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  • UNIBEN Mgt condemns reported violence at varsity’s senior staff club

    UNIBEN Mgt condemns reported violence at varsity’s senior staff club

    The Management of the University of Benin has condemned in strong terms reported violence during the visit of the Edo State Labour Party ‘s gubernatorial candidate, Mr Olumide Akpata, on invitation by the Senior Staff Club of the Institution.

    The violent incident, allegedly perpetrated by some students, is unacceptable.

    Consequently, Management has set up a Committee to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the violent action.

    The Committee, headed by Professor Frederick Ekhaise, has one week to submit a report to Management.

    Signed:
    Benedicta Ehanire, Ph.D, anipr.
    DR/PRO. 13/4/24

  • Kidnappers of students must be fished out, punished – Minister

    Kidnappers of students must be fished out, punished – Minister

    The Federal Government will soon fish out and prosecute kidnappers of school children, information minister Mohammed Idris has said.

    Idris spoke in Kano on Wednesday in an interactive session with media executives and practitioners organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

    He said President Tinubu had directed all security agencies to expedite action toward ensuring that school children recently abducted in Kaduna were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families.

    The minister advised journalists to desist from amplifying the activities of kidnappers and bandits on the pages of national dailies.

    “Mr President is disturbed that journalists celebrate the activities of kidnappers and bandits on the pages of national dailies.

    “He believes that such publicity encourages the unpatriotic elements,” he said.

    He said that the federal government is currently putting adequate modalities in place to overhaul the agricultural sector towards ensuring food security.

    “Mr President is insisting that Nigeria must be self sufficient in food production.

    “Proactive measures have been adopted by the federal government to ensure adequate provision of  assorted fertilizer to farmers at subsidize rates,” he said .

  • Ogun says it’s paying N10,000 cash award to pupils, students

    Ogun says it’s paying N10,000 cash award to pupils, students

    The Ogun government says it has began the payment of N10,000 cash award to 100,000 primary school pupils and secondary school students in 2,000 public schools across the state.

    The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun, Mr Lekan Adeniran, in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta said the gesture was in fulfilment of the promise the state governor made.

    “The governor had promised to pay N10,000 to indigent pupils and students in the state’s primary and secondary schools,” he said.

    Adeniran quoted Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, the state’s Commissioner for Education, as saying the payment was one of the strategies to provide succor to parents.

    He said Arigbabu, while monitoring the disbursement of the money in some schools in Abeokuta, noted that the gesture was as a result of the present economic situation in the country.

    “The money is meant to provide succor to pupils and their parents.

    “In view of the economic realities in the country, the governor decided to provide succor to the people of the state using a set of multiple approaches to achieve this.

    “We have over 2,000 primary and secondary schools in all the four divisions of the state, and 100,000 learners in these schools would receive N10,000 each,” the Commissioner was quoted as saying.

    Arigbabu said further that government decided to pay through parents whose children were in public primary and secondary schools as the children do not have bank accounts due to their age.

    “As we meet and give the parents the governor’s message, they are receiving the alerts for payment. The governor’s gesture is to support the parents in meeting their children’s needs,” he said.

    The Commissioner disclosed also that 50,000 students of Ogun origin in both public and private tertiary institutions had been captured to be paid N50,000 each.

    According to the statement, some of the schools visited by Arigbabu include
    Baptist Boys High School (Junior), Lisabi Grammar School, African Church Grammar School and Abeokuta Grammar School.

    Others included Saje High School, Ebenezer Grammar School, Unity High School, Ebenezer Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Saje, Holy Prophets Primary School and Agunbiade Victory High School, all in Abeokuta.

  • Varsity suspends staff member for alleged student maltreatment 

    Varsity suspends staff member for alleged student maltreatment 

    The Management of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has suspended an academic staff member of the University for allegedly maltreating some students.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the university’s Deputy Registrar, Information and Public Relations, Sa’idu Nayaya.

    Nayaya said the institution’s decision followed a video clip that went viral on social media and some traditional media platforms.

    “The video clip showed physical assault/corporal punishment meted out on some students by an academic staff member in a lecture hall.

    “To that effect, the management of the university immediately queried and suspended the staff member in question, and forwarded the case to the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee for further action.

    “These measures are taken swiftly to arrest the situation and bring justice.

