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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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Driver who killed final year student in police custody – OAU management



The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife has announced that the driver who recklessly killed a final student of the institution has been handed over to the Nigeria Police for prosecution.

The information was contained in a press statement by the institution’s management and made available by the university spokesperson, Olarewaju Abiodun in reaction to the death of Esu Rita Ema, a final year student of Foreign Language Department.

It was gathered that Esu was knocked down on Thursday afternoon while attempting to cross the Ife-Ibadan expressway on her way to submit her project to her supervisor.

Abiodun in the statement said Esu was killed by a reckless driver, Lasisi Sodiq Segun who was driving a Lexus car, with Abuja registration number: ABJ427LQ.

The statement said, “the body was recovered by personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and deposited at the mortuary of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, OAUTHC, at about 12:35pm.

“The driver has been arrested by the Nigeria Police for investigation and necessary action.”

Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, has sent a condolence message to the parents of the deceased through the Dean, Students Affairs, Professor Adeolu Odedire.

Professor Bamire, who was visibly devastated said: “If it is very sad to lose a domestic animal, how can anyone quantify the loss of a child, most especially a grown up child who was a young, promising adult with a lot of potential. A final year student for that matter.”

He appealed to the parents, siblings, family, friends and classmates to take solace in God, adding that “the Lord will give us all the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss

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