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.
A campus police officer at the University of South Alabama
fatally shot a naked freshman who authorities said repeatedly rushed the
officer in a threatening manner. At 1: 23 a.m. Saturday, an officer responded
to a banging noise on the window of the police station.
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.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Multiple people, including law enforcement officers, were shot on Monday after a gunman opened fire near Texas A&M University, police in College Station, Texas, said.
“We have multiple people who have been shot,” police spokeswoman Rhonda Seaton told CNN, adding that law enforcement officers had also been shot.
The extent of the injuries was not immediately clear. According to the university’s website, police had the shooting suspect in custody near its campus in College Station.
The university issued an alert on its website just before 12:30 p.m. Monday warning of an active shooter near the campus football stadium, Kyle Field. The warning tells residents and students to avoid the area.
Seaton says the shooting happened within a block or two of campus sometime before 12:45 p.m. She says police have one suspect in custody.
