The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the Lagos State Police Command to investigate allegations of extortion by officers who reportedly demanded and collected ₦150,000 from a student of Ekiti State University (EKSU) for having cryptocurrency apps on his phone. The directive follows the IGP's earlier order prohibiting arbitrary arrests, harassment of youths,…

The Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, Alumni, Ekiti State chapter, has charged the new Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Joseph Babatola Ayodele to do his in transforming the university. The Chairman of EKSU Alumni, Mr Adetunji Aribasoye, stated this when he led his team to pay a courtesy visit to the new Vice-Chancellor.…

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU), Prof. Edward Olanipekun, yesterday, defended the recent promotion of 70 academic members of staff to professors and 60 others to associate professors cadre, saying that the concerned members of staff earned their promotion and not a parting gift.

The outgoing Vice Chancellor of the Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU), Professor Edward Olanipekun, on Tuesday revealed that the government is owing the university four months of subventions amounting to over ₦1 billion. Prof Olanipekun revealed this during an interactive session with journalists at the Ado Ekiti campus, stressing that if the government had…

The Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU) outgoing Vice Chancellor, Professor Edward Olanipekun, on Tuesday, defended the recent promotion of 70 academic staff to professors and 60 others to associate professors, saying that the concerned staff earned their promotion and it was not a parting gift. Olanipekun also said that the state government owes the…

The management of Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU), on Thursday, said it has approved the promotion of 70 academic staff drawn from various departments and faculties to the rank of professors, just as it approved 60 others as associate professors. The Vice Chancellor of EKSU, Professor Edward Olanipekun, who disclosed this to newsmen at…

Ekiti State Police Command has arrested one Omowaye Ayodele, a member of the kidnapping gang which recently kidnapped the late former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU), Prof. Femi Olaofe, at Federal Housing Area, Ado-Ekiti, and later murdered him.

The police in EKITI State have arrested a security guard over the abduction and killing of Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU) . The 79-year-old don was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his residence in a housing estate along Afao Road, Ado Ekiti, on July 9,…

The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU), Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, has been murdered by those who kidnapped him. The 79-year-old professor was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his residence in a housing estate along Afao Road in Ado Ekiti on July 9, 2024. The kidnappers, sources said, had earlier contacted…

The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), yesterday, accused the striking Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) of complicity in the death a student of the institution who was asthmatic and could not immediately get medical care due to ongoing strike that put the university clinic under lock and key.