Just as the rains continues, flood prone communities in Delta state have expressed fears and cried out for help. Presently, flood has submerged Esemokugbene community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. It would be recalled that the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, had in a statement alerted that some communities in Delta will experience severe flooding. An indigene of the community, Alaowei Cleric Ebikonbowei, Esq, told newsmen that, “the major challenge of the community is the seasonal flooding. “As we speak, the community has been submerged by the flood and it will not recede until the end of November.…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from Delta State University, Abraka. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience of reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
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Following his alleged rape of female students and daughter of his colleague in University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, Vice Chancellor of the Institue, Prof. Florence Obi, has suspended and relieved Prof. Cyril Ndifon of his position as Dean of the Faculty of Law. He has also been barred from entering the university’s campus except he is invited by the panel to be constituted to investigate the various allegations of sexual assault against female students. The suspension notice was conveyed in a letter dated Friday, August 17, 2023, and signed by the registrar of the university, Gabriel Egbe. The…
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Sinem Abasi Ekong, a professor at the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom, has recounted an incident involving Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the embattled Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar in Cross River State. Ekong’s daughter, a 20-year-old student, was allegedly raped by Ndifon in his office. The account provided by Prof. Ekong reveals the distressing details of the incident: According to Prof. Ekong, the incident took place on August 29 when her daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar. Ekong’s daughter…