Tag: Pupils
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Kidnapped Edo pupils regain freedom after N6m ransom
Two female pupils of Gloryland Group of Schools, Igarra in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, have been freed. The pupils were released after the parents paid N6 million ransom. The kidnappers first demanded N100 million after the incident on Tuesday. It was gathered that the primary school pupils were released unhurt. A family…
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75 kidnapped Zamfara pupils regain freedom
The 75 pupils of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State who were kidnapped on September 1, 2021, have regained their freedom. The Nigerian Television Authority broke the news via its verified Facebook page overnight.
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JUST IN: Petrol tanker crushes 15 pupils of Army Day School in Delta State
Not fewer than 15 pupils of the Army Day Secondary School, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have been crushed to death by a petrol tanker. According to reports, the students were returning from school around 3:30 pm Thursday when the tanker loaded with petroleum product crushed the students to death while others…
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[UPDATED] Kaduna school attack: Bandits spare pupils, kidnap teachers instead
The Kaduna State Government said only three teachers from the Rema Primary School, Magajin Gari Ward 2, of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, Kaduna State were kidnapped Monday morning has called following the attack by armed bandits at school. In Press briefing on Monday, Commissioner of Internal Security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan told journalist…
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More than 5m pupils in class as schools re-open
Some 5.6 million pupils were back in class on Monday as schools re-opened in most of Italy after more than six months of a Coronavirus-related shutdown. “Today is an important day for the entire national community,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, adding that the government was “not hiding the difficulties.” Some regions have postponed the…
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Sad! Three pupils drown in Vietnam river
Three girls have drowned while swimming in a river in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, local media reported on Wednesday. The three victims, who were all six graders of a local school in Ha Tinh’s Duc Tho District, drowned while taking a bath in river on Tuesday afternoon, local newspaper Phap Luat (Law) quoted…
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Shame on teachers who flogged pupils for speaking local languages – Edochie
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has lashed out at teachers who flogged pupils for speaking their local languages in schools. He said back then, some teachers flogged them for speaking their own language in school. He wrote on his twitter page: “To think that some of our teachers flogged us back then in school for speaking…
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Pregnant woman, proprietor, 12 pupils, seven others die in Lagos collapsed building
A pregnant woman, the proprietor of the nursery/Primary school and 19 others, including no fewer than 12 pupils died in the collapsed building at Massey Street, Itafaji on Lagos Island on Wednesday, witnesses and hospital sources said. However, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said eight persons died, while 34 others were rescued in the…
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Lagos collapsed building: ‘My sister’s three children under rubble’
A woman, Mrs. Aishat Onilenla, said her sister’s three children were still trapped under the rubble of the collapsed three-story building. She said: “My sister’s three children are trapped in the collapsed building. My sister was at the scene, but she had been dragged home. We don’t want her to see the corpse of the…
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Organisation offers free software development training for pupils
A software development company, Softwareshop Pty Ltd., has begun a three-month free training for pupils, in an effort to meet the target of training 100,000 Nigerians in partnership with Codefest Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Mr Austin Agbakor, made the disclosure at the launch of a Computer Village Hub (CVhub) in Ikeja.…