#SexForGrades: UNILAG Fires Two Lecturers

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has dismissed Boniface Igbeneghu and Samuel Omoniyi Oladipo, two lecturers caught soliciting sex from students in exchange for grades in a 2019 investigation by the BBC. The institution had earlier suspended Igbeneghu, who doubles as a pastor, and Oladipo following the investigation. It thereafter set up a panel to investigate the allegations brought against them. A statement issued on Wednesday by the university’s communication unit, corporate affairs division at the office of the vice-chancellor, said the dismissals were effective from Monday, May 31. According to the statement, the move is in line with section 18 of the University of Lagos Act 1967. It also said the dismissal followed the BBC report and findings of its senate committee constituted to probe the matter.

NYSC Still Critical to National Integration and Development – DG

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Has jettisoned the move by the House of Representatives to scrap the NYSC scheme, saying that its relevance in integration and national cohesion must not be underestimated. The DG who spoke on Wednesday in his office in Abuja stated that the NYSC has been a useful tool for the socio-economic development of the country through the deployment of corps members to states outside their base where they contribute in many ways to the lives of residents of their host communities.

New ASUU President Emerges

The immediate past vice president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has taken over the mantle of leadership from Mr. Biodun Ogunyemi as the Union's new President.

NECO Postpones 2021 Common Entrance Examinations

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges to Saturday 5th June 2021 as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education. This is contained in a statement by Head of Information and Public Relations Division Mr. Azeez Sani, NECO in Abuja on Wednesday. Sani advised candidates, parents, guardians, and relevant stakeholders to take note of the new date for the examination.