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  • Police nab two suspected killers of student

    The police in Ondo State have arrested two suspects, who allegedly kidnapped and killed a female student of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, for rituals.

    The command said yesterday it had arrested two of the suspects, who allegedly used the student for money rituals.

    The student was declared missing by her friends days after she reportedly left home.

    Luck ran out on the suspects after one of them was nabbed in a robbery, during which it was discovered he and others were linked to the kidnap of the student.

    This led to the arrest of another suspect. The third is at large.

    Confirming the incident, police spokesman Femi Joseph said the mutilated and decomposing body of the student had been recovered by detectives, who are grilling the suspects.

    He said the suspects would be arraigned after investigation and advised parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards.

  • Nigerian student third in World Microsoft Word Competition

    Nigerian student third in World Microsoft Word Competition

    A 16-year-old student of Childville School, Ogudu, Lagos, Katherine Eta, has emerged the third place winner for Microsoft Word in the 2017 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship hosted by Certiport in Anaheim, USA.

    Eta competed against 156 other finalists from 49 countries for the competition which had more than 560,000 candidates.

    The competition involves contestants  demonstrating  their superior skills in Microsoft Word®, Excel®, and PowerPoint®

    Zenith Bank and Readmanna supported her in her trip to the USA and she was the only African student to win a medal in the competition.

    For the Microsoft Word 2016 category won by Eta, Cheng Wai Fung from Hong Kong was first, while Ieong Chi Kei, Macao came second.

    To enter the competition, students aged 13 to 22 took a qualifying Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification exam to demonstrate their mastery of Microsoft Office products.  Regional competitions were held worldwide and 157 student finalists competed in the final round of competition in Anaheim, California, USA from July 31 – August 2, 2017.

    In the concluding round, competitors participated in unique project-based tests to demonstrate their ability to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations for the information presented in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

    Certiport and Microsoft recognized the top competitors at the MOSWC Student Awards Ceremony at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. Each first-place winner was presented with a $7,000 cash prize, second place $3,500 and third place $1,500.

    “The Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is inspiring – not only because these students won an impressive award, but because they have gained valuable workforce skills that will benefit them throughout their academic and career pursuits,” said Aaron Osmond, General Manager at Certiport.

    “The best part is watching the champions go home and then report back to us with all of the amazing things they are doing academically and in the workforce.  Microsoft Office Specialist certification truly changes lives.”

    MOS certification is the only official Microsoft-recognized certification for Microsoft Office globally and serves as a powerful instrument for assessing student skills and preparing students for real-world application.

    “We are proud to support the MOS World Championship and grateful to meet young people from all parts of the world who have discovered the power of Microsoft Office skills for productivity and employability,” said Anneleen Vaandrager, Senior Director, Education Industry at Microsoft.

    “The competition itself is the experience of a lifetime but every participant, all 560,000 of them, earned MOS certification to bolster their employability opportunities.”

    Next year, Certiport will host the 2018 MOS World Championship in Orlando, Florida.

     

  • Recall Nigerian Law School student

    SIR: We of the Legal Education Rights Agenda, a national campaigning organization of law faculty students, law graduates, lawyers and public interest-inclined persons hereby write to demand the recall of Kayode Bello, a student of the Abuja campus of the Nigerian Law School, who was unjustly expelled from the campus of the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja, after he allegedly had an argument with a fellow student.

    We condemn the  undemocratic manner in which the  graduate of University of Ibadan, Oyo State was reportedly bundled out of the school’s library by law school officials and policemen attached to the Bwari Police Station on the day he was expelled. We condemn the actions of the management of the Nigerian Law School in the poor handling of the complaint of Bello over the poor state of welfare conditions in the Abuja Campus of the Nigerian Law School which is a reflection of similar poor state of welfare on the other five campuses of the Nigerian Law School.

    We hold that the   Secretary to the Council of Legal Education, Elizabeth Max-Uba, should have reacted in a pro-active manner over his complaint over the leakage of the sewage pipe in his room’s toilet other than the strong arm tactics the school management. We hold that leakage of water system in rooms in the hostels of Nigerian Law School is symptomatic of the poor welfare conditions in most the campuses despite the huge fees students cough out to undertake the programme.

