Delta State

By Ahmad Deedat Zakari

A young man identified as Emmanuel has dragged the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanw-Olu, to court over claims that the governor is his father and has refused to acknowledge paternity.

Emmanuel’s lawyer, John Aikpokpo-Martins, revealed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday. 

According to Aikpokpo-Martins, his client had approached the Delta State High Court claiming that the governor is his biological father. He noted that his client requested the governor to waive his constitutional immunity to undergo a DNA test to confirm the claim. 

He further stated that the governor had filed court processes refusing to waive his immunity and undergo a DNA test. As a result, the court has adjourned the case to January 17, 2023, to hear the objection of the governor. 

In the court processes seen by the Daily Reality, Emmanuel sought the following orders : 

“A declaration that the Defendant is the biological father of the claimant begotten from Madam Grace Moses of Oleri, Delta State.

“An order directing and compelling the Defendant to acknowledge and accord the claimant all the rights of a son in accordance with all the laws applicable whether customarily, statutorily or constitutionally.

“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from further denying the parenthood of the claimant”

By Uzair Adam Imam 

Ovie Omo-Agege, the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, has decried the worrisome development of ‘sex for grades’ rocking the tertiary institutions in Nigeria today, urging the male lecturers to zip up trousers.

The senator representing Delta State described the development as an “extraordinary harm that negatively impacts the standard of education.”

The Daily Trust reported that Omo-Agege made the disclosure Saturday, August 20, 2022, at Sofadondo 2023 National Conference in Abuja.

The conference was themed; “Sex For Marks And Marks For Sex, Establishing The Change Mantra For National Growth And Development”.

Omo-Agege asserted that harassment instils fear, and fear has no place in the world of intellectualism.

He added, “Without question, the scourge of sexual harassment with its obnoxious sub-culture of sex for grades in our tertiary institutions is extraordinary harm that negatively impacts the standards of education in our tertiary institutions.

“The sexual harassment law protects the right of students to learn peaceably deprived of any form of harassment. Without any doubt, our students, especially daughters and wives, deserve tertiary learning environments devoid of sexual harassment.

“The essence of university education is to expose students to new research and technology. Studying at a university encourages creative and independent thought, which could bring about positive socioeconomic transformation in society. 

“Higher institutions retain the singular ability to transform this nation for greater developmental exploits because that is where the base of our most productive youths reside. They represent the hope of our salvation for national growth and development.

“Harassment instils fear, and fear has no place in the world of intellectualism. If students are unable to express themselves because lecturers are mean, fraudulent, lecherous, manipulating and self-seeking, predatory, wicked, and uncaring, then where will innovations come from? 

“Through such a process, the lecturers will promote those who are undeserving, elevate the mediocre and frustrate brilliant students.

“University education is a serious business that requires commitment and focus. We, therefore, need to create a new paradigm for university education in the country. We need to change the objective of education so that we work towards productivity. We must see our children inventing and innovating things and taking control of their own future and the future of the country.

“It is now the responsibility of every Nigerian to fight this tyranny on campuses. Society itself needs to deliberately give proper orientation to our children. There is a need to break the culture of silence come out of stigmatization. 

The more people speak out about this evil and call out its perpetrators, the more we liberate Nigeria’s youth from bondage and ensure the country’s future. This will also activate the legal and judicial system, which is not just largely untested but also overdue for an overhaul to take care of this menace.

“I also call on journalists, human rights activists, and indeed all stakeholders to be part of this fight. I urge male lecturers to zip up and uphold the ethics of their profession. They should not hesitate to cry out in good time when experiencing any pressure from any female student, whether directly or indirectly,” he stated.

By Ahmad Deedat Zakari

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that they are aware of the strange illness that ravaged a secondary school in Delta State.

NCDC broke its long overdue silence in a Facebook post on Saturday, July 23, 2022.

The center said :”The NCDC is aware of an unknown illness reported among secondary school children in Delta State.

“We are in touch with the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria and Delta State Ministry of Health to investigate and respond accordingly.

We will communicate with Nigerians as the situation evolves.”

Ten students of the econdary school in were reportedly hospitalized over a seizure-like illness. One of the affected students has been reported dead since then.

The affected school has been shutdown indefinitely.

By Muhammad Sabiu

The Delta State Police Command has nabbed a 23-year-old man named Godspower Adigheti for allegedly killing his girlfriend Gift Oloku.

It was discovered that Oloku, a student at the Delta State Polytechnic in Ozoro, was allegedly murdered by the suspect because she had broken his iPhone 11 Pro Max.

According to sources, Adigheti got into a disagreement with the deceased, who shared a home with him, over what she did there.

It was learned that the suspect’s iPhone 11 Pro Max’s screen was broken during the tense altercation.

The woman passed away in a hospital, according to State Police Public Relations Officer DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident in a statement.

The statement reads, “On July 16, 2022, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ozoro received a distress call that one Godspower Adigheti, 23, of Oramudu quarters, inflicted machete cuts on his 22-year-old girlfriend, Gift Oloku.

“The lady was taken to a hospital where she was confirmed dead. Meanwhile, the suspect is in custody, and an investigation is ongoing into the matter.”

By Uzair Adam Imam

Emeka Nwogbo, a teacher at Arise and Shine Nursery and Primary School Asaba, apprehended over allegations of beating his 19-month-old pupil, Obinna Udeze, to death, has debunked the allegation.

Nwogbo argued that there must be other underlying issues that killed Udeze as he claimed the child didn’t die while he was punishing him.

He stated that he flogged the late Udeze as he had to whip ’a baby’ and that the child was punished because he pushed another child.

The teacher said, “I did not cane the child to death; I flogged him as I’m supposed to flog a child. I flogged him as little as I could; I did not kill the child.

“I am not responsible for his death. They should go and check this thing very well. I flogged the child because he pushed another child and hit the other child’s head,” he added.

The 19-month-old pupil breathed her last after allegedly being given 31 strokes of the cane by the school owner on Monday, February 7, 2022.

The baby had fallen into a coma after he was beaten while the beating left several marks on his body, and died five days later at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, the state capital.

While addressing the journalists, the state police commissioner, Ari Muhammed Ali, said a” post mortem examination will be carried out to ascertain at least the cause of death.”