This past week was characterised with sad stories in different universities, polytechnics across Nigeria among the students. Student activist killed hours after facing LASU panel’ The Education Rights Campaign has lamented the death of a student activist, Nurudeen Alawonle, popularly known as Omomeewa, some hours after he was invited to face a disciplinary panel set up by the Lagos State University. The PUNCH had reported that Alowonle was shot dead on Wednesday, according to a release by the LASU Students’ Union on Thursday. It was gathered that the activist, who had a four-month-old baby, was shot dead around LASU U-turn, Iba road. UNIZIK student commits suicide over alleged hike in school fees A 200-Level student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, has reportedly committed suicide over an alleged hike in school fees. The deceased, a native of the Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, was said to be studying Industrial Physics. His body was reportedly found dangling inside one of the hostel blocks on campus. A source who preferred anonymity said, “The deceased locked himself inside the room for days and was sobbing over his inability to pay the new regime of school fees introduced by the management,” adding, “when the door was broken, he was seen dangling with a rope around his neck.” Another source, who described the deceased as a quiet and calm student, said he never showed any signs of depression before the incident. The Chief Security Officer of the institution, Ken Chukwura, said the deceased’s roommates had been invited for questioning while investigations had commenced. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, described the incident as unfortunate, adding that investigations had commenced. The students of the institution had recently protested for five days over a hike in tuition. The management later slashed the fees after a meeting with the Students’ Union Government of the university. Taraba University Student Found Dead In Hostel A 200-level student of the Taraba State University in the Peace and Conflict Resolution Department has died after a brief illness. According to an anonymous source, the student identified as Patience Samson was rushed to the school clinic on Saturday after her fellow students discovered she was critically ill. She was attended to and discharged later in the day. However, the source further disclosed that Samson was found dead in her hostel by Sunday morning. The University’s Director of Communication, Sa’ad Mohammed, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via a telephone interview, stating that more details regarding the student’s death will be revealed. Her remains have now been deposited at a morgue awaiting autopsy. Nigerian Polytechnic Student Kills Pregnant Girlfriend, Buries Her In Shallow Grave A polytechnic student in Nigeria, Mumini Abubakar has killed his girlfriend, Franca Elisha, and secretly buried her remains in a shallow grave. Abubakar was said to have allegedly killed Franca, a Diploma II student of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa state, in the process of aborting her pregnancy. SaharaReporters learnt that the late Franca had informed her boyfriend, Abubakar of her pregnancy, and the latter decided to terminate it. He was said to have allegedly sought the help of his friend, Huzaifa Shu’aibu, a student of the College of Health Technology, Mubi, who injected Franca with a drug to terminate the pregnancy. The duo and one other accomplice have been arrested in connection to the crime, as revealed by the police. Spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, on Saturday, confirmed to SaharaReporters that Mumini Abubakar, Huzaifa Shu’aibu, and Rabi’u Adamu were apprehended in connection to the crime. Abubakar, a resident of Sanda ward under the Yola-South Local Government Area had allegedly treated the late Franca like his wife, leading to the pregnancy. However, when he was informed by Franca of the pregnancy, he decided to abort it. He reportedly took the deceased into his room located at the students’ community behind Adamawa State University, Mubi, for the abortion on August 6, 2021. A friend of the deceased who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “To carry out their planned abortion, the accused invited his friend and a student of the College of Health and Technology, Mubi, Huzaifa Shu’aibu, who supplied an injection for the abortion. “Huzaifa injected Franca with a powerful drug for abortion after which she fainted immediately, but as God would have it, she later regained consciousness. “In order to perfect the termination of the pregnancy, Huzaifa gave the late Franca a second round of the injection after she had regained her consciousness, but unfortunately she fainted for the second time and subsequently died. “Thereafter, the duo invited one of their friends and a student of the polytechnic, Rabiu Adamu, and the trio waited until midnight to Bury the corpse in a shallow grave. “The remains of Franca were buried along with a mobile phone and a National Identity Card, belonging to the deceased in an effort to destroy evidence.” However, the father of the deceased, Elisha Iliya, a resident of Sabon Gari, Mubi, told our reporter that “my daughter left home on the fateful day for school, but did not return home as usual”. “We searched everywhere as well as made contacts, but to no avail. “We decided to contact her friend and fellow student, who told us she last saw my daughter with Abubakar on the day she was killed while running to the hostel because it was raining. “It was the girl who helped us to locate the whereabouts of Abubakar, to effect his arrest. “Abubakar was arrested while playing football as if nothing had happened. He however led the police to my daughter’s shallow gravesite,” he said. Confirming the incident, Nguroje, said, “The death of the lady was reported to the command after which the Commissioner of Police, Adamu Alhaji, ordered the investigation and arrest of the suspects. “Investigation so far revealed that it was Mumini Abubakar who impregnated her and that it was Huzaifa Shu’aibu, who administered the injection, while Rabiu Adamu assisted

