Tag: Student
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Police arrest officer who shot dead student in Ibadan
The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested one of its personnel who accidentally shot dead a 14-year-old secondary school student, Kehinde Alade, in Ibadan on Tuesday. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan on
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Nigerian wizkid Joshua Beckford, youngest person to attend Oxford University
Joshua Beckford gained worldwide recognition as the youngest person ever to study at Oxford University. The youngster was admitted at age six (taking part in courses which were part of an online learning platform for gifted children) and gained distinctions in both Philosophy and History. When Beckford’s father, Knox Daniel, wrote to Oxford University advocating…
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ND 1 student matcheted to death in Ondo
Assailants have macheted to death a newly-admitted student of mass communication at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, (RUGIPO), Owo, on Tuesday in Ondo State. The student, identified as Oluwaseun Adeleye, was killed at Opomulero Street in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
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Truck crushes female student to death
Students and management of Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, have been thrown into mourning on Wednesday, when a truck crushed to death a female student of the institution. Mr Rabiu Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institution
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How I killed my 8-year-old student – Teacher
A teacher accused of stabbing an 8-year-old student to death at an elementary school in the central city of Daejeon said she was “annoyed”after being excluded from a class, police said. “I got annoyed just three days after returning to work,” she was quoted as telling the police, after accusing another person who was not…
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2024 UTME: JAMB announces three top scorers
Three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination. This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja. They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, Alayande David from Oyo State, and…
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Final year student killed over N500 levy in Bayelsa
The police command in Bayelsa says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of one Francis Palowei, a final year student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amasoma, over N500 levy. The command’s Spokesman, ASP Musa Mohammed said on Wednesday in
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Ajayi Crowther University student beaten to death over stolen phone
A student of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, has been beaten to death by some of his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone belonging to one of them. A source within the institution told said on Saturday that the students started beating their colleague at around 10 p.m. on Friday after discovering that he…
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Ododo visits Kogi varsity, vows to rescue kidnapped students unhurt
Gov. Usman Ododo on Saturday expressed determination to rescue the nine abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Kogi safe and sound from their abductors. The governor made the pledge when he visited the university campus on an assessment of the security situation in the wake of the s
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Two Ajayi Crowther University guards arrested for raping female student
Two members of the vigilante group at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State has been arrested on Satruday for allegedly raping a female student of the institution. The management, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Olufemi Atoyebi, said the university