    “The management is hereby assuring parents, guardians, and the general public that the welfare and safety of the students are topmost, and any breach by whosoever will not be tolerated and go unpunished.

    “The management is also assuring that it will continue to provide a conducive learning environment to the students for them to graduate successfully at the end of their studies,” Nayaya added.

     

  • Sylvester Oromoni: Father vows to get justice as Late 12-year-old son is laid to rest

    Sylvester Oromoni: Father vows to get justice as Late 12-year-old son is laid to rest

    In a sad ceremony held at the family compound in Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri, Mr. Sylvester Oromoni Snr, father of the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has vowed to continue the fight for justice, particularly on behalf of students facing maltreatment in Nigerian educational institutions.

    Two years ago, the 12-year-old Dowen College pupil, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, met a tragic end, allegedly tortured by senior students.

    Addressing journalists, Mr. Oromoni expressed the family’s determination to ensure justice not only for their son but for all students who have faced assaults within school premises.

    This decision to bury their son came after confirming that the Lagos State inquiry into the incident was progressing as expected.

    Speaking at the event, renowned lawyer Chief Femi Falana (SAN) commended the Oromoni family’s tenacity in seeking justice and urged parents and school managements to prioritize the welfare and safety of students. Despite acknowledging the time justice might take, he assured that it would be delivered.
    Falana, who is also the family lawyer, noted that the young boy would be remembered for touching the lives of the family, the school, and his colleagues.

    We are here to celebrate a great Nigerian whose life was cut short. His short life was so eventful according to his biography that was just read to us now.”

    “The short life of Solomon cannot be compared with that of Methuselah,” Falana said. “Sylvester touched the lives of his teachers, friends, fellow students, and we should be reminded and ask ourselves what would you be remembered for after this life.”

    We must try as much as possible to rededicate our lives to God almighty. I must thank the parents of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr for standing and demanding justice for their son.”

    During the burial ceremony, Ven. Revd Goodluck Bayagbon of God’s Grace Ministry, Warri, delivered a message encouraging Christians to lead exemplary lives. He celebrated Sylvester Oromoni Jnr as a devout believer who left a positive impact on those around him.

  • Chrisland: Late student’s mother testifies before court

    Chrisland: Late student’s mother testifies before court

    Mrs. Blessing Adeniran, mother of a late student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Lagos, on Wednesday, testified at the trial of the school and four others for involuntary manslaughter.

    The bereaved mother testified before an Ikeja High Court.

    She was led in evidence by Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Adewale Martins, and cross-examined by defence counsel including Chief Richard Ahonaruogho (SAN).

    Lagos State Government, on March 31, 2023, charged Chrisland Schools, its principal and vice principal, and two others with the killing of the student.

    The 12-year-old student was allegedly electrocuted on Feb. 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports at the Agege Stadium, Lagos State.

    Those charged alongside the school are Ademoye Adewale (a cotton candy vendor), Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao (Principal), and Victoria Nwatu.

    The defendants were arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala.

    During her cross-examination by Ahonaruogho,  the bereaved mother said that she did not know the effects of combination of Nitrazepam and Amitriptyline drugs.

    The drugs were mentioned in a report by  Inland Specialist Hospital (Exhibit PW1 (B)) before the court.

    The report is dated Feb. 16.

    The drugs were prescribed for the late student on Jan. 20, 2023, by Inland Specialist Hospital, when the witness and her husband took the deceased to the hospital for treatment.

    The witness said that the school principal had called her on the same day and told her that her daughter was ill and having difficulty in breathing.

    “I called my husband to inform him because I was at a gym. He picked her from school and took her to the hospital, and he said I should join them there.

    “I went to the hospital and met my daughter and her dad playing a game with his phone, and she seemed fine to me. I said they like going to the hospital, and we laughed,” she testified.

    According to the witness,  when her daughter’s vitals signs were checked at the hospital, the doctor told her parents that she was alright,  and asked if she had examinations in school that could warrant mild anxiety, but the parents told the doctor that she was rather preparing for inter-house sports.

    The witness said that she did not know what the drugs were meant to treat.

    Ahonaruogho had asked if she was aware that the drugs were meant to treat panic disorder, severe anxiety, and insomnia, and the witness answered in the negative.

    She told the court that she was mourning her daughter and did not consider finding out any effects of the drugs.

    When asked if she was told at the Agege Central Hospital and Diagnostics Ltd. that her daughter died possibly due to cardiac arrest, the witness said that she was told.

