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  • France probes death of student who got AstraZeneca jab

    France probes death of student who got AstraZeneca jab

    French authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the death of a 26-year-old medical student days after he received AstraZeneca‘s COVID-19 vaccine, while stressing that no link had been established yet with the jab.

    The student died on March 18 in the western city of Nantes, 10 days after receiving the AstraZeneca jab.

    The public prosecutor in Nantes, Pierre Sennes, said that an autopsy had been carried out on him a day after his death but that “it was necessary to carry out further tests to determine the causes and circumstances of his death”.

    The ANSM national drug safety watchdog said it had been informed of the man’s death “as part of our increased monitoring of thrombosis cases” and said for the moment there was no clear link with the inoculation.

    “This death is the subject of an in-depth clinical investigation,” it said in a statement, giving the student’s age as 24. The prosecutor’s office said later he was aged 26.

    News of the man’s death came five days after France and several other countries resumed AstraZeneca vaccinations after having briefly suspended it over reports of blood clots in a small number some people who received the jab.

    France’s medicines regulator recommends the vaccine for those aged 55 and over as the reports of blood clots have been in those aged younger.

    The vaccine has been backed by the World Health Organization and the EU’s drugs regulator, which have said there was no evidence of a link to an increased risk of blood clots.

    The WHO said reported rates of so-called thromboembolic events after COVID-19 vaccines were in line with the usual number of people suffering these conditions.

  • Covenant University opens up on lecturer who raped 17-year-old student

    Covenant University opens up on lecturer who raped 17-year-old student

    Covenant University on Thursday expressed readiness to prosecute its erstwhile lecturer, Dr Stephen Ukenna, for allegedly defiling a 17- year- old student of the institution.

    The institution’s Registrar, Dr Segun Omidiora, said the school has taken further measures to prevent recurrence of such incident.

    He said a meeting was held with students directing them on what to do to prevent such act.

    “It is the truth. We had meetings with all the students yesterday on how to prevent a recurrence of such dastardly act.

    “We are willing to prosecute him by ourselves,” he said.

    The university set up a panel to look into the matter, which recommended sack of the lecturer.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ukenna, who was a lecturer in the Department of Business Management, had admitted having carnal knowledge of the victim but didn’t give any reason for his action.

    Police authorities said he would be charged to court upon completion of investigation

  • UNN student commits suicide after lecturer tore his exam script over malpractice

    UNN student commits suicide after lecturer tore his exam script over malpractice

    A 300 level student of Biochemistry Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, identified as Daniel Mba, Friday night, jumped to his death from the third-floor of a storey-building.

    It gathered that the deceased, from Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, was caught cheating with his phone during one the ongoing examination in his department, prompting a lecturer to tear his script few minutes to the end of the examination.

    According to a report published in Vanguard, the said lecturer seized his phone and handed him a new script to start afresh.

    Following the incident, it was learnt that the deceased left the examination hall and went to his lodge at Onuiyi, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State where he jumped from a storey building around 11:34 pm after all the poisonous substances he had allegedly injected into his body failed to produce immediate result.

    An occupant who identified herself as Nkechi Abo, disclosed that when the incident happened, they rushed to the deceased room where they discovered rat poison, bleach containers and syringes used by the deceased to end own life.

    Another occupant, Christabel Opkara, said they alerted the caretaker of the lodge when they discovered the naked body of the deceased struggling for life after jumping from the third floor, adding that he was rushed to the Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka where he died later in the early hours of Saturday.

    The caretaker of the lodge, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that he reported the incident to the police after every attempt to revive him failed in the hospital.

    He said, “A friend who stayed with him when he regained consciousness in the hospital said he complained of frustration with his last examination encounter and financial hardship. He told him that his family was not giving him enough money for upkeep. He said he was bitter that the lecturer also seized his phone.

    “When I rushed to the lodge, I saw him on the floor clutching a kitchen knife. We immediately rushed him to the hospital and he was given immediate medical attention.

