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  • BREAKING: UNIOSUN students in violent protest over death of colleague

    BREAKING: UNIOSUN students in violent protest over death of colleague

    Angered by the incessant disappearance of their colleagues, students of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) have laid siege to some streets in Osogbo burning tyres and vandalising properties to vent their anger.

    Dressed in black shirts and trousers, the students chanted war songs and attacked motorists and journalists covering the protest.

    TheNewsGuru.com had earlier reported that Police in Osun State had paraded a cleric, Sakariyau Abdulrofiu, and his suspected accomplices, Ibrahim Ayuba and Yusuf Aliu, over the death of a 400-level student of the Osun State University, Oluwafemi Shonibare, who was declared missing earlier in June.

    After his arrest, Abdulrofiu led the police to a spot near his house where the body of the student was dumped.

    The body of Shonibare was already decomposing when it was retrieved by the police.

    The suspects confessed of plans to use the deceased, who was a final year student of the department of microbiology, for money ritual before they were apprehended.

    The Commissioner of Police in charge of Osun State, Fimihan Adeoye, confirmed the development.

    He said that the police had enough evidence to successfully prosecute the suspects in court.

     

  • UI makes U-turn, recalls students, fixes examinations for July 4

    UI makes U-turn, recalls students, fixes examinations for July 4

    Authorities of the University of Ibadan, UI, on Friday announced July 2 for the re-opening of the institution for normal academic activities.

    According to the Director of Public Communications, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, the‎ first semester examinations for the 2016/2017 academic session will start on July 4.

    ‎The Senate of the University of Ibadan, has decided to recall its undergraduate students, who were asked to vacate the institution ‎on May 29 to resume academic activities, he said in a statement.‎
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    He said the Senate’s decision taken on Friday followed the consideration of the interim report of an Ad-hoc Committee on the students’ crisis.‎
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    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the students had May 29 staged a protest following a ban on the use of hotplates and other electrical appliances in the halls of residence in the institution.

    “The‎ students are expected to arrive on the campus as from Sunday, July 2, 2017.‎
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    “By this decision, the 2016/2017 first semester examinations will commence on Tuesday, July 4 in the various faculties of the university.

    “All students will be allowed into the examination halls on presentation of their course registration forms on which their passport photographs are affixed.
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    “Senate notes that the conduct of examination is dictated by senate and not the students’ union executive council as all activities of the university are guided and regulated by the University of Ibadan Act.
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    “‎An implementation machinery may soon be set up to engage students on the modalities‎ for the use of hotplates and other unauthorized electrical appliances,” the spokesman said.

     

     

     

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  • Epe Kidnap: ‘I feel inadequate not yet securing students’ release’ – Ambode laments

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday said he feels inadequate because of his inability to quickly rescue the pupils recently kidnapped from the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla-Epe.

    Ambode spoke with journalists in Abuja in the wake of the recent kidnapping and a fresh threat by the kidnappers to attack the Lagos Model College, Kankon, in Badagry.

    He said the fact that that was the second time such incident would happen in the school gave the government an insight that something might be amiss.

    He however said he would wait until the children were rescued before making a pronouncement.

    The governor said he had already brought the issue to the notice of the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, and the nation’s service chiefs.

    In his words: “If there is anything that makes me feel terribly inadequate, it is my inability to quickly get those schoolchildren back.

    “I want to assure everybody that we are on top of it. We cannot be putting all the efforts that we are making on the pages of newspapers. That will jeopardise our efforts to recover those children.

    “I cannot compromise their security just because I want to look good in the eyes of the public. But believe me, I am working 24hours a day to make sure that they come back safely.

    “I want to assure Lagosians that Lagos is safe and we are doing our best. There are just about 33,000 policemen in the state as against 22 million people and that was why we decided to do this Neighbourhood Safety Corps just to complement what the police are doing.

    “More importantly, we are investing in technology equipment that we can actually use to combat this crime. I believe and I am praying also that in the next few days, these children will be back safely.”

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that gunmen suspected to be militants on Thursday, May 25, invaded the school, abducting the principals (from Junior and Senior schools) and some students. The kidnappers were said to have stormed the school in the early hours when the students were at the morning assembly.

     

  • Just in: Suspected kidnappers of Lagos pupils, teachers arraigned

    Federal Government on Tuesday arraigned five men accused of kidnapping some pupils and members of staff of a school in Isheri, Ogun State, on January 13, 2017, and another six victims along the Ikorodu Expressway, Lagos, on December 16, 2016.