    The late student was reportedly taken to the hospital from the stadium when she fell.

    Ahonaruogho asked the witness if she was also told that there was possible electrocution of the student.

    She replied in the negative.

    The counsel told the witness that Nitrazepam was meant to treat panic disorder, severe anxiety and insomnia, while Amitriptyline was to treat depression.

    He asked the witness if she knew about the facts, and the witness said that she did not know.

    The counsel said that combination of the drugs administered especially on a young person could result in death.

    He asked if the witness was aware.

    She said: “I do not know.”

    The counsel also asked if the deceased had visited other hospitals before Inland Specialist Hospital.

    The witness said that, apart from the hospital she was born, she only visited one other hospital for eye checkup.

    Ms Bimpe Ajegbomogun, counsel to Ademoye Adewale, asked the witness if she was in charge of administering the drugs prescribed for the late student, and she responded, ”Yes.”

    Meanwhile, the witness told the court that on the morning of Feb. 9, 2023,  the deceased made breakfast.

    The counsel asked if the witness was aware of a Snapchat group known as ‘Housewives of Lagos’ which the deceased was a member.

    She also asked the witness how she knew about it.

    The witness said: “On Feb. 11, 2023, I had not slept since Feb. 9, 2023; so, my husband asked me to try and get some sleep; otherwise, I might collapse.

    “I went to bed and placed my phone and that of my daughter beside me.

    “Her phone started buzzing with incoming messages, and I called my husband to take the phone because I had severe headaches.

    “The phone was locked; so, he asked who knew the password.

    “My younger sister said she knew, and opened the phone. That was how he saw  messages in which members of the group were discussing about how she was electrocuted.”

    Ajegbomogun asked if her husband was the first person who mentioned that their daughter died of electrocution.

    The witnesss replied in the negative.

    Earlier,  Martins, who led the witness in evidence, asked her how she got to know that her daughter fell.

    Martins also asked her what actions she took.

    The witness told the court that she went to the stadium and did not see her daughter participate in any of the sports.

    She said that she consequently got worried and began to search for her, adding that the search led her to Agege Central Hospital and Diagnostics Ltd. where she found her lifeless body.

    The judge adjourned the case until Thursday  (Jan. 25) for continuation of cross-examination of the witness.

    NAN

  • My daughter didn’t die in hospital – Late Chrisland School student’s father testifies

    My daughter didn’t die in hospital – Late Chrisland School student’s father testifies

    Mr Michael  Adeniran, father of a late student of Chrisland Schools, Ikeja, on Monday told an Ikeja High Court that his daughter died in a stadium during the school’s inter-house sports.

    Adeniran told the court that he was informed by the school’s nurse that his daughter, aged 12, was already dead in the stadium before she was taken to a hospital.

    He said that the nurse told him that the daughter’s eyes were already dilated but she could not pronounce her dead because she was not a doctor.

    Lagos State Government had on March 31, 2023, charged Chrisland School Ltd., Opebi, and its principal, vice principal, and two others for the death of Adeniran’s daughter.

    The 12-year-old student was allegedly electrocuted on Feb. 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports at the Agege Stadium, Lagos State.

    The defendants were arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala.

    Those charged alongside the school are Ademoye Adewale (a cotton candy vendor), Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao (Principal), and Victoria Nwatu.

    The defendants are standing trial for involuntary manslaughter and reckless and negligent acts.

    While being cross-examined on Monday, Adeniran who is the first prosecution witness, said that he could not remember anybody informing him that oxygen was administered on his daughter at the hospital she was taken to.

    He was led in evidence by counsel to Chrisland Schools, Mr Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN).

    When asked if the student was absent from school on Feb. 2, 2023, due to illness, Adeniran replied, “She was absent from school, but she was not ill.”

    The witness said that, on Jan. 20, 2023, the school called his wife (the deceased’s mother) and informed her that Whitney was ill.

    He said that his daughter was then taken to Inland Specialist Hospital where a doctor prescribed drugs for her.

    He testified that he got to know the name of the drugs from the doctor’s report obtained from the hospital and dated Feb. 16, 2023.

    Adeniran listed the drugs as Nitrazepam and Amitriptyline.

    When asked if he was informed by the Agege Central Hospital and Diagnostic Ltd. that his daughter died of cardiac arrest, the witness said that he was informed that she died of cardiac arrest.