The University of Ibadan, Covenant University, and Obafemi Awolowo University have been ranked top in Nigeria by Webometrics in its latest rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that no Nigerian university was among the top 1,000 in the world. Though ranked first in Nigeria, UI rated 1,196 in the world. Private-owned covenant University, which is second in Nigeria emerged 1,314 in the world; and OAU, third in Nigeria, but 1,503 in global ranking. The University of Nigeria and the University of Lagos emerged fourth and fifth in Nigeria respectively. gh ranked first in Nigeria, UI rated 1,196 in the world. Private-owned covenant University, which is second in Nigeria emerged 1,314 in the world; and OAU, third in Nigeria, but 1,503 in global ranking. The University of Nigeria and the University of Lagos emerged fourth and fifth in Nigeria respectively. Read Also Student activist left campus late, killed by men of the underworld -LASU Student activist shot dead near LASU VC selection: LASU cancels PhD criteria for medical applicants The Ranking Web or Webometrics is the “largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institution” based on the assessment of Composite Indicators and Web Impact Factors”. “The original aim of the Ranking is to promote academic web presence, supporting the Open Access initiatives for increasing significantly the transfer of scientific and cultural knowledge generated by the universities to the whole Society. “In order to achieve this objective, the publication of rankings is one of the most powerful and successful tools for starting and consolidating the processes of change in the academia, increasing the scholars’ commitment and setting up badly needed long term strategies,” Webometrics said on its website. Here is a full list of top 100 Nigerian universities, according to Webometrics Nigeria ranking World Ranksort descending University Det. Impact Rank* Openness Rank* Excellence Rank* 1 1196 University of Ibadan 2628 837 1364 2 1314 Covenant University Ota 3823 1109 1192 3 1503 Obafemi Awolowo University 2228 1326 2020 4 1554 University of Nigeria 3816 881 1839 5 1711 University of Lagos 3873 1204 2053 6 2102 University of Port Harcourt 1886 1626 3615 7 2127 Ahmadu Bello University 6296 1486 2182 8 2172 Federal University of Technology Akure 7979 1355 1989 9 2298 Landmark University 4420 2070 2807 10 2748 Federal University of Technology Minna 7597 1573 3173 11 2805 Bayero University Kano 9658 1891 2690 12 2848 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology 9466 1430 3054 13 2878 University of Calabar 8908 1184 3416 14 2919 University of Benin 7428 1456 3694 15 2947 Adekunle Ajasin University 2223 3276 4559 16 3018 Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti) 4305 2209 4391 17 3149 Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University) 5670 2550 4075 18 3167 University of Uyo 9937 1982 3331 19 3226 Nnamdi Azikiwe University 9230 1350 3980 20 3331 Federal University of Technology Owerri 7375 1827 4341 21 3374 Lagos State University 9029 2281 3860 22 3438 University of Abuja 8874 2211 4041 23 3447 University of Jos 7785 2471 4187 24 3663 Redeemer’s University 10772 2853 3764 25 3714 Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State 7702 2303 4700 26 3774 Federal University Dutse Jigawa State 13566 3506 3038 27 3902 University of Ilorin 5915 6492 2498 28 4104 Ebonyi State University 13377 3427 3801 29 4241 Osun State University 11381 2869 4700 30 4257 Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun 9047 4008 4700 31 4283 Delta State University Nigeria 11297 1810 5118 32 4334 University of Agriculture Abeokuta 6878 6492 3089 33 4368 Rivers State University of Science & Technology 1230 6492 5118 34 4911 Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola (Federal University of Technology) 14377 3156 5051 35 5024 Federal University Lokoja Kogi State 3139 3506 6650 36 5054 Niger Delta University 13180 3816 5180 37 5189 Benue State University 11750 3792 5519 38 5244 Usmanu Danfodiyo University 11783 6492 3764 39 5274 University of Maiduguri 11091 6492 3980 40 5284 Imo State University Owerri 12215 5093 5118 41 5365 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University 8223 6492 4700 42 5425 American University of Nigeria 9623 4573 5782 43 5439 African University of Science & Technology Abuja 13672 5327 4984 44 5561 Cross River State University of Science & Technology Calabar 13610 4290 5519 45 5671 Babcock University 9993 1866 6650 46 5772 Kogi State University 14929 4385 5519 47 5791 Kwara State University 11109 6492 4762 48 5819 Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi 12677 3904 5973 49 5957 Enugu State University of Science & Technology 10861 4134 6216 50 6006 Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo FUNAI 11062 2438 6650 51 6095 Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma 10601 6492 5118 52 6179 National Open University of Nigeria 7812 6492 5519 53 6247 Federal University Kashere Gombe State 7750 4502 6650 54 6427 Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna 10756 3573 6650 55 6443 Nasarawa State University 12596 4378 6216 56 6565 Federal University Dutsin Ma 12334 3031 6650 57 6597 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (Katsina State University) 10756 3844 6650 58 6850 Skyline University Nigeria 2711 6492 6650 59 7035 Southwestern University Oku Owa 3010 6492 6650 60 7095 Akwa Ibom State University of Technology 13316 3319 6650 61 7130 Kaduna State University 13121 3455 6650 62 7158 Edo University Iyamho 12930 3577 6650 63 7216 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (Anambra State University of Science & Technology Uli) 14287 2975 6650 64 7258 Igbinedion University Okada 10949 4527 6650 65 7306 University of Medical Sciences Ondo 13762 3363 6650 66 7451 Abia State University Uturu 13316 5093 6216 67 7468 Nile University of Nigeria (Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja) 13566 3632 6650 68 7503 (3) Lagos State University College of Medicine 15414 2779 6650 69 7503 Bowen University 14618 3159 6650 70 7805 Baze University Kuchigoro 13030 4192 6650 71 7934 Federal University Otuoke Bayelsa 13061 4333 6650 72 8084 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai 14522 3856 6650 73 8162 Mountain Top University 13121 4498 6650 74 8310 Tai Solarin University of Education 12615 4771 6650 75 8399 Elizade University