    “We later returned to his room where we discovered rat poison and bleach. We also saw syringes on the floor. We also saw a rope tied to his ceiling fan.

    “He was a loner because I never saw him with any friend since he parked into the lodge. I was surprised that one girl who identified herself as Scholastica showed up as his girlfriend. I think he must have been suffering depression silently.”

     

  • How Cross River student took gun to school to shoot teacher

    How Cross River student took gun to school to shoot teacher

    A certain student of Government Secondary School in Akpabuyo, Ikot Ewa, Cross River State has been in the news after bringing a locally made gun to school to shoot her teacher who asked her to cut her coloured hair.

    An eyewitness Charles Edem told BBC Pidgin that the pathetic incident occurred on February 11 but that it only went viral when he posted the girl’s pictures on social media on Wednesday.

    “It happened last week Thursday as the young girl resumed school, her class teacher asked her to go cut her coloured hair which she brought to school. Schools here in Cross River have a rule that prohibits students from coming to school with coloured hair or grown hair. So she went back. The next day she came to school with a gun,” he said.

    Mr Edem said the school principal raised alarm and soon teachers and students gathered to see what was happening.

    The eyewitness said he was visiting his friend who stays close to the school when they heard the alarm and rushed to see for themselves.

    According to him, the young girl told the school authorities that she got the gun from an elderly man.

    “We discovered that the old man was having sex with her and she got the gun from him,” he said.

    Edem said the girl was handed over to authorities for further investigation.

    Cross River police spokesperson Irene Ugbo confirmed the incident to the news medium.

  • UNN lecturer arrested for allegedly impregnating student

    UNN lecturer arrested for allegedly impregnating student

    A lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Enugu State, Dr Chigozie Jude Odum, has been suspended and arrested for allegedly impregnating a student of the University.The lecturer was also placed on half salary pending the outcome of the investigation.

    The sanction was made known in a letter dated 15th of February 2021 and signed by the university’s Deputy Registrar, Personal Services, Mrs F. C Achiuwa, and addressed to the lecturer from the office of the registrar.

    The letter, which did not make mention of the alleged impregnation of the student, only said that Odum had been suspended based on an accusation of sexual harassment by a female student.

    However, a source closed to the university disclosed that the lecturer got himself into trouble by impregnating a student of the university.

    The source did not give additional information on the issue.

    The letter reads; “following the accusation of sexual harassment made against you by a female student in the Department of Archeology and Tourism, the Vice-Chancellor has directed you to be suspended from duty immediately.”

    It further reads: “You should stay away from your daily post until the final determination of the allegation against you.

    “You should also handover any university property in your custody of the Head of Archaeology and Tourism.”

  • LAUTECH denies ‘student’ in viral sex video

    LAUTECH denies ‘student’ in viral sex video

    The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has denied any association with a young woman filmed in a series of leaked sex videos now making the rounds on social media.

    On Thursday, the lady, who had identified as a sex worker, was said to be a student of the Oyo-based varsity.

    She had taken to social media to share a short video where she condemned those “badmouthing” her. She also said she does not regret her action while defending her job.

    “You don’t know me, I don’t know you, so, don’t badmouth me. I don’t give a f**k. I am Oloso (prostitute). It’s a good work,” she said

    In a new development, Lekan Fadeyi, a spokesperson of LAUTECH, said she is not a student of the institution.

    “We don’t have anything to do with the lady you mentioned. There are many of them who did not even complete secondary school education but would go on social media to claim they are LAUTECH students,” he told Punch

    He also added: “We don’t know her. LAUTECH is a school for serious-minded students and staff and not her type.”

    As contradictory accounts of how the videos came to the public domain spread, it was gathered that the men in the sex tape had asked the lady to star in a pornographic film with the promise of paying her as much as $5,000.

    However, after the video was shot, the lady was allegedly not paid. It was also claimed that the men involved started extorting money from her to prevent them from releasing the videos, which also captured their faces online.

