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By People& Politics Education commissioners in the country will engage with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja to strategise on best way to address the pervasive issue of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions. The meeting which is expected to focus on sexual harassment in tertiary institutions is convened by the ICPC and Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). Ms Omowumi Ogunrotimi, Executive Director, Gender Mobile Initiative, said the engagement would focus more on prevention frameworks rather than punitive measures. “Development partners, education regulators, student groups and civil society organisations will engage and…

By Agency Report The authorities of the University of Benin, Edo State, on Thursday, shut down academic activities in the institution indefinitely. The university, in a statement by its spokesperson, Benedicta Ehanire, attributed the decision to the refusal of the students to shift grounds on their demands. The students on Wednesday took to the streets, blocking the ever-busy Benin-Ore highway to protest weeks of power outage on campus. The students, who had two weeks until their first semester examination, said the situation was severely affecting their preparation. They also called for a downward review of transport fare by the UNIBEN…