The Federal University of Technology Akure ,FUTA has suspended the students involved in the bullying of a female student in one of the off campus hostels on Saturday November 16,2019 even as it continues with investigations into the circumstances that led to the odious and unfortunate act.

The University deplores such behavior and reiterates that all those found to be culpable will be visited with the full weight of the law under the extant rules and regulations governing Students behavior and conduct off and on the campus at the conclusion of investigation being carried out by the Students Affairs Division.

The University Management is providing medical and counseling support for the affected student.

The University reiterates its abhorrence of any action or behavior by students that are inimical to the well-being of others and will continue to sanction students who run foul of its rules and regulations.

For the avoidance of doubt only students who are worthy in learning and character can lay claim to and be addressed as FUTA students.

Adegbenro Adebanjo
Deputy Director
Corporate Communications
FUTA
November 17,2019

A video going viral on Twitter shows the heartbreaking moment some FUTA students ganged up to beat up a 100 level female student.

In the shocking video, four girls and a boy can be seen surrounding the 100 level student, whose name has been given as Bolu. They seem to have cornered her in a room, with the only means of escape blocked by one of the students.

The bullies begin by aggressively ordering her to “kneel down”. They all held cables and mop sticks as they asked her to go on her knees.

At first, Bolu laughs and doesn’t obey them. Enraged, the only boy in their midst slaps her across the face multiple times, then begins to flog her all over with a cable. The lady holding a wooden mop stick then uses the stick on Bolu too.

Soon, others join in, all of them hitting Bolu at the same time as she asks, “What did I do?”

At some point, the women try to pull off Bolu’s shirt. One of the women carrying out the assault was referred to as “Bimpe” in the video.

The video of the assault lasted for about two minutes At the end of the video was a warning to 100 level students to watch their mouth.

According to online reports, one of the female bullies had an issue with Bolu and she reported to her school father. It was the boy who then led the assault on Bolu.

Bolu, a 100 Level Ecotourism and Wildlife Management student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, was severely injured in the attack and is receiving treatment.

The video has generated outrage and Nigerians are calling for all the attackers to be found and punished.

Watch the shocking video below;

A 46 year-old pastor, Evangelist Chidi Eke has died while fasting for 40 days and nights in Eziala Nguru in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo State.

It was gathered that the deceased, who had abandoned his wife and two children in Lagos and came back to the village, was last year said to have embarked on evangelism.

Village sources told The Nation that the deceased had planned to start his own ministry and that he announced he would go to the “wilderness” to obtain power from God before operating his own ministry.

It was learnt that Eke started by first successfully fasting for 21 days before embarking on 40 days and 40 nights dry fasting.

One of the village sources told journalists, “During the first and second week of his fast, people who had gone to their farms heard him singing and praying loudly. But after the third week nobody heard his voice again and most people thought that perhaps he must have gone deep into meditation.

“But one of his church members, one Cyriacus Opara who became worried and insisted that he needed to visit him at the forest.

“When Opara approached the family that he wanted to visit Chidi Eke in the “Wilderness”, they told him that they don’t actually know the exact location where he was and that Eke had earlier issued a stern warning that he did not want any visitors because he had left his phone and money at home and had only gone with his Bible and gown.”

The family members, it was learnt, had directed Opara to one Cajethan Nwaneri as the only person who knew the location of the “Wilderness” since he had assisted the deceased evangelist in clearing it.

According to Duke one of the relations of the deceased, it was Nwaneri who had directed Opara to the location and when he got to the place discovered that Eke had long died as his body was already decomposing and immediately raised the alarm.

He said, “Eke had abandoned his wife and two children, a boy and girl in Lagos and returned back to the village saying that he has come to answer the call of God. His corpse was discovered by one of his members who had gone to check on him in the bush where he had gone. Eke is the only son of his mother. In fact it was members of the community under the leadership of Tochukwu Ekeh (Angle 90) who are going to bear the burden of burying him.”

It was learnt that as a result of the unfortunate incident the community has henceforth banned people from fasting and praying inside the bush and that if they must fast and pray it must be in their own homes.

A Catholic Priest identified as Rev. Fr Edmund Nwagbala has lost his life in a fire incident at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Nnewi-Ichi Uruagu, Anambra State.

The cause of the fire which started at the parish house at about 3a.m, today and the Anambra State Fire Service was deployed to the scene. However, the priest had already died before the fire could be put out.

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US Universities and the Importance of Accreditation: What you need to know about any University claiming to be US accredited.

Accreditation is important because it helps determine if an institution meets or exceeds minimum standards of quality and helps students determine acceptable institutions for enrollments.

Some universities claim that they are Approved or Registered in a particular state. This does not mean that they accredited but that they can operate as a business in that state.

In the US to be an Accredited university such university must be accredited by one of the Regionally Accrediting Organisations which are the following:

• Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
• Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
• New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

Generally speaking if a US university is not accredited by one of the above accrediting organizations then is not considered accredited.

Examples of accredited universities:

Columbia University : Columbia is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, one of six regional higher education accrediting agencies in the United States https://provost.columbia.edu/content/accreditation

University of Texas: Accreditation. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, professional, masters, and doctorate degrees. https://provost.utexas.edu/sai

University of California: Each University of California campus is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/academic-planning/accreditation.html

What Is A Diploma Mill

A diploma mill (also known as a degree mill) is an organization that awards academic degrees and diplomas with substandard or no academic study and without academic approval by officially recognized educational accrediting bodies or qualified government agencies.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma_mills_in_the_United_States

How to Spot a Non-Accredited University

Typically such universities instead of listing one of the above regionally accrediting agencies they will mention that they are Approved or Licensed or they are authorised etc. They will not simply state that we are accredited by such and such Regionally Accredited Agency as per above examples.

Some US universities delivering online degrees are claiming to be licensed under the Degree-Granting Institution Rules of a specific state and not under one of the Regionally Accrediting Bodies. The issue is that states do not accredit universities and they do not offer state accreditation. States provide an approval for such an operation to operate as a business. Specific programs still need to be accredited by one of the regionally accredited bodies if such programs are to be considered accredited.