    We also condemn the poor handling of the incident of March 15, which led to Kayode Bello’s expulsion. We condemn the culture of seat reservation in an institution that is meant to be a training ground for fighters for egalitarianism.

    We reject the accusations of the Nigerian Law School that Kayode Bello is inciting students against the school management based on his correct and regular complaints on the poor state of welfare on the campus.

    We condemn the poor fate that Kayode Bello was exposed to by the management unto which he was deprived of a bed space in the Law School campus and he was forced to be sleeping in the open room.

    We condemn the action of the  Chief  Security Officer who  led his team to  give Kayode  Bello a letter of expulsion to sign on July 21, which he  rejected upon which he  called for reinforcement and  dragged the poor boy out of the library and took him for detention at  the Bwari Police Station.

    We call for the immediate recall of Kayode Bello in order to sit for his Bar Examinations, an immediate improvement of welfare conditions in all campuses of the Nigerian Law School in order for students to adequately prepare for the Bar Examination.

     

    • Emma. O. Emma

    Legal Education Rights Agenda, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

  • FUNAAB student needs N12m for kidney transplant

    FUNAAB student needs N12m for kidney transplant

    A Final year student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Miss Love Fericsope Ologun, 21, has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease.

    She needs N12million to undergo a kidney transplant.

    Her mother, Mrs Funmilayo Ologun, said Love had not been very healthy since she was a child.

    She was always falling sick. However, after the age of three, she didn’t fall sick for while until she got into secondary school.

    “She has always been on and off the hospital bed, but after she was three, she became more stable. She was stable till she got into secondary school.They kept calling us, almost every month that we should come and take care of her because she has been admitted.The doctors don’t really tell me what was wrong anytime I go to the hospital.The doctors treat, talk to her and tell me to make sure she uses her drugs every day,’’ her mother said.

    Immediately after secondary school, Love secured admission into FUNNAB to study Business Administration. During her second semester examination for 300 Level  last October, she only managed to sit for her exams.

    She was admitted to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, where she had been receiving treatment before. At the hospital, Love had three sessions of dialysis and was later discharged in November.

    About two weeks later, Love was admitted again. ’’When she was admitted, we had already given up hope; but thank God for prayers.  Her friends also came over and donated blood for her. Later, the doctor told us  that the dialysis machine was not functioning well, and referred us to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu.

    “On our way to the hospital in December, she collapsed at the gate of OOUTH. I was so scared, I was just shouting.We took her  to the Emergency Ward and she was stabilised. It  was there the  doctor that told us she needs kidney transplant and that we would need between N8million and N12million for it.The doctor told us not to be quiet about our situation to speak up so that well-meaning Nigerians could help us and save  Love’s life ,’’ Mrs Ologun added.

    The mother said anyone who wanted to help Love could contact them via   08037128147 or 08038507433.

    Donation could also be  sent to Ologun Love Ferisope’s Guaranty Trust Bank(GTBank) Account Number 0142237435, she added.

  • Hit-and-run driver kills LAUTECH student

    A 300-Level Accounting student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has died after a road accident  on Ogbomoso-Ilorin highway. Hikmat Abidemi Adeniyi died in the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital  after her motorcycle was hit from the rear by a vehicle.

    The accident occurred at 7pm on Monday when the late Hikmat was going to visit her friend in Adenike area – a community mostly populated by students. Although, LAUTECH has been on strike for  months, private halls of residence built around the school still bubble as some students did not go home.

    Her colleagues were crestfallen when Hikmat was pronounced dead.

    An eyewitness, who did not give his name, said the hit-and-run driver did not stop to help the victims after the motorcycle was hit in the rear.

    He said: “The driver of the hit-and-run car was reckless, which was why he hit the motorcycle so violently. The rider and the passenger were thrown off the motorcycle after the accident. They were badly injured in the crash. The car driver did not stop to help them. It was passersby who rushed to the scene and helped the victims to the hospital.”

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that the motorcycle rider, whose name could not be ascertained at press time, was responding to treatment at the same hospital. But, Hikmat could not survive.

    Her friends were inconsolable at the hospital when doctors confirmed Hikmat dead.

    It was gathered that she was supposed to be undergoing Industrial Training (IT) if the school had not been on strike.

