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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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No Favouritism in Oyo Teachers’ Posting -Oyo NUT

 

The Nigerian Union of Teachers, Oyo State Chapter, has debunked the alleged inequitable distribution of newly recruited teachers in the state.

The chapter’s chairman, Mr Raji Oladimeji, denied the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Monday.

Oladimeji said there was no way 5,600 teachers would be equitably distributed to the schools.

According to him, the newly recruited teachers were distributed based on schools’ enrollment and the number of existing teachers.

“They look at the number of teachers already posted to each school, using this to post the new teachers.

“So, based on this, the government cannot post the teachers equally,” he said.

He said the Seyi Makinde-led administration had performed a rare feat by recruiting teachers in their thousands, having earlier recruited 5,000 secondary school teachers in 2021.

“We are not there already but I think the governor has done so much for us. He is a massive recruiter in the education sector.

“Throughout Nigeria, we have never seen a government, or any state government, do this in their education sector as we see it happening in Oyo State,” Oladimeji said.

He said NUT was ready to partner with the state government in training the new teachers.

According to him, the orientation and sensitisation of the new teachers will lead to better outcomes and performance in the education sector.

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