BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A male student shot and wounded two faculty members at a Denver high school on Wednesday and then fled the scene, spurring a citywide search for his whereabouts, according to city officials. The shooting at East High School was reported at about 9:50 a.m., and police and medical responders arrived […]
Nigeria’s leading talk station, 99.3 Nigeria Info, has announced the launch of the fifth edition of its “I Beg To Differ” student debate competition themed “The Tournament of Champions.” This aims to champion intellectually-stimulating conversations to position Nigerian youths as solution providers to the myriad of socio-economic challenges plaguing the nation’s overall development. The competition, […]
A 23-year-old 100 level male student of the Osun State University, Ikire campus, Juba Orisajafor on Tuesday drank poison and died few hours after he preached against suicide on his WhatsApp. It was gathered that Orisajafor on Tuesday morning updated his WhatsApp status, condemning suicide. His post on WhatsApp reads: “Often time I ask myself, […]
*Assures that perpetrators will be brought to book The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has deployed additional investigation aids and forensic support to Edo state Police Command to unravel the circumstances surrounding the brutal rape and death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omosuwa. According to the police chief, the deployment was part of a deliberate […]
Zaria (Kaduna State) – The authorities of Albany International School, Zaria have confirmed the death of a JSS 3 student, Abdurahman Doko, in a fire incident that gutted a hostel on Wednesday. The fire, which started around 12.30 p.m., destroyed the male students’ hostel of the school situated at Gaskiya Layout in Zaria. Dr Abdulraheem […]
India Police on Thursday said a student was shot after a man opened fire during a protest against a controversial citizenship law in New Delhi. “The gunman was overpowered and detained soon after the incident outside the city’s Jamia Millia Islamia University,’’ Senior Police Officer, Chinmay Biswal, said. READ ALSO: Invest your wealth in Nigeria […]
A court in north-western Vietnam sentenced six men to death for raping and murdering 22-year-old student Cao My Duyen in a case that shocked the country earlier this year, state media reported on Monday. On Feb. 2, gang leader Vi Van Toan told his gang members that the student’s mother owed him nearly 13,000 dollars […]
Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says adequate mechanism has been in place to tackle cases of intimidation and harrassment of students in tertiary institutions. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President of the association, made this known when he featured on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Forum in Abuja on Sunday. He […]
A student of Girls Secondary School, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu State, Miss Chidiogo Jane Onoh, has emerged the overall winner of the maiden edition of the essay writing competition of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). In a letter to the principal of the school, the Director-General of BPE, Alex A. Okoh, stated that Miss Onoh’s entry in the essay […]
Makurdi – Benue Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school teacher, Mr Terseer Maikyo for allegedly raping a JSS 1 student in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press statement on Friday signed by the Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene in Makurdi. The […]
Abuja – A Kabua Grade I Area Court in Abuja has ordered 22-year-old student, Sodiq Adamu to be remanded in Nassarawa Correctional Facility for allegedly stealing a car battery.Adamu was arraigned on Monday on a one-count charge. Parliament back Brexit deal delay Prosecution Counsel, Mahmud Lawal, alleged that Adamu was arrested at Asokoro by Abuja […]
A 200 level Food Science Technology student of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Ondo State, identified as Deborah Olajide has been killed by a hit and run driver. The FUTA undergraduate, Miss Olajide, who was said to be on her way home from vigil was knocked down by the vehicle in the early […]
A 400 level law undergraduate of the Igbinedion University in Edo state has been expelled by the school’s management. According to report the said student drugged and raped his classmate. Prince Gwamnishu Harrison, who shared the story on his Facebook page wrote; 400 LEVEL LAW STUDENT OF IGBENEDION UNIVERSITY OKADA EXPELLED FOR ONE MINUTE MADNESS […]
Following the release of 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Ajibola Oluwatosin Olumayowa, a student of Taidob College in Abeokuta has emerged ‘best candidate’ of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) A Corona Secondary School student, Ibukun Oduntan, had earlier this week been declared the best candidate with 344 marks when results were released but Taidob […]
The Akwa Ibom State High Court, Etinan Judicial Division has ordered the reinstatement of no fewer than 6,000 dismissed students of the defunct College of Agriculture, Obio Akpa in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the State. The affected students were sacked when the administration of former governor Godswill Akpabio, ordered the House of Assembly […]
….Urges more appointment for indigbo As the tussle for the 2019 general elections gather momentum, an apex youth organization in the South-east, Ohandigbo Youths Organization, has began mobilization for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari, urging that igbos should be given more appointment in government. The group said at a meeting held at Eziama […]
A 500 Level Petroleum Engineering student of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Zainab Titus, has emerged first at the 2015 SPE Africa Region Students Technical Paper contest. The contest took place on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. She came first after a rigorous process in which the SPE considered over […]