    Her colleague, Olasukanmi Babalola, who broke down in tears at the scene, said: “This would not have happened had she started her IT. But, our school is on strike, preventing many students from partaking in IT. The late Hikmat became another victim of this senseless strike.”

    The late Hikmat was buried in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Tuesday. Her course mates and colleagues from other departments attended the burial.

    The Acting Dean of Students Affairs, Dr Jimoda, confirmed the incident, sending the school’s condolences to her family.

  • LASU student wins scholarship

    A 300-level student of History and International Studies, Lagos State University (LASU), Pelumi Olugbenga, has been named one of five Africans to participate in the 2017 Hesselbein Global Leadership Summit at the Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. this month.

    Pelumi will attend the four-day summit with exceptional student leaders from around the world, during which they will participate in interactive workshops, receive mentorship from government and business leaders, and take part in hands-on problem solving sessions.

    To be selected as a Hesselbein International Scholar, Pelumi had to go through a rigorous process that included the submission of a CV, personal essays on challenges and achievements as a student leader, individual thoughts on leadership approaches and policies that can bring changes, and innovative ideas on global development issues, community service amongst others.

    The scholarship covers tuition, feeding, accommodation, transportation and other expenses for the summit.  Upon completion, Pelumi will be conferred with the prestigious Fellowship of Hesselbein Global Academy.

    LASU VC, Prof Olanrewaju Fagbohun, congratulated Pelumi on his selection and urged other students to emulate him.

     

  • Body of missing UNIOSUN varsity student found

    The body of a student of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has been found near a bush on Jafaria Street at Oke-Baale area of Osogbo, the state capital.

    It was gathered that the 400 Level student, Oluwafemi Shonibare, got missing about 10 days ag, when he went out to buy some ingredients to complete the beans he was cooking in his hostel near the university’s main campus.

    He was said to have been found inside a bush near one Alfa’s house.

    The police were said to have arrested the Alfa, whose name could not established last night.

    Students who sighted the decomposing body were enraged and they attempted to burn down the suspect’s home before the police stopped them.

    The police could not be reached for comment but the Deputy Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the Southwest, Saheed Afolabi, confirmed that the body5 of the student had been found.

     

     

  • Law student wins oratory contest

    Law student wins oratory contest

    Mr Ugo Ijeoma Ndianiefo, a law student of University of Abuja, who hails from Otolo Nnewi in Nnewi Local Government area of Anambra State, has won the star prize of N1 million in the National Youth Oratory Competition.

    The finalists were Akwue Chisom, Ugwu Simeon, Anidebe Collins, Nwenyi Ogechi, Nweke Chioma, Nwogo Hillary, Eze Nwakuba and Akpalankwu Alexander. Others were Okou-Akirika Ginika, Mgbeoji Chikwelite, Ezennaya Faith, Placid Martins, Ozoani Chukwuebuka, and Adierem Jennifer.

    The winner would also proceed to a week leadership training in South Africa

    Rev Fr. Bonachristus Uchenna Umeogu sponsored the competition. The competition, which is fast becoming Nigeria’s biggest platform for youth interactions and constructive argument, held at Chicotel Hotel and Suites, Awka, the Anambra State capital. Over 1000 Nigerian youths drawn from more than 40 tertiary institutions attended the event.

    The participants spoke on Nigeria’s qualification as Africa’s entrepreneurial hub.

    Fr. Umeogu said, “We are seriously looking forward to seeing the future belonging to the youths; we also need youths who can wait and not be tired of waiting, youths with critical thinking who can solve problems and create value.

    “Some people, especially the youth move with the crowd, lose their vision, identity and point of view in life. We are seriously looking for a civilised future.

    “If one is a leader and doesn’t care about the person he is leading, it is doomed and that is why we must all strive to build a civilized society” he said.

    The oratory battle programme was the brainchild of Fr Umeogu and the triplets that founded VIP-Hub Media anchors, Ekene, Chiagozie and Elochukwu Ezeumeanya who developed the idea.

    The VIP’s hub reality television show was established in 2011 as a literary Insight Network (LIN). It was a university based club that frequently organized book and poetry reading sessions and review for her student members.

