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  • OAU student commits suicide for failing exams

    A Computer Science student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile –Ife, Osun State, South West, Nigeria, Kolapo Olowoporoku has committed suicide.

    According to reports the young man took his own life on learning that he, again, failed two courses he had already carried over earlier.

    The deceased allegedly took a poisonous substance after having to battle depression.

    The victim ought to have graduated two sessions ago was said to have been delayed as a result of two outstanding courses – his mates graduated in the 2016/2017 academic session.

    Olowoporoku who served as the general secretary of his departmental association in 2016, swallowed a poisonous substance, which led to his death on Sunday.

  • Rainstorm: JSS2 student gets electrocuted in Nsukka

    Rainstorm: JSS2 student gets electrocuted in Nsukka

    The Nsukka Catholic Diocese has confirmed the death of a student, allegedly electrocuted on Thursday night at the Queen of Rosary Secondary School, Nsukka, Enugu state.

    The diocesan Director of Communications, Rev.- Fr. Matthew Eze, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Friday.

    Eze, who described the the death of the student as shocking, prayed for the eternal repose of her soul.

    He also prayed God to give the bereaved family and friends, students, management and staff of the school the fortitude to bear the death.

    The school is owned and run by the Nsukka Catholic Diocese.

    An eyewitness account said that the JSS2 student, identified as Maureen Amadi, was electrocuted around 9.30 pm outside her hostel.

    She was said to have come out of her hostel to pick her clothes inside during a heavy downpour, when the incident occurred.

    It was learnt that she got electrocuted when she allegedly had contact with a wire from an electric pole said to have been pulled down by a thunderstorm.

    “Everybody in the school has been in a mourning mood over the death of the girl last night,” the eyewitness said on the condition of anonymity.

    The Principal of the school, Rev.-Fr. Luke Eze, was said to have led a delegation of the school to Aku in Igboetiti Local Government Area (LGA) for the burial of the deceased, when NAN correspondent visited the school.

    When contacted, the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, said that the command had yet to receive the report.

    NAN reports that the thunderstorm also destroyed buildings and other property worth millions of nairn in Nsukka town and its environs.

    Some residents of the area described the effect of the thunderstorm as devastating and colossal.

    Mr Onyema Idoko, the former Caretaker Committee Chairman of Nsukka LGA, said that the rainstorm pulled down a telecom mast in his neighbourhood.

    He said that the mast in turn fell on top of the roof of his building, located at 52 Enugu Road, Nsukka.

    Idoko said that he would need at least N500,000 to pull out the mast and fix the damaged roof.

    He, however, thanked God that no life was lost in the unfortunate incident.

    Also affected was the roof of St. James Catholic Church building at Umakashi in Nsukka LGA, which was reportedly blown off by the rainstorm.

    It was further learnt that many trees, electric poles and structures at the Nsukka Mechanic Village were also pulled down during the heavy rain.

  • Sad! 16-yr-old student dies In ‘Juju’ superiority contest In Ekiti

    A secondary school student at the Ado Grammar School, Ado Ekiti, Mathew Favour, died on Thursday following injuries he sustained in a superiority contest with a colleague on the efficacy of their charms.

    The incident occurred in the evening within the school’s premises.

    The 16-year old was said to have been engaged in a friendly dispute with a colleague over the ownership of a ball before it degenerated into an argument over who had more portent charms.

    The late Favour, who was in Senior Secondary Class Two before his death, was allegedly stabbed in the chest and later died at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital(EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti, where he was taken.

    The suspect, who allegedly killed Favour, has since been taken into police custody.

    Sources said Favour, an Ebira indigene from Kogi, was said to have initiated the encounter when he brought out a small axe and a knife wrapped in a white and red scarf and dared his colleague to a fight.

    However, his colleague was said to have overpowered him after a while trying, stabbing him in the chest with the knife and fatally injuring him in the process.

    It was learnt that the development brought activities in the school to a halt as other students and teachers alike fled the premises.

    When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said he needed time to react to the incident after getting a clearer report on the incident.

    Police officers from the nearby Odo Ado Division were, however, sighted at the main entrance into the school which had been shut.

    It was gathered that the police deployment followed alleged threats by the family of the deceased to embark on reprisal attack at the school.

    Confirming the incident, the school’s Principal, Mr Ebenezer Falayi, said the incident occurred at about 2.15pm after the school had closed .

    Falayi said the students had dispersed before the incident attracted teachers who mobilised to the scene to convey the victim to EKSUTH.

    “This incident really saddened us because it could have been avoided

    ” What I gathered from students who were at the spot of the gory incident was that the duo were arguing over who had superior power and the deceased had earlier gone home to bring all those weapons which could not pierce the suspect when used on him.

    “I was told that the suspect later overpowered him, collected the weapons and stabbed the victim in the chest

    ” Our teachers, including myself, my Vice and Registrar alongside other teachers who were resident on campus here rushed him to EKSUTH. We even took the suspect along.