    The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation had, on June 1, 2017, charged the five alleged abductors before the Federal High Court in Abuja after taking over the case from the police.

    The charges were signed on behalf of the AGF by an Assistant Chief State Counsel in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Aminu Alilu.

    Those named as defendants in the case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/85/2017, are Bekewei Agbojule (aka Asari), Egbasimokumo Ayeomi (aka Effiong), Godspower Olopele, Toki Okuba and Super Allen Baye (aka Yanga).

    Three of the defendants –Agbojule, Ayeomi and Baye ­ ­– were said to be from the Ijaw community of Arogbo town in the riverine area of Ondo State while the two others – Olopele and Okuba – were said to be residents of Ikorodu, Lagos State and Isheri in Ogun State, respectively.

    The prosecution described the acts of hostage taking and receiving of ransoms which the defendants were accused of as acts of terrorism punishable by life imprisonment under the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act, 2013.

  • Prolonged strike: LAUTECH students storm NASS, beg FG to take over institution

    Prolonged strike: LAUTECH students storm NASS, beg FG to take over institution

    Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, on Thursday, stormed the National Assembly, demanding that the federal government should take over funding and administration of the institution owing to several months of industrial action by both academic and non-academic staff of the institution.

    The aggrieved students decried the prolonged industrial action, which had kept them in one level for almost 2 years.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the institution which was established in 1990 is run by both Oyo and Ogun States.

    “It is pertinent, we also bring to your notice sir, that Osun state had, had a separate state university, just as Oyo state recently commissioned hers, leaving LAUTECH in more dilemma,” one of the protesters told newsmen.

    President of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution, Comrade Bakare Solace Olateinde, while addressing the press, said, leaving the school in the hands of Osun or Oyo state would practically spell doom for the students.

    He said, non-payment of salaries, allowances and arrears accounted to the incessant industrial actions which have made students to outgrow their age, in their academic pursuit.

    “The 500 level and other students in junior levels have remained in the same level since 2015”, Olateinde said.

    Speaking further, the SUG President said, “our alumni always recount their experiences to us as they are always being faced with genuine shock and barefaced humbling, that despite their good results and the standard of the institution from which they had graduated from, they are always being met with rejection at the labour market, due to age factor, which was solemnly due to time wastage and delay before completion of their academic education.”

    “We hereby, passionately appeal to the federal government to consider our appeal to save the lives and future of over thirty five thousand (35,000) students of this citadel of learning,” he submitted.

  • 20 students die in bus crash en route to write exam

    20 students die in bus crash en route to write exam

    29 school children, two teachers and a driver have died in a bus crash near Karatu in northern Tanzania Saturday morning.

    The students of the Lucky Vincent English-Medium School in Arusha city were en route to write an examination in Karatu when their bus skidded off the road and fell into a river, police say.

    Regional police commander Charles Mkumbo confirmed the death toll to the media, adding that several children escaped with injuries.

    Rescue operations were launched immediately after the accident to recover the bodies that included 12 boys and 17 girls.

    The accident is believed to have been caused by rainfall in the hilly area, but the police commander says they are investigating the incident.

    President John Magufuli has commiserated with the families of the students in a statement describing the accident as a “national tragedy”.

  • FG orders closure of Queen’s College as diarrhoea kills two students

    The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health, has directed the immediate closure of Queen’s College, Yaba, following the death of two students who were diagnosed to have died of diarrhoea between Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2017.

    The two female boarding students, Vivian Osuinyi and Bithia Itulua reportedly died after vomiting and stooling.

    According to a report by Daily Sun, the late students allegedly ate spaghetti and drank water served in the refectory by the college cooks.

    The Federal Ministry of Health, which gave this order, said it had commenced investigations into the death of the students.

    It was gathered that following the outbreak of diarrhoea in the school, parents, whose wards resumed on Monday, contacted officials of the Parents Teacher Association (PTA), to find out the situation of things.

    Only Senior Secondary III students resumed on Monday, to complete their examinations while the junior students were expected in school next week, but, with the outbreak of diarrhoea and the directive by health officials to send the students home, it will affect the resumption of other students.

    A senior staff who spoke on condition of anonymity affirmed that health officials have directed that the SS III students will also be sent home to enable Lagos State health officials investigate the source of the diarrhoea as well as carry out environmental exercise in the school.

