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Two expelled students of Delta State University, Abraka, JOY ENAOHWO AND OJEAH OBIAJULU have written a petition to the state house of assembly through their solicitors claiming that they were unjustifiably expelled from the university. In their petition they claim victimisation by their head of the Department, Fine and Applied Art, Dr U.N.O Edewor. The petition was presented yesterday during plenary by the member representing Ethiope East Constituency HON (CHIEF) EVANCE OCHUKO IVWURIE. After the prayers the house directed the House committee on Public Petition to look into the merit of the Petitions. For the full story on how it happened read their petition below: 23rd February, 2017. The Rt. Hon. Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Okpanam Road, Asaba, Delta State. Dear Sir, PETITION AGAINST DR U.N.O EDEWOR AND THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY: A DEMAND FOR THE IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT OF TWO FEMALE STUDENTS, ENAOWHO JOY AND OJEAH OBIAJULU SILVER, WHO WERE UNJUSTIFIABLY EXPELLED FROM THE DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY. The above subject matter refers. We are Solicitors to ENAOWHO JOY (FOA/13/14/220090) and OJEAH OBIAJULU SILVER (FOA/13/14/219517) on whose behalf we write. Sir, we are constrained to bring to your attention and indeed seek the urgent intervention of the Delta State House of Assembly, being Legislative arm with a view to obtaining justice for the aforesaid two female fine art students of the Delta State University who have been made victims of oppression and highhandedness by their lecturer and the university management led by the Vice Chancellor. It is also important to draw your attention to the issues herein contained considering that they are capable of damaging the fabric of tertiary education in the state, if not curtailed. The gravamen of the case of the aforesaid two female students is to the effect that both of them are 300Level Students of the Delta State University, studying Fine and Applied Arts. Both of them sat for course FAA 211 Drawing Examination on the 20th of July, 2016. They wrote the examination peacefully and submitted their scripts in accordance with the relevant rules and regulation of the Delta State University. There was no incidence of examination malpractice of any sort relating to them and they had no issues, whatsoever, with the Invigilators for the examination. They also filled and signed the attendance sheet for the examination as required of them. However, a day after the examination was written, the course lecturer and Head of the Department of Fine and Applied Art, one Dr U.N.O Edewor phoned and invited one of them (Enaowho Joy) to come to his office immediately, to which she complied. Upon her arrival Dr Edewor alleged that she and her friend, Ojeah Silver engaged someone to write the examination for them. The student was surprised at the allegation and vehemently denied same. She sought to know from Dr Edewor the grounds for the allegation or any proof for his allegation but he could not provide any. It is instructive to note that the said Dr Edewor was not present at the examination hall and there is no report by the Invigilators of the examination regarding any incidence of examination malpractice against the two female students to support the allegations made by Dr Edewor. In spite of his absence from the examination hall or any report from the Invigilators to rely upon and notwithstanding the lack of evidence to support his spurious claims, Dr U.N.O Edewor flagrantly abused his position as the Chairman of the Examination Malpractice Disciplinary Committee of the Delta State University and phoned Enaowho Joy again to come back to his office the same day, which she did. He then issued her with two letters of invitation to appear before the Examination Malpractice Disciplinary Committee the following day. He also instructed her to give the second letter to her friend, Ojeah Silver. The next day, being two days after the examination, the two female students (Enaowho Joy and Ojeah Obiajulu Silver) duly appeared before the Examination Malpractice Disciplinary Committee. Amazingly, the panel was chaired and presided over by Dr Edewor himself. In fact, he was the only one amongst the panellist who spoke throughout the proceedings; the other panellists were practically onlookers. He accused the two students of engaging someone to write the examination for them. No evidence was presented, the source of the information relied upon by him was not disclosed, no witness was called, no reference was made to any malpractice incidence or any report showing the two girls were caught indulging in examination malpractice etc. The two students denied the allegations and narrated how they prepared for and wrote the examination by themselves, including the fact that they duly signed the attendance register for the examination but Dr U.N.O Edewor whose mind was made up ahead of time would have none of it and so he entered a guilty verdict against the two students upon which they were allegedly expelled from the University. The two students were later informed of their expulsion via a publication on the University’s website. It is important to note that at the committee hearing, Dr Edewor played the role of the Complainant, Prosecutor (in actual fact Persecutor) and the Judge over the matter and by so doing violated a fundamental tenet of natural justice which in latin is stated thus: “Nemo Judex in causa sua”, meaning no man shall be a judge in his own case. He also violated the second principle of fair hearing which is also stated in latin thus; “Audi alterem patem”, meaning listen the other side. The Committee hearings were actually a charade, put up by Dr Edewor to give effect to his heinous motives of inflicting injustice on the two students. In effect, the two students were denied fair hearing. It is unacceptable for Dr Edewor to preside over a matter where he is the complainant/accuser. These actions of Dr Edewor are condemnable, unacceptable in a citadel of higher learning and constitutes an affront against the constitutionally guaranteed right of fair hearing enshrined In Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The likes of Dr Edewor must not be allowed to continue to hide under the cover of “Mr Lecturer” and Examination Disciplinary Committee to perpetuate injustice against innocent students. Sir, having regards to the foregoing, the following questions naturally comes to mind, namely; i. What is the identity of the person (s) alleged to have written the examination for the two students? ii. Since Dr Edewor was absent from the examination hall, who were the witnesses that saw another person(s) write examination for the two students? iii. Why was the person(s) not apprehended in the examination hall? iiii. Why were the students not made to fill examination malpractice and irregularities form in accordance with the rules of the University? v. Why is there no Invigilator’s report indicting the students for examination malpractice? vi. Why will Dr Edewor who is the Lecturer for the Course, Head of Department and Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee play the role of the Complainant, Prosecutor and the Judge in the same matter? Could it be that he has a personal and hidden agenda against the two students or even one of them? vii. How did Dr Edewor discover that someone wrote the examination for the two students? viii. Who is actually the Chairman of the Delta State University Examination Malpractice Disciplinary Committee Chairman? How many members are in the committee and who are they? Can a single member of the committee indicts a student, issued and signed invitation letters to the student and then presides over the hearing for the same matter, all within two days? Does that not give room for real likelihood of bias against such a student? ix. Under the Delta States University Rules and Regulation, can a single lecturer phone a student at home, direct her to come to his office immediately, give her a letter directing her to appear before the Examination Malpractice Disciplinary Committee the following day and then summarily try and expel the student from the University within two days after the examination? x. Between the Dr Edewor and the Vice Chancellor, who bears the responsibility of remedying the injustices inflicted on the students and assuaging them for the setback in their studies? xi. How many other students of the Delta State University have fallen victim of this sort of injustice meted to the two female students in this case? xii. How many other lecturers and Head of Department are there in the Delta State University similar to Dr Edewor who are victimising innocent students and causing untold hardship to their families and Nigerians at large? xiii. Is Dr U. N. O Edewor not an embarrassment to the Delta State University? It is no doubt a wonder that the identity of the person(s) allegedly engaged by the two female students has remained a mystery till date and the source of Dr Edewor’s information has never been disclosed, yet the two female student’s studies are being truncated over allegations that cannot be substantiated. It is also noteworthy that Dr Edewor’s actions and the procedure leading to the arbitrary expulsion of the two female students falls short of the established rules and regulation of the Delta State University for Examination malpractice which requires that; a. A student caught engaging in examination malpractice is made to fill the examination malpractice form on the spot. b. The Chief Invigilator is then required to submit a written report to the Dean of the Faculty. c. On receipt of the Report, the Dean is required to promptly investigate the alleged malpractice and within one week forward a report/recommendation to the Student’s disciplinary committee. The foregoing is the laid down procedure for examination malpractice and disciplinary action contained in the Delta State University Student’s Information Handbook (see page 296-297). Curiously, this procedure was not followed and what Dr Edewor did is nothing but a sham and same ought to be reversed immediately for the sake of justice, fairness and equity. Not to reverse it is to endorse and enthrone oppression, arbitrariness, wickedness and insensitivity to the plight of our young ones, which if allowed to continue, is capable of throwing the university system into chaos and capable of endangering not only the future of our youths but the institution of higher learning itself and ultimately the future of our dear state. Sir, in view of the foregoing, it must be stated in very unequivocal terms that the expulsion of the two female students, Enaowho Joy and Ojeah Obiajulu Silver, from the Delta State University is unjustifiable, unlawful, unconstitutional, unsustainable, indefensible, arbitrary, oppressive and unacceptable. No one has the right to jeopardise the future of others on baseless and spurious allegations. We therefore demand that the said expulsion be set aside with immediate effect and the students be reinstated forthwith. They ought to be in 400level right now having completed their 300level and thus we demand that they be reinstated to the class where they ought to be now, in such a way that they must graduate with their classmates who are currently in 400level. This is the only way they can be assuaged. We state that Dr Edewor is an embarrassment to the Delta State University. Thus, we accordingly demand that Dr Edewor be thoroughly investigated and appropriate sanctions be meted to him for perversion of justice, for putting the university in a bad light and for being an embarrassment to the Delta State the University. This we believe would serve as a deterrent to other lecturers who have been indulging in or who may want to indulge in similar illegality and abuse of office in the University. Thankfully, the Delta State House of Assembly enjoys oversight powers over the executive arm of government, inclusive of the Delta State University. We therefore respectfully urge you Sir, to use your good offices to intervene in the matter with a view to setting aside the unjustifiable expulsion of the two female students and have them reinstated forthwith. We thank you. Yours faithfully, Oviemuno Obobolo Esq. Principal Counsel. CC: 1. His Excellency, the Governor of Delta State. 2. The Honourable Chairman, Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Education. 3. The Honourable Member Representing Ethiope East Constituency, Delta State House of Assembly. 4. The Honourable Commissioner for Higher Education, Delta State Ministry of Higher Education, Asaba, Delta State

