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FUTO Rusticates students over exam Malpractices

The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, has expelled 10 students and rusticated 103 others over examination malpractice. According to Volume 40 No. 4 of FUTO News, yesterday, the Biology Department recorded four casualties; Biotechnology, two; Biochemistry, one; Maritime Management Technology, one, and Information Management Technology.

It stated: “At its 144th meeting, the Senate considered the report on the cases of the students accused of examination misconduct, during the 2016/2017 Rain Semester examinations and found them liable for being in possession of cell phones, which contained answers relevant to the examination.”

Similarly, FUTO management rusticated 103 students, “following Senate consideration at the same meeting, of a report on examination misconduct, which found them liable of impersonation and copying from one another.”

Also, some staff were either terminated, dismissed or suspended from duty for involvement in a wide range of offenses against the Insitution’s code of conduct.

Christine Lagarde Resigns as IMF Boss

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, on Tuesday released a statement that she had submitted her resignation from the IMF and it will take effect in September 2019 .

Lagarde in the statement said “I have met with the Executive Board and submitted my resignation from the Fund with effect from September 12, 2019. The relinquishment of my responsibilities as Managing Director announced previously will remain in effect until then With greater clarity now on the process for my nomination as ECB President and the time it will take, I have made this decision in the best interest of the Fund, as it will expedite the selection process for my successor,”

Ms. Largarde revealed that while the Executive Board would be taking the needed steps to proceed toward selecting her successor, David Lipton would remain the Fund’s acting managing director.

On July 9, the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council adopted a formal recommendation to nominate Ms Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank.

Ms Lagarde’s nomination will now be discussed by the ECB governing council and the European Parliament, and the final appointment by European Council in October.

Lagarde had hinted in July that she would relinquish her role as head of the IMF during the nomination process to be president of the European Central Bank.

July 16, 2019 ICPC Pledge To Continue Fighting Against Corruption

ICPC Pledge To Continue Fighting Against Corruption

the need to rid Nigeria of all forms or semblances of corruption remains absolute and as such, there is a need for absolute collaboration among agencies and individuals to fight systemic and endemic corruption.

This formed part of the resolutions reached at the Stakeholders Meeting, organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption – PACAC in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency – NOA in Akwa Ibom state.

The stakeholders meeting held in Uyo had as theme; “Value Reorientation and the Fight Against Corruption” and drew attendance from other anti-corruption agencies, religious leaders, civil society groups, youths, professionals and other groups who have stakes in the anti-corruption fight.

Setting the tone, chairman on the event, Professor FEMI ADEKUNLE, himself a member of PACAC, said though the anti-corruption war has faced numerous challenges, it must be sustained to achieve desired results.

The PACAC/NOA Stakeholders Meeting featured paper presentations by two erudite members of the academia; Dr ROBERT DODE, the Head, Political Science Department at the University of Uyo -UNIUYO; and Dr VICTOR USOH, a criminologist and lecturer with the National Open University of Nigeria -NOUN.

The two gentlemen, in their separate papers, noted the causes of corruption, its effects on the society, and also recommended stiffer penalties for offenders.

Later in a chat with Inspiration FM, host of the event and state Director, National Orientation Agency –NOA in the state, Mr ENO UYOH, said the theme of the meeting followed the need to rebuild hitherto broken values in citizens.

According to Mr UYOH, meetings like these was key to ensuring that the next generation of Nigerians look away from corrupt practices in their dealings.

At the event was the state commissioner for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission –ICPC, Mr OLUSOLA SHODIPO.

Correspondent OKODI OKODI reports that the ICPC boss also pledged their determination to sustain the fight against corruption in Nigeria.


Will Amir Khan Still Face Manny Pacquiao in November?

Barely 3 hours after Amir Khan announced that agreements had been reached between his camp and Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao’s publicist has denied a deal has been agreed for a fight to hold in Saudi Arabia this November.

Amir Khan had claimed the bout in Riyadh on 8 November was “signed off and done” following his stoppage win over Australia’s Billy Dib in the Saudi Arabia on Friday.

But Pacquiao’s spokesperson Fred Sternberg refuted Manny had signed any contract.

“As far as I know it hasn’t been even discussed,”
“Manny has been in training camp for the past eight weeks, four in the Philippines and four in the States, and he hasn’t met with Amir Khan during that time.”

A proposed fight between Khan and Pacquiao fell through in 2017 and the 40-year-old icon is scheduled to fight American Keith Thurman in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Pacquiao holds a record of 61 wins, seven defeats and two draws in a 24-year professional career while Khan has 34 wins and five defeats to his name.

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