Emmanuel Udom of Cross River Gov. Udom Emmanuel has said that his administration was giving N327 million monthly allocation to Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state. Emmanuel disclosed this during an interactive media programme titled; “The Governor Speaks’’, in Uyo, the state capital on Saturday. “I give Akwa Ibom State University N327 million every month as grant. Also, going by the figures I have, lecturers in AKSU receive the highest salaries anywhere in the country. “For sustainability, I decided that we align with the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) salary scale applicable everywhere in the country, that is the crux of the disagreement,’’ Emmanuel said.
On Thursday, April 29, 2021, 20-year-old Akpan lured Umoren, a fresh graduate of the University of Uyo, to his lair in the guise of offering her a job and took her life after raping and torturing her to death, police say. The incident transpired in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, south of Nigeria. Umoren went for a job interview and was later found dead and buried in a shallow grave. (Sahara Reporters/Twitter) Pulse Nigeria Sporting a self-indicting yellow T-shirt on a wet day in Uyo, Akpan says he acted in self-defence after Umoren bit his index finger. He had lured Umoren to his home from social media.
Inibehe Effiong, ESQ, a Lagos-based Human Rights Lawyer, has attributed the murder of Iniubong Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy in Akwa Ibom State to outcome of misplaced priority by the State government.
Umoren in her quest to get a job was abducted, raped and murdered last week by one Uduak Frank Akpan, in a guise of offering her a job.
Nigerians both at home and in diaspora have continued to condemn the act and have called for a thorough investigation as well as prosecution of the culprit(s).
But Speaking in a press conference held at Watbridge Hotels and Suites, Uyo, on Friday, Mr. Effiong (ESQ) said it would be intellectually dishonest to discuss only the killing of the young lady without relating to the circumstances that led to her death.
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promised to prosecute officers indicted for offenses during the 2019 general elections.
The commission has resolved to officially write to the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba on the matter.
The PSC gave the hint at a meeting with some non-governmental organizations on the last national polls.
Chairman of the PSC Fact Finding Team on 2019 Elections, Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, announced that the commission was working to improve the safety of electoral processes.
Ogunbiyi, a PSC Commissioner and a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, stressed the need for new strategies for an improved outing in 2023.
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The suspects, Queen and Rowland Kalu, were arrested on Wednesday at the Amikanle Alagbado area.
Operatives nabbed the duo after credible intelligence received by the commission indicted them for computer-related fraud and online dating scam.
Queen confessed to the crime. The Banking and Finance graduate confirmed involvement in online dating and that she made money from the crime.
The suspect further disclosed how she helped her brothers, including one Prince Kalu (at large), to speak to their male victims and defraud them.
A Mercedes Benz car and mobile devices were recovered from the siblings. They will be charged to court after investigation.