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Proudlyngwa:
This match will not be televised in the United Kingdom, am working on getting the streaming station on Mobdro or P. C, any one with a working link should mention me, so I can score.

Well done broda
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reallest:
All this funny people sha,Some Muslims and Christians mumu sha

Y e b say na d two u insult? Na only 1 u 4 insult na, Oghene ro

An Egyptian cleric has earned the ire of the country’s Christian community by claiming that the Prophet Mohammed would marry Mary, the mother of Jesus, in heaven.
Dr. Salem Abdel Galil, a scholar at the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo, made the inflammatory remarks on his TV show,“Muslims are asking.”
“There were only four perfect women,”he told viewers.“Maryam [Mary], with whom it began; and Asiya, the wife of the pharaoh; and Khadija bint Khuwaylid [the first wife of the Prophet]; and Fatima the daughter of the Prophet. Peace and prayers to her and our prophet.”
“The Prophet himself pointed to the high position of Maryam. And can I belittle her position, saying it only refers to a specific time and place? No! She was chosen among the wives of both worlds. Four women were chosen with Maryam. And Maryam is the first among them! And she will be the wife of our favorite Mohammed in heaven, and she will be the first to enter heaven together with the greatest prophets. And not just with the prophets, but with the greatest prophets!”
Galil’s comments drew anger from members of Egypt’s Christian minority. Nader Soubhi, of the Christian Youth Movement for Orthodox Copts, demanded an apology.
“We Christians don’t recognize any aspect of the Virgin Mary except her sanctity, her purity and her virginity. The Virgin Mary will never lose any of these,”he said, as quotedby the liberal newspaper Elaph.
Mary is a revered figure in Islam. She is believed to have maintained her chastity all her life, and some scholars have suggested she would become the wife of the Prophet Mohammed in the afterlife. However, such a relationship is not mentioned in either the Koran or the Hadiths.
1 Christian killed for their faith every 6 minutes in 2016 – study https:///GgnL8VpFog— RT (@RT_com) 29 декабря 2016 г.
This latest controversy comes in the midst of renewed tension between Egypt’s Sunni Muslim majority and Coptic Christians, who form around 10 percent of the population. After the overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 2013, Coptic Christians became the target of increased violence and sectarian rioting from Muslims who accused them of siding with the military.
In December 2016, a Sunday service was bombedin a Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, killing 27 people. One of the victims was a 10-year-old girl. The Islamic State terrorist group took responsibility for the attack.
https://www.rt.com/news/375361-mary-mohammed-egyptian-scholar/
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Continuation
It makes me cry, when I see people who are cheerful givers, only when they wish to hurt. I mean, the vulcanizer who had refused to give me little money to buy food for mama suddenly donated a tyre worth thousands of Naira, for the mob to burn me with. Mama Tune who complained abt recession, suddenly donated a litre of petrol for them to burn me with. Everybody is donating matchsticks, and I'm wondering: why this generosity? Why is the recession suddenly over? Why were they stingy until now?
See, i'm not saying it's okay to steal. I'm saying it is okay to forgive. I'm saying a little kindness would have gone a long way. I'm not scared of death, or the mob anymore. I'm scared of those that live as they are already dead-heartless, merciless. I am scared of people who act as if they are sacrosanct and unbiased. To my murderers, I ask: if at home, you discover that your son, or brother, or nephew stole a handful of garri from storeroom, will you kill him? Will you shout at the top of your voice till the whole neighborhood gathers about him? Why not just scold me..... And let me live?
Tell Risikat that I could't save us. Tell her to gather my ashes when I am done burning. But never tell mama that the handful of garri that revived her had been gotten in exchange for my life. Tell God i'm dead, and, I was killed by men meaner than the devil himself!
Tell LAGOS: I came, I saw, and I conquered..... Somehow!
Tell yourself that i'm gone, forget that I ever lived!
Tell me goodbye..... Say no more. That'll be enough for my lifeless bones.....
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Proudlyngwa were u Dey. wen I read dis tin finish I almost cry
Proudlyngwa. Tank u 4 everytin

