Protests by unions on Wednesday compelled the University of Ibadan to suspend the announcement of a new vice-chancellor who would have been the 13th in line. Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and those of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) stormed the Council chambers where the final selection would have been made earlier on Wednesday and disrupted the proceedings. They also barricaded the varsity gate in protest against perceived plan by the university Council to impose an unpopular candidate as vice-chancellor at the premier university. Wale Akinremi,…
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Ibadan serial killer confessed killing another woman after escape
Suspected Ibadan serial killer, Sunday Shodipe has confessed to have killed another person upon his escape from police detention. He was accused of killing nine people in Akinyele local government area, which he was arrested, but he killed another person again. Shodipe (19) in an interview when paraded by the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele Ibadan explained how he and one Adedokun Yinusa, a herbalist whom they were arrested together planned his escape. The suspected serial killer said before his escape while in custody, Yinusa blamed him for his confession…
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