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Angry students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic (AkwaPoly) at Ikot Osurua in the Ikot Ekpene local government area of the state have defied the rector, Dr. Moses Umobong, to shelve protests over arrest, detention, brutality, and extortion by police operatives of the Ikot Ekpene Area Command. According to a viral video by the victims, the police seized them in the night at Ikot Ekpene town, detained them for several hours, and later released them at midnight without security cover. One of the victims recalled they indecently harassed, taunted and extorted N10,000 after searching their phones to know how much was in her account. The protesters were armed with placards of varying inscriptions against insecurity of life and prosperity as well as a series of brutalities on students along the campus vicinity. The students, led by the Student Union Government (SUG) president, Comrade Geoffrey George, gathered at the school gate at 8:15 a.m. before the procession around the school community. Som...

  Protesting Akwa Ibom poly students . Photo Credit: Patrick Odey Thousands of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, in Ikot Osurua, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state on Monday protested the high level of insecurity and police brutality, declaring that they are no longer saved. The protesters led by the student union president, Geoffrey George, converged at the institution’s main gate around 8:15am chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards of various inscriptions Some of the placards read “End Police brutality now”, “protect, save, don’t abuse”, “This Extortion Must Stop” among others. Speaking with journalists at the school entrance on Monday, George recalled how students have suffered at the hands of police and hoodlums within the community. “Last week, there was a trending video on social media where a student of the institution was beaten and dragged on the ground by policemen. “Students face extortion by policemen in Ikot Ekpene. We are not safe especially those st...

  The situation unfolded following the intervention of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and a team of lawyers. A Local Government Inspector (LGI) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos on Monday went into hiding after summoning a corps member, Ushie Rita Uguamaye, over her viral social media post criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The situation unfolded following the intervention of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and a team of lawyers. Rita, a serving corps member, was summoned by the NYSC LGI to appear at the Eti-Osa Local Government office at 10 a.m. on Monday.   However, when she arrived with Sowore and her legal representatives, the official who issued the summons was absent.   Giving an update on the incident via his X (formerly Twitter) account, Sowore stated, “We arrived at the Eti-Osa LGI offices of the National Youth Service Corps with youth Corper, Ushie Rita Uguamaye in Lagos.   “She was scheduled to appear before th...

  The young lady, who shared her grievances on TikTok via the handle @talktoraye, was seen in tears as she lamented the rising cost of goods in Nigeria. A serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Lagos State has raised alarm over an alleged threat from the NYSC board after she criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government in a viral social media post. The young lady, who shared her grievances on TikTok via the handle @talktoraye, was seen in tears as she lamented the rising cost of goods in Nigeria. She described the Tinubu administration as “terrible” and accused the government of neglecting the economic hardship faced by citizens. “If a lot of Nigerians come out and start speaking about what we are going through, maybe changes will be made in the government,” she said in the video. “I don’t know if there is any other president that is as terrible as you, but you are such a terrible president.” She further lamented the financial struggles she faces as a corps me...

  A Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Uguamaye, has raised concerns over alleged threats following her viral video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s government over inflation and economic hardship. In a video shared on her TikTok account #talktoraye on Saturday, Uguamaye expressed frustration over Nigeria’s worsening economic conditions, lamenting that hard work seems futile amid financial struggles. She openly criticised Tinubu, calling him a “terrible leader,” and questioned the government’s efforts to alleviate citizens’ suffering. Additionally, she described Lagos State as a “smelling state,” complaining about its odour and poor living conditions. Shortly after her video gained traction, Uguamaye alleged that she began receiving threats, reportedly from NYSC officials, pressuring her to take down the content. Frustrated by the backlash, she took to Instagram #iamraye__ to express her disappointment at what she described as attempts to silence her, insisti...

  The Presidency has denied claims of calling for a death penalty for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Ushie Uguamaye, aka Raye for criticizing President Bola Tinubu over the currently hardship. Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, on Monday said his initial comment on Raye was misrepresented. He noted that he emphasized that the maximum penalty provided by the NYSC’s regulations is expulsion and not bodily harm. In a statement titled, ‘Statement on My Twisted Comment on the Corps Member,’ Ajayi said: “I suggested that flagrant and open abuse and disregard of NYSC by-laws and established protocol should attract the full NYSC disciplinary measures, particularly regarding a corps member’s recent display of imprudence. “The mob get their oxygen from misrepresentations and delibrate mischief. “I made comments under a post where I advertently wrote that what the lady corper did should attract capital punishment under NYSC which means h...

  Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, on Monday refuted claims that he called for the death of a National Youth Service Corps member who recently flouted NYSC bye-laws. In a statement titled, ‘Statement on My Twisted Comment on the Corps Member,’ Ajayi clarified that his initial remarks on a Facebook post were misrepresented, emphasising that the maximum penalty provided by the NYSC’s regulations is expulsion—not bodily harm. “I suggested that flagrant and open abuse and disregard of NYSC by-laws and established protocol should attract the full NYSC disciplinary measures, particularly regarding a corps member’s recent display of imprudence,” Ajayi stated. His response came amid a swirl of backlash online suggesting that he advocated lethal sanction against the corps member in question. In a now-viral TikTok video, a Lagos-based corp member, Ushi...

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1        Background of the Study Performance appraisal is an essential tool of personnel management across different organizational culture, it is designed to identify employee’s current level of job performance, identify his/her strengths and weaknesses, enable employees to improve their performance and provide the basis for reward or penalty in relation to the contribution or lack of it to corporate goals. Performance appraisal equally serves the purpose of identifying training and development needs, identifying potential performance, provide information for succession planning, validate selection process and training, encourage supervisory understanding of the subordinates (Shehu, 2018). This, perhaps is the reason that performance appraisal has been identified as being at the heart of personnel management. As one of the most important functions of the human resource manager, it is concerned with identifying, measu...