A former Professor of Management Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Richard Akindele, has been released from prison after serving a two-year jail term. Akindele was jailed in 2018 after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge filed against him at the Federal High Court, Osogbo, the Osun State capital, by the Independent […]
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There was pandemonium at Mozambique Hall of residence in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Saturday as two students poured an insecticide, Sniper, on each other. The female students were said to have engaged in a disagreement before attacking themselves with Sniper. It was gathered that the actions of the students, who reside in Mozambique Hall, […]
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Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, who was kidnapped on Sunday, said that N5.045 million was paid to secure his release. Adegbehingbe made the disclosure on Tuesday in Ile-Ife in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his residence on the university campus. The surgeon, […]
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will on Monday, Nov. 19 arraign a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Richard Akindele, at the Federal High Court, Osogbo. He is to be arraigned for allegedly demanding sex from one of his students, Ms Monica Osagie, in order to […]
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The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has lost accreditation for four of the courses offered in the institution, namely: Law, Dentistry, Botany and medical rehabilitation. The National Universities Commission reportedly suspended the university’s law, dentistry, medical rehabilitation, and botany programmes. Prospective students who selected any of the four courses in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary […]
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The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has dismissed a lecturer of the institution, Richard Akindele, who demanded sex from a female student to help her improve her grades. The dismissal was disclosed during a press conference by the Vice Chancellor, Eyitope Ogunbodede, on Wednesday. Mr. Ogunbodede said the conclusion was reached after the […]
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The Osun State Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday sealed the Administrative Bock of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, over a N1.8 billion tax debt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials of the service, who came with policemen and NSCDC personnel, put the gates of the block under lock and key after […]
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Miss Monica Osagie, the victim in the sex-for-marks scandal at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has told an investigative panel that the disgraced Professor Richard Akindele deliberately failed her because she refused his sexual demand. She said she did not score 33 per cent as the lecturer claimed, but was failed so that she could […]
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The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife today said Monica Osagie was the student involved in a sex-for-marks scandal, that has sorely questioned the morality of university dons, in the training of young Nigerians. Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), said Monica Osetobe Osagie was studying for a Masters in […]
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The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has issued a statement in reaction to a leaked audio wherein a professor in the institution is heard demanding sex from a female student to help her pass her examination. Richard Akindele, a Professor in the Department of Accounting at the university, had his name repeatedly mentioned […]
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