    In the video divided in parts, a third member of the group had filmed the scene while others took turns to sleep with her.

     

  • Staff, student, four others contract COVID-19 in another Lagos boarding school

    Staff, student, four others contract COVID-19 in another Lagos boarding school

    Lagos State Government says it has confirmed more positive COVID-19 cases in another secondary boarding school in the state.

    The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed the new infections in a statement on Friday in Lagos.

    Abayomi said that a staff of the school fell ill, received first aid treatment at the school clinic, but later tested positive for COVID-19 at the Lagos State Biobank on Nov. 2.

    He noted that contact tracing revealed that a student and four contacts of the staff member were positive for COVID-19.

    “Most of the infected persons are predominantly asymptomatic, while some have mild symptoms,” Abayomi said

    The commissioner said that the state COVID-19 Incident Command System through the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) was investigating the incident

    “We would like to assure members of the public and stakeholders of the school that the situation is completely under control.

    “Steps are being taken to contain the spread within the school and reduce exposure to the outside community.

    “All parents are being contacted first through the PTA and a family zoom call is being arranged to further allay their fears,” he said.

    According to him, COVID-19 presents with very mild symptoms in children and teenagers, compared to other age groups.

    Abayomi, however, warned that there was risk of infected children transmitting the disease to adults who they interact with daily, and who might be at higher risk of severe disease and death.

    “Students who test positive are to be isolated in the school premises and, if unwell, will be admitted in one of the accredited isolation centres in Lagos.

    “Students are discouraged from going home to avoid infecting members of their families,” he said.

    According to him, the Ministry of Health and NCDC are working closely with the Ministry of Education through a joint approach to manage the outbreak in the school.

    He said that members of the state EOC, NCDC and their counterparts in the Ministry of Education had been deployed to the school to provide strategic interventions and support.

    Abayomi said that the support include psychosocial, infection prevention control, medical monitoring and risk communication experts to further enlighten affected people.

    “COVID-19 is still very much with us and we must strive to prioritise the safety of all, including students and teachers, by adhering strictly to prevention protocols and guidelines issued by the government to prevent its spread,” he said.

    He advised residents to observe and practice high standard of personal and environmental hygiene by using face masks in public places, hand washing and maintaining physical distance to help prevent the spread of the infection.

    Abayomi advised residents to call the 08000EKOMED or 08000356633 toll free line, if they notice any sign or symptoms of COVID-19, which include fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue or loss of taste or smell.

    Recall that Lagos State had on Oct.16, disclosed that 181 students and staff of a boarding school in Lekki, tested positive to COVID-19 infection.

    The cases were discovered after a 14-year-old SS1 female student fell ill on Oct. 3, was sent home after receiving first aid at the school clinic, and tested positive to COVID-19 on Oct. 6 in one of the accredited private labs in Lagos.

    COVID-19 surveillance and case investigation in the school detected 181 positive cases among students and staff out of the 441 population in the school.

  • Acquit me, man accused of raping two LASU students begs judge

    Acquit me, man accused of raping two LASU students begs judge

    Afeez Ogunbowale, a suspended student of the Lagos State University (LASU) accused of raping two students of the institution, has appealed to the judge presiding over his case to discharge and acquit him.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogunbowale made the appeal to Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo after testifying on Wednesday before an Ikeja Special Offences Court.

    “I want this honourable court to discharge and acquit me.

    “Since the start of this case, the press has been on my neck, I cannot move around freely.

    “I want the court to discharge and acquit me so that I can be a free man again,” Ogunbowale said.

    Earlier in his evidence-in chief, the defendant denied raping or robbing the female students.

    Led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Bisi Salau, he said that on the night of April 18, 2018, which was the time the alleged offences were committed, he was in the school premises preparing for his examination which began in May 2018.

    “It has always been my routine to be in school to prepare for examination, I usually arrive in school at 8pm and leave at 8am the following day.

    “I usually go to school with my roommate, Mayorkun Olaiya, and my coursemate, Kola Agoro. I wrote the examination and generated the results online with my phone.

