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Following allegations of sexual harassment by a senior female university staff member, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) in Ekiti State, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, has been suspended from office.
The suspension, which takes effect immediately, followed the intervention of the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa.
Meanwhile, Prof. Samuel Olubunmi Shittu, a Professor of Soil Science and the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), has been appointed as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university for six months, Persecondnews reports.
The complainant, Engr. Folasade Adebayo, had petitioned the university’s Governing Council, accusing the VC of sexual misconduct.
The Chairman of the Governing Council, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) had convened an emergency virtual meeting of the university’s Governing Council on Monday, April 14 and the Council resolved to remove Prof. Fasina from office under the guise of accumulated leave rather than outright suspension.
Prof. Fasina had pleaded with the Council to allow him to proceed on his accrued annual and research leave instead of facing direct suspension since his tenure is due to end in August.
A statement by the university’s Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Mufutau A. Ibrahim, on Monday said: “The Governing Council of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) at its 7th Emergency Meeting held online on Monday, 14th April, 2025, considered the request of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, to proceed on his accumulated Annual and Research Leave and approved six (6) months, being 126 working days out of his total entitlements of 228 days with effect from today, Monday, 14th April, 2025.”
“In the interim, the Council has appointed Professor Samuel Olubunmi Shittu, a Professor of Soil Science and the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university for the next six months.
US music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges added to the criminal racketeering and sex trafficking case against him, which is expected to go to trial next month.
The superseding indictment includes an additional charge of sex trafficking and one of transportation to engage in prostitution, relating to a woman identified by prosecutors only as “Victim-2.”
Combs, 55, appeared in federal court in New York to deny the accusations that could spell more prison time if the multi-millionaire entertainer is convicted.
In the new charges, prosecutors say that over the course of two decades Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct.”
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With employees and resources of his business empire, Combs created a criminal enterprise that engaged in crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, prosecutors said.
The hip hop magnate is accused of sexually abusing people and coercing them into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence, with prosecutors also alleging he forced employees to work long hours while demanding their silence.
He has denied all charges thus far, insisting that any sex acts were consensual.
The trial is expected to start in May with jury selection but US media reported that one of his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, said Monday the defense might request a two-week delay to examine new evidence.
The judge gave the defense two days to make their request in writing.
Public allegations have been building against the Grammy winner since late 2023 when singer Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, alleged Combs subjected her to more than a decade of coercion by physical force and drugs, as well as a 2018 rape.
Along with the federal criminal case, Combs faces a mountain of civil suits that allege harrowing abuse by the artist with assistance from a loyal network of employees and associates.
The rap superstar has been incarcerated since September, during which time he has started to look noticeably aged, with a crop of salt-and-pepper hair.
US music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges added to the criminal racketeering and sex trafficking case against him, which is expected to go to trial next month.
The superseding indictment includes an additional charge of sex trafficking and one of transportation to engage in prostitution, relating to a woman identified by prosecutors only as “Victim-2.”
Combs, 55, appeared in federal court in New York to deny the accusations that could spell more prison time if the multi-millionaire entertainer is convicted.
In the new charges, prosecutors say that over the course of two decades Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct.”
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With employees and resources of his business empire, Combs created a criminal enterprise that engaged in crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, prosecutors said.
The hip hop magnate is accused of sexually abusing people and coercing them into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence, with prosecutors also alleging he forced employees to work long hours while demanding their silence.
He has denied all charges thus far, insisting that any sex acts were consensual.
The trial is expected to start in May with jury selection but US media reported that one of his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, said Monday the defense might request a two-week delay to examine new evidence.
The judge gave the defense two days to make their request in writing.
Public allegations have been building against the Grammy winner since late 2023 when singer Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, alleged Combs subjected her to more than a decade of coercion by physical force and drugs, as well as a 2018 rape.
Along with the federal criminal case, Combs faces a mountain of civil suits that allege harrowing abuse by the artist with assistance from a loyal network of employees and associates.
The rap superstar has been incarcerated since September, during which time he has started to look noticeably aged, with a crop of salt-and-pepper hair.
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The clubhouse clock was ticking towards 11pm on the night of Rory McIlroy’s greatest day in golf.
In the hours that followed his dramatic play-off win over Justin Rose to land his first Masters Green Jacket, the Northern Irishman talked and talked and talked.
First to CBS’s Jim Nantz and Augusta chairman Fred Ridley in the Butler Cabin, then to the assembled members for the formal prize presentation. Then numerous television interviews, the media in the sumptuous press building.
Then to the clubhouse, where he joined club members in the Grill Room to discuss the dramatic preceding hours that had captivated the sporting world. And then more television interviews.
Eventually he emerged into an adjacent room where we had been waiting – BBC Northern Ireland’s Stephen Watson and RTE’s Greg Allen – colleagues with whom I’ve shared so much time covering McIlroy’s extraordinary career.
As he entered the room, the new Masters champion saw us waiting, puffed out his cheeks, leaned forward resting his elbows on the back of a sofa and gave us a look that said it all.
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The jacket was a perfect fit, a deeper green than you might imagine and in that moment came the realisation that he had actually done it. The burden had lifted, never again would we be able to ask the questions that had nagged him for more than a decade.
Now, aged 35, he is an all-time great. Indisputably. He sits alongside Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen – the only male golfers to have won all four of the tournaments that matter most.
The Grand Slam eluded some of golf’s greatest names; Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Seve Ballesteros, Sir Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson.
Now with five majors, McIlroy moves alongside Ballesteros and trails Faldo by one. Given that he is the first man from the continent to complete the Slam, Northern Ireland’s sporting superstar might have eclipsed Faldo.
It could be argued that way, given McIlroy’s 28 PGA Tour victories including two Players Championships. Outside his three Masters and three Open titles, Faldo won only three other events that count on the PGA Tour.
But it would be churlish to say either way, comparing eras is a fool’s errand. What can be said is that McIlroy is in the conversation for being Europe’s greatest men’s golfer.
And now he has shed a family of gorillas from his back he will be unburdened for future majors. The next one is at Quail Hollow, where he has enjoyed so much success in PGA Tour events.
McIlroy’s golfing talent is beyond question. The same could not be said of his temperament because of the weighty burden of an 11-year wait for his fifth major win.
The Masters was the biggest hurdle. He feels he should have won it in 2011 when he capitulated to a final round 80.
It is the tournament that inspired him to play the game, the one he wanted most. It is why nerves so very nearly got the better of him last Sunday.
The biggest battle was with himself. Golf is a test of nerve and that element undermines any technical gifts, no matter how grand they might be.
But somehow he clung on to deny Rose – a 44-year-old, who surely deserves another major and plays this game with commendable grace and class.
Too often golf sits in the sporting shadows, but last Sunday these two titans dragged the game into a spotlight that has rarely shone brighter.
McIlroy now sits alongside the greatest of UK sporting icons.
Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Lewis Hamilton, Sir Andy Murray, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Sir Mark Cavendish, Sir Chris Hoy, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Dame Laura Kenny, Sir Jimmy Anderson – the list goes on and the order can be argued any which way.
But you can see where McIlroy might end up.
The bottom line is that in golf and in sport in general, McIlroy is right up there. Supremely talented to the extent that he could conquer vulnerabilities that had threatened an under-achiever tagline.
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One of the most renowned managers in football history is revealed by BBC Sport in a fascinating, first-hand account of his remarkable management career, revealing how his combination of skillful man-management, tactical acumen, and ability to motivate his teams earned him two titles as the club’s winner in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010 – with Porto and Inter Milan.
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