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  • Suspected killers of UNIBEN don remanded

    Three suspected robbers, who allegedly killed Prof. Paul Otasowie of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Benin (UNIBEN), have been remanded in prison custody.

    The suspects, Okhumode Best popularly called Sexy, Osaze Oghogho known as Soul Taker and Okoro Junior aka Happy were arraigned at an Egor Magistrates’ Court.

    They were alleged to have robbed the professor of his white Samsung phone before killing him.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. Patricia Igho Braimah, declined jurisdiction over the matter and remanded the accused in prison custody.

     

  • UNIBEN don docked over alleged bribery

    A former Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Benin, Isu-Ochiora Okogeri ,has been arraigned before an Ekiadolor Magistrate Court for allegedly collecting N100,000 from a female student to facilitate her transfer to another faculty.

    The offence was committed on December 31, 2012 while the accused was a member of the Intra-Faculty Transfer Board of UNIBEN.

    Isu- Ochiora Okogeri was charged on a one- count charge of corruptly himself as a public officer by receiving the money from one Omoluwabi Elogho, an offence punishable under Section 98(b)(11) of the criminal code.

    A witness who testified in the case, Edoseghe Oghogho Idahosa, the Head of the Intelligence Unit at the university’s security department, told the court that the accused received the money from the student who wanted to transfer from the Faculty of Art to the Faculty of Law.

    Led by the state counsel, Kenneth Ugiagbe Esq, Edoseghe said they went into action after receiving intelligent reports on the matter and asked the female student to play along.

     

     

  • AIDS cure: Research is on-going – UNIBEN don

    A lecturer of the University of Benin, Prof. Isaiah Ibeh, on Thursday said he was still carrying out research on the HIV/AIDS drug.

    He said observations of the research on the drug were still at the preliminary stage.

    Prof. Ibeh had on Tuesday announced a major breakthrough in the manufacture of drug for possible cure of the disease.

    But the university authorities queried Prof. Ibeh for making the findings public without following normal procedures.

    The university, who spoke through the Provost of the College of Medecine, Prof. Vincent Iyawe, said it would like to take credit for the breakthrough.

    A press statement signed by Prof. Ibeh reads, “I am very sorry for the embarrassment this has caused the University of Benin professional colleagues, realising that there are procedures for reporting such scientific results.”

     

  • UNIBEN don queried over AIDS ‘cure’ claim

    Authorities of the University of Benin have queried a lecturer of the institution, Prof. Isaiah Ibeh for making public the discovery of a possible cure for HIV/AIDS virus without clearance.

    It was gathered that the university management was amazed when they read about the discovery of the drug from Prof. Ibeh.

    Prof. Ibeh, who is the Dean of Basic Medical Sciences, had told a reporter that he had discovered an oral drug made from plant extraction in Nigeria for the possible cure of HIV/AIDS.

    Sources told The Nation that several international organisations and agencies bombarded the university management with calls to find out about the veracity of the drug.

    When The Nation visited the university to get more comments from Prof. Ibeh, the Provost of the College of Medicine, Prof. Vincent Iyawe, said they don’t want Prof. Ibeh to make further comments on the findings because they were investigating the claims.

    Prof. Iyawe said the university was not carried along during the research and that all procedures were not followed.