KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...

HOSTEL 9: UNICAL STUDENTS LAMENT ELECTRIC SHOCKS, REPTILES, HARASSMENT. (PHOTO).


 Hostel 9: UNICAL students lament electric shocks, reptiles, harassment


Fear and frustration are mounting among female students in Hostel 9 at the University of Calabar, as they grapple with constant electric shocks, animal threats, flooding, and harassment, conditions they say have made life unbearable and unsafe on campus.

They have also complained about frequent flooding in their hostels, as well as sexual harassment.

When DAILY POST Correspondent visited the hostel yesterday, the students re-echoed these complaints, saying they are not safe anymore.

They stated how many of them have suffered electric shocks due to the exposure of naked wires.

“Whenever it rains, the hostel will be flooded as a result of leakages in the roofs, and we’ll spend time scooping the water,” one 19-year-old student who gave her name as Maria Eteng disclosed.

She lamented that many of their course books and other valuables have often been soaked.

Maria said the environment of the hostel is very untidy, giving comfort to dangerous reptiles and other animals.

“Our living environment is not conducive and very risky for human habitation.

“Often, dangerous animals surface, threatening us. We stay in fear. There is the aspect of electric shocks. Many of us have been shocked. The other day, a girl nearly died from electric shock.

“There are many naked wires. The hostel is always flooded due to leaking roofs.

“I have personally lost my handouts and costly books. My mates have similarly suffered the same fate. We’re not safe in this hostel,” she said.

Another student, Blessing Akpan, said the gutters and soakaways were filled up, appealing to the authorities to help them desilt them.

She hinted that they face increasing sexual harassment from male visitors.

Many of the students, however, spoke well of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, for her efforts at infrastructural development in the school but appealed for her to visit the ‘Malabo Republic’ which houses the hostels and see their living conditions.

The Vice Chancellor, who is nearing the end of her tenure this year, undertook an assessment visit to the hostels recently.

She cautioned the students against unhygienic behavior which impacts the hostels.

She stressed the need to keep their environment clean to avoid contamination and invasion by dangerous insects.

She had also cautioned them against illegal connections of electricity, promising to look into issues of leakages and flooding.

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