A man has been
arrested in connection with the murder of a female student of Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state.
22-year-old Chinasa
Pauline Agbata, who was a 300 Level Linguistics student of the institution, was
murdered in March this year and her body was dumped at the gate of the campus.
The Public
Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed,
told newsmen that one Onudili Somtochukwu, 25, has been arrested following
a discreet investigation.
He said the suspect
was assisting the police with useful information that could help in solving the
murder.
Deeper
Life pastor, Charles Esimone emerges new UNIZIK Vice Chancellor months after welcoming
quadruplet
Prof. Charles Esimone has emerged the new
Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State.
His emergence was sequel to the conclusion of
interviews for the post of Vice-Chancellor in which he took the first position.
The university’s Director of Information
& Public Relations/Chief Protocol Officer, Dr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, disclosed
this in a statement Tuesday night.
He also said Esimone was immediately handed
his appointment letter as the sixth substantive Vice Chancellor of the
university on Tuesday by the governing council of the institution.
According to Ojukwu, the Pro-Chancellor and
the Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Azeez Oladotun, said Esimone’s emergence as
the new Vice Chancellor was done through a rigorous and transparent selection
process.
“No fewer than 10 professors indicated
interest in the vice chancellorship seat of the prestigious university,” he
said.
Esimone, a Deeper Life Pastor, emerged Vice
Chancellor barely two months after he and his wife welcomed a quadruplet, two
boys and two girls.
The couple had welcomed their first son in
2015, after 12 years of barrenness.
A pioneer dean of the faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences of UNIZIK, Esimone was the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) until his
latest appointment.
Prof. Esimone was also the director of
Confucius Institute of the University.
He is a Professor of Biopharmaceutics and
Pharmaceutical microbiology as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Science
(FAS).
