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Tuition: Police fight LASU students with teargas

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Tuition: Police fight LASU students  with teargas</h1>
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Policemen
 on Tuesday chased away students of the Lagos State University who 
stormed the Lagos Governor’s Office to demand reduction in the tuition.</div>
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The policemen bombarded the students with teargas canisters and shot into the air in a bid to disperse them.</div>
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The protesters had arrived at the Governor’s Office in three BRT buses and blocked the entrance.</div>
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They chanted anti-government songs 
before the policemen, many of whom were attached to the state’s Rapid 
Response Squad, swooped on them.</div>
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The policemen shot sporadically into the
 air and released teargas canisters into the midst of the students, 
causing them to scampering different directions.</div>
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The policemen chased the students to the
 other side of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, where they pitched near the 
Magodo Estate gate.</div>
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It was learnt that two students and the driver of one of the BRT buses were arrested by the police, while the bus was impounded.</div>
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The policemen later barricaded the road leading to the Governor’s Office from the Lagos State House of Assembly.</div>
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President, LASU Students Union, Yusuf 
Nurudeen, said the students came to know why the state government had 
not announced the reduction in the school’s tuition after the committee 
set up by Fashola submitted its report on Monday.</div>
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He added, “We also learnt that the 
government will be meeting with the Governing Council of the school 
today and that is why we came. We were singing peacefully at the 
entrance of the Governor’s Office when the policemen started firing at 
us.</div>
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“It is sad because we came to hear the 
announcement of the reduction in school fees. The police cannot do this 
without the order of the governor.”</div>
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The LASU SUG president said three 
students were injured and had been rushed to the Lagos State University 
Teaching Hospital, while two others were arrested.</div>
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He said, “They pursued and shot at us, but we will continue to protest.”</div>
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However, the Commissioner for 
Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba said the State Executive 
Council had yet to conclude on the school fees issue, adding that by 
Wednesday (today) the government would probably make its position known.</div>
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He declined to say whether there would 
be reduction in the fees or not, insisting that the details of 
government position would be made known to the public at the conclusion 
of the matter.</div>
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Tuition: Police fight LASU students with teargas

Tuition: Police fight LASU students with teargas Scene of the incident Policemen on Tuesday chased away students of the Lagos State University who stormed the Lagos Governor’s Office to demand re…

20 Jun 2014

Tuition hike: OAU students pray on the highway

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Students
 of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Monday paralysed 
activities in the university over hike in their fees.</div>
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The students, who assembled around 9.30 am, also locked down major buildings in the university.</div>
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Among the locked places were the Senate 
building, computer building and the main entrance gate that leads to the
 university campus.</div>
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OAU recently increased the charges of its
 newly admitted students from N37,150 and N42,150 to N 82,400, N92,700 
and N95,700 (acceptance fee inclusive), depending on faculties.</div>
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The charges of old students of the 
institution were also increased from N5,300, N7,800, N10, 300 and 
N12,800 per session to N19,700, N30,700 and N33,700 for different 
faculties respectively.</div>
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“We have locked everywhere including the 
senate building; computer building and we are presently blocking the 
school gate. We are ready for the school management; we don’t care 
whatever happens to them there. The VC too is around, we want them to 
also feel what we are going through,” one of the protesters, identified 
as Sola, said.</div>
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“Attempts by security officers to stop us
 (students) from locking down the Senate and computer buildings failed. 
We almost fought them too,” another protester, who declined mentioning 
his name told our correspondent.</div>
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Our correspondent also gathered that Muslims among the students also turned the main road to a praying ground.</div>
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“We have instructed the Muslims among us 
not to go for prayer. They prayed on the main road here. We already 
supplied them with water for their ablution,” one of the protesters, 
Akin, added.</div>
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Attempts to reach the Public Relations 
Officer of the school failed, but the VC of OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, 
had in a press conference, blamed inflation and sustenance of the 
institutions standard for the increment.</div>
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He also explained that the university had not got the ASUU/FG funds, which the students said should be used to provide relief.</div>
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He also stated that a Special Relief 
Committee had been set up to attend to indigent, but brilliant students,
 adding that the increment was “inevitable.”</div>
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Tuition hike: OAU students pray on the highway

The praying OAU students Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Monday paralysed activities in the university over hike in their fees. The students, who assembled around 9.…

20 Jun 2014

Thugs, union officials clash in Lagos

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No
 fewer than three people were injured when a clash broke out on Jezza 
and Adaranijo streets in Egbeda, Lagos on Wednesday between motor park 
union officials and some thugs.</div>
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<em>PUNCH Metro</em> learnt that the cause of the clash was over the dues collected from motorists and motorcyclists in the area.</div>
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Our correspondent further gathered that 
one of the injured park officials, who was earlier rumoured to be dead, 
was now recuperating in a public hospital.</div>
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During a visit to the streets around 
12.30pm, some of the shops on Adaranijo Street were still locked, while 
the traders in the few opened ones were seen in groups discussing the 
clash.</div>
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One of the traders, who identified 
herself simply as Mrs. Omolaja, told our correspondent that she fled to a
 nearby residence during the clash.</div>
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She said, “The clash actually started 
two days ago. We heard they were fighting over the money usually 
collected from commercial drivers at the park. With this money, they buy
 hard drinks, cannabis and disturb the peace of the area.</div>
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“On Tuesday, when they clashed, many 
traders could not come to their shops. They turned our places to their 
fighting base. I had to flee to a nearby residence for safety too. This 
morning (Wednesday) also, they were here again to cause trouble.”</div>
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A landlord in the area, Alhaji Ramon 
Olujobi, explained that residents of the area had long been terrorised 
by the thugs whom he described as potential rapists.</div>
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“Even before this recent violence broke 
out, they had always been using some shops as hideouts at evenings to 
perpetrate crimes. They lurk around the shops, drink and smoke till 
daybreak. Most young ladies cannot walk on our streets freely for fear 
of being molested,” he said.</div>
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Olujobi said the thugs broke several bottles and stabbed one another including an official of the park during the clash.</div>
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A fashion designer, who declined to give his name, said the streets had become synonymous with violence.</div>
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“Most of my customers now call me on 
phone as they fear coming to the street. Their violent tendencies are 
working against us as we do not have customers again,” he lamented.</div>
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Meanwhile, it was learnt that policemen 
from the Gowon Estate Division were deployed in the area. They were said
 to have arrested four suspects while, many others took to their heels.</div>
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The Lagos State Police spokesperson, 
Ngozi Braide, said could not be reached for comments as her phone rang 
out. A text message to the phone had yet to be replied to as of press 
time.</div>
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Thugs, union officials clash in Lagos

Thugs, union officials clash in Lagos o No fewer than three people were injured when a clash broke out on Jezza and Adaranijo streets in Egbeda, Lagos on Wednesday between motor park union of…

20 Jun 2014