    “The victim was put on life support, but that could not help the situation, he died in the hospital.

    “ I had to quickly call the DPO of Odo Ado Police Station who reinforced his men and contacted the police station at Oke Ila to prevent the suspect from being killed by highly enraged family members of the deceased.

    “The hospital insisted on doing the autopsy before releasing the corpse but the family resisted this

    “ They later released the corpse to the family when it nearly caused trouble in the hospital

    “The police also took the suspect into custody. But I had to beg for security beef up around the school when there was a threat that 30 students will be killed in a reprisal attack today(Friday),’’ he said.

  • OAU suspends six students for alleged involvement in cultism

    The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced the suspension of six students of the institution over alleged involvement in cultism.

    A statement issued on Wednesday in Osogbo by the university’s Registrar, Mrs Margaret Omosule, said the suspended students confirmed their membership of secret cults after police investigation.

    According to Omosule, the school management on July 2 received an information that two of the university’s students were forcefully initiated into cultism outside the university campus.

    She said after a thorough preliminary investigation, 12 students were apprehended and handed over to State Police Command to assist with further professional investigation.

    ”After the investigation of the suspected students by the Nigeria Police, the university on Aug. 20 received a detailed report of the police findings.

    ” In the report, it was confirmed that six students of the university had admitted their membership of proscribed groups, thus breaching their Matriculation Oath, Code of Conduct and other pertinent university regulations.”

    Accordingly, and in accordance with the relevant statutes, the students have been suspended pending the outcome of investigations by the appropriate Students’ Disciplinary Committee,” Omosule said.

    According to the registrar, the names of the suspended students with their matriculation numbers are Onyekwusi Praise Chinemerem, ASE /2014/218; Ojo Abiodun Olamide, MCB /2012 /149 and Ude John, ASE /2015 /362.

    Others are Oladoye Tobi Olakunmi, EGL /2014/ 383; Ayeyi Damilola Ayomide, EGL /2016 /075 and Davis Jesulayomi Olakunle, EGL / 2014 /207.

    She assured the university community and all other stakeholders, most especially the students, that adequate measures had been put in place to secure lives and property.

    The registrar also pledged that management would put in place a peaceful environment for all residents of the university estate.

    ”It is the collective responsibility of all stakeholders to protect the university from persons with criminal intentions.

    ”Members of the university community are advised to be vigilant at all times and report any suspicious activities which could undermine the peaceful coexistence of members of the university community,’’ Omosule said.

    NAN

  • Student allegedly robs man of N100,000 at gun-point

    A 24-year-old student, Obinna Okponwa, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly robbing a man of N100,000.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. F.F George, did not take the plea of the accused, but ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.

    Okponwa, who resides at Olodi Apapa, Lagos, is being tried for arming himself with firearms and stealing.

    The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase, told the court that the accused committed the offences on June 12 at Ben Onyeka Street, Apapa, Lagos.

    He said that the accused armed himself with a gun to rob Mr. Godwin John of his N100,000 cash.

    “The complainant, who sells food items, was in his shop when the accused entered under the pretext of buying rice. He pointed the gun at the complainant, ordering him to comply or be killed.

    “The accused opened the complainant’s drawer, took the N100,000 he kept inside.

    “After the suspect left the complainant’s shop, the complainant raised alarm shouting ‘thief thief’, following which the people gave him a hot chase and he was apprehended.

    “The stolen money was recovered and he was handed over to the Police,” the prosecutor said.

    The offences contravened sections 287 and 298 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    Section 298 prescribes 21-year imprisonment for armed robbery.

    The case was adjourned until September 27 for mention

    NAN

  • Student bags two years in jail for wooing lawmaker

    Student bags two years in jail for wooing lawmaker

    A 25-year-old Ugandan student has been sentenced to two years in jail for wooing a female legislator in the country.

    The court was told that Brian Isiko had been stalking and hoping that he would make his desired love for the legislator come true and never stopped asking for intimacy from the Kabalore woman member of parliament, Sylvia Rwabogogo, reports Ugbliz.

    I love you so much and want to protect you. My love is for you alone and since there is no one taking care of you, I will do it,” one of Brian Isiko’s messages.

    It was also reported that while in court, the accused Brian was smiling while Ms. Sylvia lamented the developments of the incident to the prosecutors which provoked the judge sentence the accused to two years in jail.

  • Five Nigerian teachers sacked for impregnating SS3 student

    Five teachers of the Polytechnic Academic Staff Secondary School Birnin Kebbi, have been sacked for impregnating an SS3 student of the school.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt on Wednesday that the girl, whose age was not disclosed, was also expelled from the school.

    Sources confirmed that the decision to dismiss the five teachers followed the recommendation of a committee set up by the school to investigate the matter.

    “The committee submitted report on Monday and recommended that all the five teachers should be dismissed from service immediately.

    “The management have dismissed the teachers and the victim was also expelled from the school.

