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| 15 lecturers demoted for having faked Ph.D degrees certificate in Ebonyi Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:00 AM PDT NO fewer than 15 lecturers of Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo were weekend, demoted over alleged involvement in certificate forgery and for claiming to have acquired Ph.D degrees from reputable institutions outside the country. Management of the college, on receipt of the report and recommendations of the committee set up to look into the alleged claims by the lecturers, said the exercise was not meant to witch-hunt anybody in particular but to ensure sanity and discipline within the education sector in the state. At a press briefing in Abakaliki, Special Adviser to Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State on Higher Education, Professor Mike Ituma, revealed that the discovery came as a shock, stressing that the action of the affected lecturers was a reflection of the level of decay ravaging the sector. According to him, the action of the management of the college is a step in the right direction and government is completely in support of the action against the lecturers. In a statement, Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr. Nkwuda Bethrand Otukobelu, noted that the 15 affected lecturers would not be allowed to run any promotion course packaged by the college till after three years. He said: "A lot of processes were followed in verification and evaluation of the certificates of the lecturers involved. Six of the affected lecturers who had their Ph.Ds from the institutions should stop parading themselves as Ph.D holders and stop adding the title 'Dr.' to their names. "That as regards to their present positions, nine of them have been demoted to Lecturer III; two to Assistant Lecturers and the remaining two to non-academic staff for not possessing relevant qualifications to be in the academic cadre." "That six of them who enjoyed financial benefits with the controversial certificates are to refund such benefit which accrued to them in excess of their present new position." "Findings by the committee and letters from the National Universities Commission, NUC, and the Federal Ministry of Education show that the institutions were neither approved nor recognized by the Federal Government of Nigeria."    |
| Ondo prison break season 1 pathetic – Mimiko Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:00 AM PDT  A prison officer was shot in the right leg by the gunmen and he is receiving treatment at the Military Hospital, Akure. Officials of the prison reportedly fled following the bombardment of the cell walls by the gunmen who also fired sporadically into the air. The gunmen reportedly barricaded the Akure-Ore expressway where the prison is located for hours while the operation lasted. However, reports said some of the escapees were later picked by the security agents at some of the brothels within the capital city and neighbouring villages near the prison where they were hiding but identified by villagers. Vanguard learnt that the gunmen armed with machine guns and dynamites arrived the prison premises around midnight and started shooting sporadically in to the air to scare the prison officials on duty. The operation It was gathered that the assailants, armed with knowledge of how the prisoners are kept, went straight to the cell where robbery suspects were kept and blew up the walls with dynamite, setting them free. Dependable source in the Olokuta prison said the gunmen invaded the place purposely to free some suspects arrested during a bank robbery in Akure and have been kept in the prison for over a year without trial. Others headed for the main entrance but their attempt to blow it up failed so they concentrated on the wall leading to other cells where they set free other inmates. The Olokuta prison is less than a kilometre to the headquarters of the 32, Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Owena Barracks. Top security chiefs in the state including the state Commissioner of Police, Patrick Dukumor and the state Attorney General and Justice Commissioner, Eyitayo Jegede SAN have visited the place for on the spot assessment.  |
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