    “As soon the SS III students finish their Mathematics examination, today, they will go home. We have informed parents about their coming home.

    “The health officials insisted the students must vacate the college to allow for thorough investigation”, the source said.

    The staff, however, added that, “some parents are just blowing the issue out of proportion. The issue started a month ago when some students complained and were treated at the sickbay and two weeks ago, a student vomited and stooled and she died later.

    “The new Old Girls Association president called the principal to inform her of another death which we are yet to confirm.’’

  • Queens College shutdown as diarrhoea kills two students

    Queens College shutdown as diarrhoea kills two students

    Queens College, Yaba, in Lagos, has been shutdown after two students allegedly died of diarrhoea, between Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2017.

    Two female boarding students, Vivian Osuinyi and Bithia Itulua reportedly died after vomiting and stooling.

    They allegedly ate Spaghetti and drank water served in the Refectory by the college cooks, Daily Sun reports.

    The Federal Ministry of Health, which gave this order, said it had commenced investigations into the death of the students.

    It was gathered that following the outbreak of diarrhoea in the school, parents, whose wards resumed on Monday, contacted officials of the Parents Teacher Association (PTA), to find out the situation of things.

    Only Senior Secondary III students resumed on Monday, to complete their examinations while the junior students were expected in school next week, but, with the outbreak of diarrhoea and the directive by health officials to send the students home, it will affect the resumption of other students.

    A senior staff told Daily Sun that health officials have directed that the SS III students will also be sent home to enable Lagos State health officials investigate the source of the diarrhoea as well as carry out environmental exercise in the school.

    “As soon the SS III students finish their Mathematics examination, today, they will go home. We have informed parents about their coming home.

    “The health officials insisted the students must vacate the college to allow for thorough investigation”, the source said.

    The staff, however, added that, “some parents are just blowing the issue out of proportion. The issue started a month ago when some students complained and were treated at the sickbay and two weeks ago, a student vomited and stooled and she died later.

    “The new Old Girls Association president called the principal to inform her of another death which we are yet to confirm.’’

  • School feeding: Sokoto earmarks N5.4bn for 1m students

    The Sokoto State Government says it has earmarked over N5.4 billion to feed no fewer than one million students in its primary and secondary schools in 2017.

    The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Alhaji Mainasara Ahmed, disclosed this in Gusau on Thursday.

    He spoke at a three-day workshop organized by a USAID-assisted Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) Project being implemented in Sokoto and Bauchi States.

    ”These pupils and students are currently studying in both boarding and non boarding schools across the 23 local government areas in the state.

    ”This money also includes the homegrown school feeding programme to be jointly undertaken by both the federal and state governments.

    ”The gesture is aimed at shoring up students’ enrolment, retention and completion, especially girl child education,” he said.

    Ahmed disclosed that the state government had established the female education, secondary education and examinations boards to improve the standard of education in the state.

     

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  • Students decries hike in price of garri in Ilorin

    Some students in Ilorin have decried the sudden increase in price of garri, commonly referred to as “students’ food’’.

    The students said it had become almost impossible to have a day’s meal with the increase in the staple food.

    A student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dayo Abiodun, said that it was difficult to feed with the sudden increase in the price of Garri.

    He said a bowl of garri which was sold at N150, now sold for N240 in the market, while a cup now sells at N30.

    “In the past, you see your roommates sharing garri among themselves freely but since the end of last year, no student can afford to willingly give out a cup of the commodity.

    “Garri is the most friendly and easily accessible food for us as students but now it has become scarce commodity in the hostel,’’ he said.

    Another student, Suleman Sheriff, said that garri used to be his fast food to quench hunger but the increase in its price had changed that.

    “I was surprised to see the price of garri going up uncontrollably. Students are not finding it funny at the moment because it is our favourite food.

    “We are not even talking about rice, beans, yam, palm oil or groundnut oil, garri should not have gone this far,’’ he said.

    A student of the University of Ilorin, Kemi Adedeji, who described garri as the most stable food for students, said something must be done to bring down its price.

    “No matter the situation in the country, the price of garri must be controlled for the sake of students and the average Nigerians, ‘’ she said.

    Another student of the University of Ilorin, Kola Alabi, described the hike in price of garri as unjust, adding that this had only created a lot of hardships for the students.

    “We students mostly survive on garri and now that the price is beyond our reach, what else do they want us to feed on,’’ he lamented.