other Nigerians rallied support for University of Uyo lecturer, Inih Ebong, who suffered cardiac failure after he was unjustly sacked by the university about 20 years ago. 3 min read Inih Ebong, a Nigerian lecturer who became gravely ill after he was unjustly sacked from the University of Uyo almost two decades ago, said he would have died if not for the intervention from Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, and other Nigerians. Diagnosed with cardiac failure and too b...