    The event was witness by staff and students of various tertiary institutions, parents and other stakeholders including the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof, Chinyere Stella Okunna, Commissioner for Education, Anambra State, Prof Kate Azuka Omenugha, represented by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor on Primary education, Lady Pat Offia.

    Other dignitaries at the event included the NDLEA Commander in Anambra state, Mr. Sule Momodu, Deputy Registrar, GSS, UNIZIK, Ngozi Bekky Adirika, Prof Ike Odumegwu, Prof Ngozi Ezeadi, Federal Commissioner of National Population Commission, Prof. Chika Muo, Prof Ogo Ibeneme, state secretary, NBA, Nnamdi Anagor, Nollywood star, Dike Obi, among others.

  • UNIOSUN student leads Ukraine varsity’s medical exam

    UNIOSUN student leads Ukraine varsity’s medical exam

    A medical student of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Miss Oyeleye Lateefat Abiola, has emerged the overall best of the 546 final year Medical students of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine.

    She is among the 85 medical students of UNIOSUN sponsored by the Rauf Aregbesola administration in 2012 to complete their studies at the foreign university, one of the oldest in Eastern Europe.

    Abiola led other students in the examination with 95.9 per cent.

    A statement yesterday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Adelani Baderinwa, said 50 of the 85 students, including Abiola, became medical doctors after passing the Krok 2 Exams.

    Baderinwa said all the 50 UNIOSUN students, who wrote the final examinations among the 546 medical students of the university, passed, from the result released earlier on Sunday.

    The commissioner said the students will have their convocation on June 30.

    He recalled that the students, who gained admission into UNIOSUN in 2007, would have had their ambition of becoming medical doctor cut short because of the non-availability of a medical school to further their education.

    Baderinwa said the Rauf Aregbesola administration sent them to the medical school in Ukraine.

    The commissioner, who congratulated the medical students on behalf of the state government, said Aregbesola had offered to assist the parents of the students to get visas to attend the convocation of the 50 students in Ukraine.

    He said the remaining 35 final set of the UNIOSUN Medical students will graduate in May 2018.

  • Student commits suicide over theft allegation

    Student commits suicide over theft allegation

    A University of Lagos (Unilag) student has reportedly committed suicide after being accused of stealing make-up and clothes belonging to a fellow student.

    Ayomide Ayibiri, a 100 level Employee Relations and Human Resources Management (ER & HRM) student, was said to have drunk an insecticide known as Sniper at her mother’s place at the weekend.

    It was gathered that her fellow students at Amina Hostel called her “thief” and other unpleasant names.

    Their action was said to have followed the alleged discovery of the missing items in her bag.

    Her mother, described as a worker in the university, on learning of the matter, was said to have defrayed N2,000 cost of the make-up.

    While following her mother home, her hostel mates were said to have booed her even more.

    It was gathered that her mother returned from work and met her in critical condition.

    According to Ajani Damilola, who shared the information on social media, the mother asked her what happened and she stretched her hand towards the insecticide.

    “Immediately, her mum gave her palm oil but it didn’t work. She rushed her to a medical centre at Ebute-Meta, still there wasn’t favourable result. She then took her to Lagos University Teaching Hospitals (LUTH). Ayo gave up in LUTH.”

    The news of her death enraged some staff and students who blamed her hostel mates for it.

    A lecturer, who spoke with The Nation in confidence, urged the management to arrest and prosecutes them.

    He said: “It’s a very sad incident. There’s even the possibility that she didn’t even steal the items. It could be that someone hid those things in her bag and they have pushed her to suicide.

    “Her mother should have reported the matter at the Student Affairs Unit. I just hope the management would arrest all those involved and prosecute them for jungle justice.

    “A proper investigation should also be carried out to ascertain what happened. If it’s discovered she didn’t steal, all those responsible should be rusticated from the institution.”

    Deboye Taylor, her childhood friend and classmate, wrote: “Ayomide, my heart melts in sorrow as I have to reflect on the fact that you are gone, but there’s nothing that can be done anymore. We are all going to keep praying for you and you will forever be in our hearts. Ariyibi – this is the name we all got used to, although it is your surname but we still called you back in our kindergarten, nursery and primary school days. Even when I met you at Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), I still called you that. I’ll hold on to all those memories we shared with you.”