Tag: Student
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Kidnapped Plateau varsity student released
Prof. Yohana Izam, the Vice Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos, has announced the release of a student of the institution, Stanley Showul-Mushi, kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday. Izam announced the rescue of the final year accounting student in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Jos. The vice chancellor…
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SAD! Missing 300-Level Law student found in Imo hospital mortuary
The body of a 300-level Law student of the Imo State University, Owerri, Kingsley Chiwueze, has been found five days after disappearance. Chiwueze was on Monday declared missing after efforts made to find him proved abortive. Chiwueze had two weeks ago made his intention known to vie for the office of Senate President of the…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…