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A student of the Plateau State University (PLASU), Bokkos, who embarked on a protest with his colleagues and reportedly fell off a moving vehicle, has died after sustaining injuries.
The deceased, Isreal Emmanuel, a 100 level student and the class rep of the Mathematics Department of the university, died on Monday evening from the head injuries sustained when he fell off the car.
The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Yohana Izam, confirmed Emmanuel’s death in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.
The vice-chancellor however described the death of the student as very sad and unfortunate.
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Whilst the international pandemic has had a huge impact on travel and education, Nigerian students are continuing to accept places to study at the University of Dundee in the UK. Here are some of the reasons for this:
The University of Dundee has a long history of welcoming students from NigeriaOver 2,600 African students have graduated from the University of Dundee with bachelors, masters and PhD degrees. Many of those students studied degrees within the University’s very popular Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy. In recent years, in addition to studying oil and gas-related degrees, Nigerian students have been arriving in Dundee to undertake degrees in Business, Law, Engineering, Nursing, Social Work and Computing.
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No fewer than five students of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, slumped at the permanent site of the institution during a stampede inside the examination hall on Wednesday.
The stampede occurred as students rushed to access the school’s ICT centre, venue of the exam.
A source in the institution said the university had adopted the Computer Based Test for some General Studies (GST) courses.
GST courses are taken by all students of the institution.
According to the source, the hall where the examination was to be taken was too small for the mammoth crowd of students that were to write the course.
EXCLUSIVE: Dangote Company Writes AAUA, Fails To Mention Compensation For Students Killed By Truck Driver
Dangote Company, in a letter dated January 25, 2021, titled, Condolence, and obtained by SaharaReporters, only noted that “measures are being taken to mitigate such incidents in the future.”
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The Dangote Cement Company has written to the Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, over a fatal crash involving one of its trucks whose brakes failed in front of the university gate and killed no fewer than 10 students.
SaharaReporters learnt that the company’s General Managing Director, Michel Pucheros, wrote the letter, asking God to strengthen the university and families to “bear this great loss” but failed to mention any compensation for the bereaved families and injured students.