    The witness, however, told the court that he could not remember if the school’s nurse mentioned anything about administering oxygen or cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the deceased.

    “The nurse said she tried all she could but my daughter  had already died before being taken out of the stadium.

    “She said her eyes had already dilated, but  she could not pronounce her dead because she was not a doctor,” he said.

    Adeniran had testified before the court on May 25, 2023.

    Justice Oyindamola Ogala adjourned the case until Jan. 24 for a continuation of the cross-examination of Adeniran.

    NAN

  • Police arrest 400-level student for alleged possession of firearms

    Police arrest 400-level student for alleged possession of firearms

    Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 400-level student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi for alleged possession of illegal firearms.

    The police spokesman in the state, SP Ahmed Wakil, stated in Bauchi on Wednesday that the suspect was arrested on Saturday following a tip-off by a vigilance group.

    He stated that the suspect illegally acquired one locally-made gun and one locally-made pistol and 9mm live ammunition.

    Wakil added that the suspect already admitted to the offence and claimed that the weapons belonged to another person previously arrested for possession of a locally-made pistol in 2021.

    He stated also that a 28-year-old business café operator had been arrested at a Bauchi suburb for allegedly defrauding some ATBU students of N663,000 being the latters’ school registration fees.

    He added that preliminary investigation showed that the suspect dishonestly and fraudulently collected the money and later gave his victims fake registration slips.

    Wakil stated that the suspect already admitted to issuing fake registration slips to many ATBU students.

    He assured that the suspects would be arraigned after investigations.

  • SAD! 14-yr-old girl shoots dead classmate, herself

    SAD! 14-yr-old girl shoots dead classmate, herself

    Russian teenager on Thursday shot dead a classmate and injured five others before killing herself in a school in Bryansk near the Ukrainian border, investigators said.

    School shootings are relatively rare in Russia, which has strict gun laws, but have become more common in recent years.

    A 14-year-old girl brought a pump-action shotgun to school, which she used to shoot her classmates. As a result, two died — one of them the shooter — and there are five wounded,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

    Authorities did not name the shooter but said the victim was a female classmate at the secondary school in the Bryansk suburb.

    The motives behind the crime and all the circumstances are being established,” the Instigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said.

    The five wounded had been taken to medical facilities, it said.

    The shooting took place at Gymnasium Number Five outside the centre of Bryansk, a city near Ukraine that has been subjected to occasional shelling and drone attacks.

    In western Russian city of Izhevsk in September last year, a gunman killed 18 people at a school.

    In 2021, a 19-year-old shooter killed nine people in a school in Kazan, Tatarstan. That same year, a teenager killed six people at a university in the Urals city of Perm.

  • Panic As Ambrose Alli Varsity Medical Students Asked To Sign Undertaking for over 12 years duration

    Panic As Ambrose Alli Varsity Medical Students Asked To Sign Undertaking for over 12 years duration

    A medical student at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Benin State has expressed his dissatisfaction with X against an undertaking that could extend the duration of students’ time in school to over 12 years.

    The 300-level medical student disclosed that they were given an undertaking to sign while they were sitting for their Part 1 MBBS exams.

    Sharing the undertaking on His X account on Wednesday, the student wrote, “Forcing students to sign an undertaking like this on the day of their exam is madness. Even cults don’t operate like this. You’re asking people who have already spent five years in the school to sign away their future, and every opportunity to get justice?

    “These are children with dreams. How can a school be so shameless? They paid their fees, paid all the money you asked for, and the government paid your salaries, and this is how you’re going to treat your students? Is it because your children are not here? Are we not someone’s child?

    According to the undertaking, the students are required to wait for available space to continue their course, enroll in an 18-month BSc programme in Anatomy or Physiology to stay occupied and commit to regular fee payments during the waiting period.

    The undertaking also prohibits students from engaging in protests or acts that could harm the college and university’s image. The directive was issued on the day of their examination.

    According to the undertaking, the students were required to agree to three conditions.

    It reads: “I hereby undertake as follows:

    “1. After my Part 1 MBBS (Professional) Examination, I will undertake an 18-month intercalated BSc programme in Anatomy or Physiology in the College of Medicine.

    “2. I will wait until anytime there is space for me to proceed to Clinical (400 Level) before I will do so.

    “3. I will continue to pay school fees as a medical student.”