I saw dis in our bulletin so I decided 2 share wit u guyz.
BECAUSE OF D BOY DEY BURNT IN LAGOS
***Saving mama***
Today, mama's health condition worsened drastically, and the doctor threatened, despite my tears, to abandon mama and let her die if I don't find a way to fetch her food. You see, the treatment wouldn't work, because she hadn't eaten for days. There is no food at home, no money either. Sometimes, she falls when she stands, and cries lik a baby, when the doctor's injections come rushing down her veins. It's painful! Risikat, my younger sister, is a lorry-load of pain. I've seen her cry, countless times, because OF mama's state. Sometimes, she'd kneel before mama, and tear her own clothe open, and bring out her little breast, and tell her to "suck and live", hoping to feed mama with breastmilk. But she is only five years old, and hasn't eaten for days either. So no breastmilk comes out..... And that makes her cry.
Sometimes, Lagos is a city. But most times, it's a battlefield! I got tired of the war at home and I raced to market for help. I had a little bowl, no larger than a baby's head, and I walked from table to table..... Begging for food;begging for love. I thought they'd understand, by looking at my face, how much I've been through, and how my mother's life depends on how much food I go back home with. I told them of how papa had died two years ago; but no one cared. They talked about recession, and of problems here and there. None spared a drop, none stooped to give. No one! People are hesitant to help the poor..... They'd watch you fall and crawl, weeping for help, and refuse to help. But the very rich get all the favours in d world, without even asking. I thought Tune's mother would help me out with a coup of garri from her table. She refused, I stole a handful and ran away..... I thought she would forgive!

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pcaliphate:
I just saw mine Lagos

Are u serious

My broda, census is smtin every country need 2 do weda recession period or no recession. Let me go in biblical way. Even king David did census. D importants of census can never b emphasize, I ll agree wit u dt it ll take cost, bt wit d help of census 1 can b able 2 plan well 4 her citizens, insecurity is 1 of d problem u raised, I ll agree wit u bt does it min dt as a nation, u ll nt b able 2 hv d total number of population? U brot d idea of National i.d bt ll it b done 4 free? moni ll also b involved, bt d only difference is dt while national i.d ll b restricted 2 certain age, census has no age limit. D only problem I ll point out is dt of muslim wu ll nt allow u to knw d number of children or wives Dey hv dereby giving a false result.
Without census Hw ll u b able 2 knw d death rate or birth rate??
Many pipo ll suggest birth register, bt Hw many pipo ll give birth in hospital.
Even church register could hv been beta, bt Hw many churches do hv dia baptismal register? To me, a country can nt be planned without census

Muzikluva:
so, I am back here,thank God...I finally saw my name. I chose Niger,Kebbi,Ogun and Bayelsa states. I am not through with my registration though, I tried paying the fee online but it wasn't going through. I was advised to go to the bank and pay it. anyone who had such difficulty here please?

I had such difficulty but I later went to d bank to pay wit d email Dey sent to me containing d reference numb,just go to any bank wit 3040,after some minutes of ur payments,u can go print ur gree card

justifiedcoyy:
morning my pple.. hope y'all slept well



James 1 vs 2-4

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

good.news await all of us today

Nysc don turn some pple to pastors,

Proudlyngwa:
May the good lord continue guiding us.

Amen, as we work in his vineyard

Proudlyngwa:
I support all you say, LOVE CONQUERETH ALL
Love though is not enough to win over new converts, there needs to be seen something in a Christian that will make an unbeliever change his mind.
Love
Dignity
Preservation
Radiation
........

I marry my hands 4 u. Bravo

Proudlyngwa:
The bible asked to be perfect as our father in Heaven is perfect, even though this is a tall order , we must at least try. Unfortunately Christian has become a title not an attitude.

My broda even if christianity has turned 2 smtin else, wit ur love nd sacrifices, u can mak a different. If we view it in dis perspective, den I hv 2 adjust 2 my way of life nd our two keep doin home work of telling pipo d truth dt christianity is all abt love of God nd humanity, den b rest assured dt if we speak 2 20persons, I blive 2 can change. Nd smtimes our habit or our way of life can influence many pipo. So my broda according 2 " st Teresa, Do nt tink dt love, in order 2 b genuine, has to b extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired". If we show dese pipo love, den u hv made dem realize Hw useful Dey are. Infact christianity is love. For we 2 be perfect, is 4 we to love 1 another

U are very correct. To convert sm1 u must ist convert urself. U must also try to give room 4 dem. Bible is needed wen it is required. many blivers can quote 4rm Genesis 2 revolution, yet can nt comprehend wat is inside

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Greatness366:
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Greatness366:
Are u a delsuite?pls which name did u see and where

Yea am a delsuite,a graduate of 2015,i saw my name in d senate list wit connects, but I heard Dey are still typing d names to be uploaded tonight

donnybee:

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donnybee:
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