S*X FOR MARKS! Former OAU lecturer, Prof Richard Iyiola Akindele, remanded in prison

Prof Richard Iyiola Akindele, the former lecturer with Obafemi
Awolowo University, accused by her student, Monica Osagie, of
demanding sex to pass her has been remanded in prison custody.

Akindele was arraigned on Monday by the Independent Corrupt
Practises and other Related Offences Commission before Justice
Maureen Onyetenu of a Federal High Court, Osogbo, on four counts
bothering on alteration of age and demanding sex to pass her
student.

The alleged victim in the sex-for-marks scandal, Osagie, had in
April told an investigative panel that Prof. Akindele deliberately
failed her because she refused his sexual demands.

Osagie, who appeared before the committee set up by the
institution’s authorities in the company of her counsel, Dr Abiola
Akinyode-Afolabi.

Osagie, a postgraduate student in the Masters of Business
programme, had released a recorded telephone conversation, which
went viral, in which the lecturer identified as Akindele, allegedly
demanded sex for marks.

The audio recording had generated reactions from a cross-section
of the public until the university authorities reacted.

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FG Worries Over Environmental Damage in
Niger-Delta
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Usani Uguru Usani has
expressed worries over the negative impacts of environmental
discontent in the Niger Delta region, saying it has informed the
Ministry’s decision to streamline Environmental Policy Action in
the region.
Usani expressed this concern at a One-day Stakeholders Validation
Workshop and launching of a draft document on Niger Delta Region
Climate Change Programme and Action Plan (NDRCCP-AP) organised by
the Ministry Of Niger Delta Affairs in Calabar, Cross River State,
on Thursday.
“The purpose of this programme is to streamline Environmental
Policy Action in the Niger Delta which are traceable to the impact
of environmental discontents such as the flooding that is ravaging
the reverine communities, the prevalence of cancer-related
ailments, the radio-active ailments, as well as the soot that is in
the atmosphere, especially in Rivers state,” the Minister
emphasised.
The Minister decried a situation where communities in the Niger
Delta region were being submerged by flood while little or no
action is being taken to address the trend.
He called on relevant stakeholders to urgently device means of
addressing environmental disaster that demands emergency in
Nigeria, especially in the Niger Delta region, stating that all
human activities are impacted as a result of climate change in the
Niger Delta region.
Dr. Usani reiterated the need to “Carry out sensitization on
climate change so that people will know the effect of what they go
through and also that investors and economic moguls would
discontinue harping on our ignorance while they make economic
fortunes.”
The Minister promised his Ministry’s determination to perfect the
draft climate change programme document in a bid to make it a
worthy document that will guide all actions that are aimed at
addressing environmental disasters in the Niger Delta region.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Niger Delta
Affairs, Aliyu Aminu Bisalla noted that Climate Change and global
warming posed serious challenges to the Niger Delta region.
He added that the pace of change was increasing, saying “Unless the
trend is reversed, human and physical ecologies are bound to be
seriously impacted as it is being observed at the moment in many
parts of the Niger Delta region.”
In his words at the event, the Amayanabo of Twon Brass and the
Chairman, Council of Traditional Rulers in Bayelsa State, His Royal
Highness, King Alfred Diette Spiff, charged the people in the
coastal communities in the Niger Delta region to take necessary
measures to guard against more negative effects of climate change
and global warming in the near future.
Corroborating his colleague from Bayelsa, the Paramount Ruler of of
Bakassi and Chairman, Council of Traditional Rulers in Cross River
State, His Royal Highness, Dr. Etim Okon Edet, thanked the Federal
Government for its development efforts in the Niger Delta
region.
He advised that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs should
inaugurate the completed Housing project in Bakassi to the
beneficiaries to address their housing need and expedite action on
the completion of the Skills acquisition Centre in Akpabuyo in
Cross River State.