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Osun student electrocuted with plugged phone

A 100-level student of University of Ilesa, Osun State, Gbolahan Ojolo, has reportedly died of electrocution triggered by lightning strike in his hall of residence in Ilesa, the Nation reports. Ojolo, a student in the Department of Business Administration, was said to be charging his phone and playing a game on it at the same time when thunder struck. Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the Registrar of the University, Funso Ojo, said the incident happened on Friday. Ojo’s statement partly read, “The Management of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, deeply regrets to announce the tragic and untimely death of one of its students, Gbolahan Ojolo, a 100 Level student of the Department of Business Administration. “The unfortunate incident occurred in the evening of Friday, April 18, 2025. Gbolahan was electrocuted while playing a game on his mobile phone, which was being charged in his room at a private hostel located near the Prototype Engineering Development Institute ju...
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Christmas Day Road Accident Claims Nine lives in Osun

Nine persons have reportedly lost their lives in a road traffic accident which occurred on Christmas day in Osun State.

The accident occurred along the Ikirun-Offa highway near Inisa town.

It involved a trailer laden with bags of beans and conveying passengers to Edo State from Niger State.

The accident led to the death of nine of the passengers.

Other passengers were seriously injured and were rushed to Orotunde Hospital, Ikirun, for medical attention, while the bodies of the dead passengers were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Adeleke Kehinde also confirmed the accident.

Adeleke revealed that the accident occurred in the early hours of Christmas Day at Yidi Junction, Inisa town.

“Today, Monday 25th of December, 2023, one Mitsubishi Canter with plate number MNA606SB NIGER carrying bags of beans from Niger State to Benin Edo State was involved in an accident in the early hours, which resulted in the death of nine people out of 12.

“FRSC officers evacuated and moved the three injured passengers to Orotunde Hospital, Ikirun, while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

“Bags of beans and the vehicle involved have been evacuated to Inisa Police Divisional Headquarters

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