    “I was arrested in September and the offence allegedly happened in April. I have never touched a gun or used a gun on anyone.

    “I had paid my school fees for 300 level before I was suspended by the school and was on a grade point of second class upper, almost first class, when I was suspended,” he said.

    While being cross-examined by prosecution counsel, Mrs O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, Ogunbowale said that he was from the Faculty of Education of LASU.

    He said that though he was not familiar with the complainants, they claimed to also be from the Faculty of Education.

    The defendant also denied begging the two complainants for forgiveness when he was confronted by them at a police station.

    The judge adjourned the case until Oct. 26 for continuation of trial.

    NAN reports that during proceedings on Nov. 4, 2019, the complainants who were dressed in niqab, had narrated how they were alleged robbed by five men.

    They were allegedly raped by two members of the gang – Ogunbowale and another, who is at large.

    The women had told the court that they lost their virginities to the attack.

    According to the prosecution, the defendant committed the offences alongside others who are at large on April 18, 2018, at the Okokomaiko area of Lagos.

    “The defendant and his accomplices while armed with a gun, knife, machete and bottle, robbed the students of their phones, power bank, ear piece, gold chain and N1,200.

    “The defendant and his accomplice who is at large had unlawful sexual intercourse with the complainants.

    “The offences contravene Sections 260(1) and 297(2)(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015,” Bajulaiye-Bishi said.

  • Court orders student to cut grass in police station for 2 days

    Court orders student to cut grass in police station for 2 days

    A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Tuesday ordered a 25-year-old student, Akeem Yakubu, to cut grass in the Gwagwalada Divisional Police station for two days for stealing two cell phones worth N8,700.

    The police charged Yakubu with theft.

    He pleaded guilty to the charge and told the court that he sold the phones for N5,000 and used the money he realised to buy clothes.

    Chief Magistrate Aliyu Shafa, ordered that he should report to the Gwagwalada Divisional Police station by 10 a.m. and close at 2 p.m each day.

    Shafa also ordered the convict to return to his parents in Okene, Kogi.

    He warned the convict to desist from committing crimes and to be of good behaviour.

    Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Abudullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainants, Suleiman Ahmadu and Tijani Adamu of Angwan Fulani, Kuje Road, Gwagwalada, reported the matter at Gwagwalada police station on Sept. 17.

    Tanko said that Yakubu stole the phones of the complainants while they were charging it.

    He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 287 of the Penal Code.

    The Defence Counsel, Yusuf Jibril, prayed for the court for leniency.

    “If he is sentenced to a prison term, he will mostly likely come out hardened and pose treat to the society.

    “He is a very young man at the peak of his formation age, I urge the court to assume a human and parental face ,and to temper justice with mercy,” he prayed the court.

  • SSCE/NECO sets deadline for registration

    SSCE/NECO sets deadline for registration

    The National Examination Council (NECO) on Monday fixed Sept. 10 as deadline for the registration of schools and examination candidates for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

    A statement by the Registrar/Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Godswill Obioma in Abuja said the examination body would not be subject to extension of the deadline as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education.

    Obioma said this was to enable efficient and effective planning for the examination logistics required for the smooth conduct of the 2020 NECO/SSCE (Internal).

    He said that the 2020 NECO/SSCE (Internal) would commence on Oct. 5, and would end on Nov. 18.

    “The National Examinations Council wishes to remind all stakeholders and the general public that the deadline for the registration of schools and examination candidates for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) is Thursday, Sept. 10.

    “There will not be subject to extension as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education.

    “This is to enable efficient and effective planning for the examination logistics required for the smooth conduct of the 2020 NECO SSCE (Internal)

    “NECO hereby reminds all stakeholders and the general public that the 2020 NECO SSCE (Internal) will commence on Oct. 5, and end on Nov. 18.

    “We also use this opportunity to notify all stakeholders that the schedule and Examination Time-Table for the 2020 SSCE (External) will soon be released.”