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By Victor Ogunje The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has suspended one of its lecturers, Dr. Jonathan Mbachaga, over alleged sexual harassment. Mbachaga was, until his suspension, an Associate Professor in the institution’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts. A statement signed by the Chief Information Officer to the Vice Chancellor, Mr Foluso Ogunmodede, on Tuesday, said Mbachaga’s suspension came after a committee inaugurated by the institution to investigate the alleged sexual harassment established a prima facie evidence against the lecturer. The embattled lecturer was suspend...

By Victor Ogunje Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola; Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, and Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni, yesterday visited the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim, to condole with them over the death of the Chief of Army Staff at a Kaduna crash on Friday. Fayemi made this known in a statement he issued yesterday, where he also shared pictures of himself and the other governors at the late Attahiru’s residence. “I and my brother Governors from Yobe, Niger, and Osun State were at the residence o...

By Victor Ogunje A legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) , has written a letter to the Southern Governors Forum (SGF), seeking the governors’ backing for his proposed convocation of a private summit to discuss all the problems confronting the nation. Babalola sought the SGF’s backing for the concept tagged: “Summit of Hope,” having passed a resolution urging President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a National Conference to restructure the country despite Presidency’s foreclosure of such policy. Babalola in a letter dated May 1...

By Victor Ogunje No fewer than 12,000 farmers are to benefit from the Rice Pyramid Programme in Ekiti State, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Tuesday flagged off the programme in the state, with a vision to finance over three million rice farmers to boost production and improve the agriculture value chain. This came as the Governors of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State described the Rice Pyramid Programme as a good vision that would reduce import and make Nigeria fully indepen...

Deji Elumoye, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti and George Okoh in Makurdi Ondo State Governor, Chief Olurotimi Akeredolu, has said there is no chance in hell that President Muhammadu Buhari would ignore the call by Southern Governors’ Forum for a national dialogue, restructuring and respect for the principle of federal character in his appointments. Akeredolu spoke last night on ARISE NEWS Channel, the broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspaper, and said he was sure that Buhari would examine the issues raised by the governors and act appropriately. The 17 governors of the souther...