Studying in Ukraine, has in recent times, been a topic of
debate considering the alleged racial discrimination being experienced by
Nigerian students and the problem of communicating in English Language. As
English is not the official language spoken in Ukraine, Nigerian students often
have difficulties in communicating when they travel there for their studies.
To buttress this, the Nigerian Ambassador to Ukraine, Frank
Ngozi Isoh, has advised Nigerian parents to be wary of sending their
children to English Language training institutions as Ukrainians are not
proficient in the language.
Nigerians living in Ukraine, and indeed, across the world
are protesting the arrest of a Nigerian student for allegedly defending himself
against six teenagers who attacked him at the entrance to his apartment block.
The student, Olaolu Sunkanmi Femi is currently languishing in jail and may be
facing life imprisonment in Ukraine.
A gunman and a law enforcement officer were among three
people killed Monday in a shooting near a Texas university campus, police said.
A male civilian also was killed, while two other officers
and a woman were injured in the shooting near Texas A&M University at
College Station, said Bryan Police Department spokesman Jon Agnew. Bryan police
are assisting nearby College Station in the investigation. Assistant College Station Police Chief Scott McCollum
earlier identified the law enforcement officer killed as Brazos County
Constable Brian Bachmann.
Agnew said officers had established a perimeter around the
area shortly after the shooting just east of campus, but they do not believe a
second suspect was involved. He said police don’t know if the shooter was a
student at Texas A&M.
The school had issued an alert on its website just before
12:30 p.m. warning of an active shooter near the campus football stadium, Kyle
Field.
The gunman fired shots from inside a home about two blocks
from the campus, according to the university’s alert. “We have been told to stay put,” said Keith Randall, a Texas
A&M employee who was in his office. “They just asked us to stay where we
are.” The alert warned residents and students to avoid the area,
and was later updated with the shooter taken into custody.
Texas A&M spokeswoman Sherylon Carroll could not confirm
details about the shooting, but said most students were not on campus Monday.
The fall semester does not begin until Aug. 27. “It appeared to be fairly quiet,” Carroll said of campus.
“It didn’t appear to be a lot of people out and about at that particular time.”
College Station is about 145 kilometres northwest of
Houston. Texas A&M is home to more than 50,000 students, according to its
website.