    “When the committee interrogated each of the teachers, they confessed that they have been having sexual relationship with the victim separately, so, they were sacked immediately based on the committee’s recommendations”, the source added.

    NAN gathered that the affected teachers had forwarded an appeal against their dismissal to the school’s management board.

    The Principal of the school, Muhammed Mahuta was said to be in hospital for weeks before the incident, but his Vice, Oumar Woulandakoye, confirmed the development, adding that the affected teachers had filed an appeal against their dismissal.

    “I will advised that you should wait till the final report of the School Board, because I just received their memo now that they are going to sit on the matter tomorrow,” he told NAN.

  • Student bags 10 days imprisonment for stealing phone

    Student bags 10 days imprisonment for stealing phone

    A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old student, Ahmadu Suleiman, to 10 days imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N10,000.

    Chief Magistrate Fatima Hassan, gave the ruling after Suleiman of Marina Police Barracks, Sokoto, pleaded guilty to the charge.

    “Since the accused had pleaded guilty to the charge, the court had no option than to sentence him.

    “Having pleaded guilty to the charge, Suleiman is to spend the next 10 days in jail without an option of fine,’’ she said

    The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on theft.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Monday Kennedy, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 21.

    Kennedy added that the matter was reported at Ungwan Rogo Police station by one Nafiu Abubakar of Diploma area, Sokoto.

    According to him, while the complainant was asleep, Suleiman stole his Blackberry cell phone.

    Kennedy said that during Police investigation, the phone was found with the accused.

    The offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code.

    NAN

  • Students attack teachers for not allowing them cheat in WASSCE

    Students attack teachers for not allowing them cheat in WASSCE

    Final year students of Zabzugu Senior High School in the Zabzugu District, Ghana, have attacked their teachers with stones and other dangerous weapons for not allowing them to cheat in their final year examination.

    According to Adomonline, the angry students vandalised school properties, smatched doors, television sets, and windows. They said it was their right to copy or send texts books into the examination hall.

    A student who did not want his name mentioned said, “Even though they did not have any pact with their teachers to allow them to cheat, they were reliably informed that teachers from other schools aid their students by allowing them to copy.”

    A terrified teacher of the school while confirming the attack said the only crime they (teachers) committed was not allowing the students to copy during the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. He added that he was only alive because he didn’t take refuge in his house because the students went to his house with stones.

    He said, “The students felt they had a right to send their notebooks and textbooks to the examination hall, a right they the teachers are yet to come across in any of the examination regulations.
    “As a result, the students mobilized themselves and stormed the school, vandalizing properties and threatening to kill any teacher they came across.”

    The teachers have therefore vowed not to supervise or invigilate the rest of the exams unless heavy security was provided.

    But the District Chief Executive of Zabzugu Hon. Iddi Ahmed is has called on authorities to ensure that the problem between the students and the teachers is resolved.

  • Unilag student shines in maths competition, emerge overall best

    Mr Daniel Itsuokor, a 400 level student of mathematics, University of Lagos (Unilag) has emerged overall best out of 56 participants in mathematics competition organised by National Mathematical Centre (NMC).

    Unilag also triumphed over 14 other universities that participated in the competition.

    Prof. Stephen Onah, the Director/Chief Executive of NMC disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the competition on Friday in Sheda.

    Represented by Prof. Peter Onumaiye, the Coordinator, Mathematical Sciences Programme of the NMC, Onah said five participants won gold medals, nine got silver medals, while 14 went home with bronze medals out of the 56 participants.

    The director congratulated the participants for the performance and urged them to remain focused and be good ambassadors of mathematics.

    He advised the participants not to look at what they would benefit from working hard, rather, they should have goal or target and work hard to achieve it.

    Itsuokor, who spoke on behalf of other participants, expressed gratitude to the centre for the opportunity given them to exercise their capabilities in the knowledge of mathematics.

    The overall best attributed his success to hard work and determination and encouraged other students to embrace mathematics, saying studying the course was not so difficult as presumed by some students.

    Prof. Benjamin Oyelami, the Coordinator, Academic Planning, NMC, said the essence of the competition was to encourage students of mathematics to study hard and be ambassadors of the subject in the world.

    He said “Nigeria needs to be developed and to develop a nation, you need trained minds; minds that are innovative.

    “And that is the reason why your parents sent you to the university to develop your minds.”

    According to him, mathematics is the only science course that develops minds of people to be able to reason and develop things.

    “So, you have been trained and I believe that after your graduation as you go into the world, you will make Nigeria proud,” Oyelami said.

    He advised the medalists to continue to work hard “as to whom much is given, much is expected”.

    He encouraged other participants who could not win any medal not to loss hope, but have confidence in themselves.

    A total of 14 Nigerian universities took part in the 2018 National Mathematics Competition for university students which started on April 17.

    At institutional stage, Unilag came first, followed by Federal University of Technology Akure in second place, while University of Nigeria Nsukka claimed the third position.

    NAN