Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone has been appointed the substantive Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. He emerged winner among five other candidates who jostled for the apex position. His appointment was announced by the Governing Council of the institution on Tuesday in Awka. The Professor, however, confirmed his appointment via a mail he sent to MERIDIAN SPY on Wednesday. Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone is professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Prior to his appointment, he was a Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Institution. He served as the pioneer Dean of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences prior to his ascendancy into…
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Nigerian teenage girl, Leah Sharibu clocks 16 years today in Boko Haram’s captivity. Leah was born on May 14 2003 in Borno, North-East Nigeria. Sharibu was abducted on February 19, 2018, when Boko Haram terrorists stormed her school, the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi and carted away 110 school girls. On March 21, 2018, after negotiating with terrorists, the Nigerian government announced the release of all but one of the kidnapped school girls; Leah Sharibu. Sharibu was held back on account of her faith. She had refused to denounce her ‘’Christian faith’’ as demanded by men of the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted N5 billion to the federal government’s coffers after the conduct of its 2019 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME). Fa bian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of media and information, disclosed this in the board’s weekly bulletin, tagged “JAMBULLETIN”. Benjamin later explained that out of the N5 billion returned to the federal government, N2 billion was given back to the board to enhance its operation. “Technically, the board returned N5 billion to the federal government but out of that amount, the board was handed N2 billion to further enhance its operation,” he said. Last…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African Action Congress (AAC) has suspended Omoyele Sowore as the national chairman of the party, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Sowore, according to the NEC, is being suspended for alleged anti-party activities, failure to convene NEC meeting and financial misappropriation. A member of the a factional executive council of the party, Mazi Okwy, made this known to news men after a NEC meeting held on Monday in Abuja. Okwy noted that Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the party, misappropriated foreign financial donations meant for the party’s campaign activities, which contravenes the dictates…
Zainab Aliyu, a Nigerian girl who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking has returned to Nigeria, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Aliyu had been in detention in Saudi Arabia for the past four months where she was arrested for drug trafficking at the Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina. She was detained after tramadol, a banned drug was found in her bag. Aliyu arrived Nigeria through the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano on Monday. She arrived the country in the company of Ibrahim Abubakar, another Nigerian accused of the same crime in Saudi Arabia. She was…
Solomon Derikoma, a lieutenant commander of the Nigeria navy, was found dead inside his apartment on Sunday. The deceased was undergoing training at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna state. A source told TheCable that his corpse was found inside his room on Sunday morning. The source said Derikoma and his colleagues were to go on a study tour on the day and after waiting for him, some officers decided to visit his apartment. “Derikoma and some of his colleagues were to to travel for a study tour,” the source who craved anonymity said. “After waiting endlessly…
A UNIZIK student shuttle bus crashed on Saturday after running into a truck in Awka , Anambra state. The incident which happened along government house road left seven students badly injured; while the bus driver reportedly died on the spot. As at time of filling this report, five students who were involved in the accident had been discharged while two others who are severe conditions are still responding to treatments at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku (COOUTH) and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, respectively. Calls placed on the mobile line of the University Dean of Student…
Africa Fin-Tech Foundry is completely set to host the largest fin-tech conference in West Africa with Access Bank as its major sponsor. The organization and its partners said this last week Tuesday during an all-important press conference held at Victoria Island, Lagos. The event is specially carved out to achieve maximum tech-reorientation, influence, coupled with the needed spur for young startup players in Africa’s tech-world. ‘’Disrupt 2019’’ comes with the theme: Building a sustainable tech economy; with subthemes which center around how data has become the new gold and how it enables the use of AI, Robotics, Analytics and…
A group of ex-students of University of Benin, under the aegies of ‘Concerned UNIBEN Alumni’ took to the streets of Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Wednesday, to register its displeasure over the killing of Mr Kolade Johnson, an alumnus of the University of Benin who was killed by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives, on Sunday, in Lagos. The protest kicked-off at the NNP mega station Sapele Road in Benin metropolis with some UNIBEN Alumni who trooped out in thousands in solidarity of their slain friend and comrade. The alumni group barricaded some entrances and connecting junctions in Benin…
The renewed xenophobic attack in South Africa; where aliens of different national identities are being murdered and maimed has taken a new twist in Zimbabwe. MERIDIAN SPY has reliably gathered that Zimbabweans have taken a lethal approach by burning down all South African registered trucks at Beit-Bridge border as a revenge for their brothers and sister who have been ruthlessly murdered in Xenophobic attacks by the South African people. Beit-Bridge metro police spokesperson Senior Superintendent, Morgan Mahamba, said about 1,500 people took part in the represal revolt. The angry mob barricaded Beit-Bridge town with rocks and other objects. Beitbridge is…
Luxembourg is set to become the world’s first country to make all of its public transportation free. The newly re-elected prime minister Xavier Bettel, and the coalition government have announced that they will lift all fares on trains, trams and buses next summer. The new move hopes to alleviate some of the worst traffic congestion in the world. Landlocked by Belgium, Germany and France, Luxembourg, has more than 400,000 commuters travelling in to work from neighboring countries. Latest reports indicate that Luxembourg started offering free transportation to everyone under the age of 20 in 2019. Available records also showed that…
The governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in Rivers State, Biokpomabo Awara, has refuted claims by his former running mate, Akpo Yeeh, that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, compelled them to sign letters of resignation. Awara stated this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said that Yeeh’s allegations against the minister were fabricated. He noted that the Support his party got from Amaechie and the All Progressive Congress was unconditional. Awara, also said he was offered 3bn by Rivers State Government to drop his ambition of which he vehemently declined. He said: “I made several attempts to reach my…