The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended one of its lecturers, Joseph Akpan, following allegations of misconduct. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Florence Obi, announced the suspension on Wednesday in Calabar, citing serious violations related to the alteration of exam results.According to Prof. Obi, Akpan, who was serving as the Head of the Department (HOD) of Pharmacology, allegedly tampered with 235 out of 242 exam result scripts for the Int...

An ex-lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Peter Ekemezie, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for publishing defamatory statements against one Prof. Alex Asigbo.Ekemezie who was charged with three-count bordering on forgery and defamation, was however given an option of N300,000 fine.While delivering the judgment at an Awka Magistrates’ court, on Tuesday, His Worship, E.C. Chukwu, said he took into consideration...

In the quest of fighting sexual harassment in the educational institution the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arraigned a lecturer of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) for demanding sexual and monetary gratification from a female student of the institution.The defendant, Dr. Balogun Olaniran was brought before Hon. Justice Osinuga of the Ijebu-Ode High Court, sitting in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State by ICPC on a...