Tag: Campus
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UNIPORT reacts to report of cult clash, killing on campus
The management of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), says there was no inter gang clash that resulted in the death of any student recently. The university Spokesman, Dr Sam Kpenu, said this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday.
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UNICAL releases names of abducted students by gunmen
Three undergraduates of the University of Calabar have been kidnapped by gunmen at the school campus two days ago. The UNICAL’s Vice Chancellor Prof Florence Banku Obi has revealed the names of the Kidnapped students. She gave the names of the abducted students as Dickson Oluwadamilola Ayomide of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ojang Precious Ebijin of…
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UNICAL bans short skirts, body hugs among students, staff on campus
The Service Compact With All Nigerian (SERVICOM) Directorate of the University of Calabar, has banned indecent dressing among students and staff of the university forthwith. Prof. Patrick Egaga, Director of SERVICOM in UNICAL, announced the ban in a statement issued on Friday in Calabar.
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Campus Babalawos and Cyber Ritualists – By Chidi Amuta
The current news from Ife is disheartening. A viral video doing the rounds of the social media has shown a parade of devotees of sundry traditional worship clad in all white and a motley other costumes invade the campus of the University in a protest mode. I understand the macabre parade is in aid of…
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UPDATED: Gunmen abduct three polytechnic students in Plateau
Three students from the Plateau State Polytechnic have been kidnapped by gunmen at Bam village in Heipang Area of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. The students, who were kidnapped on Wednesday, comprised two females and one male. The victims were abducted from one of the private hostels known as the ‘Plateau Embassy’…
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Two dead as plane crashes into homes in California
A small aircraft crashed blocks from a high school campus near San Diego on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring two others, while also destroying homes, officials and local media said. At least two homes appeared to have been destroyed by an ensuing fire, the city of Santee, California, where the crash occurred,…
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Redeemer’s University speaks on alleged outbreak of COVID-19 on campus
The management of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State has frowned at the news of an outbreak of Covid-19 on its campus as reported by some media houses recently. The report according to the institution has the potential of undermining its efforts at safeguarding the health of the nation through free medical services being provided by…
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Killings: UNICAL arrests 11 alleged cultists, tightens security around campus
The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Monday said it has deployed security around and within the institution over the killing of two students by gunmen in a suspected renewed wave of cult clashes on campus. Following the development, 11 suspected cultists have been arrested and handed over to the anti-cultism and kidnap…