Student allegedly beats lecturer into coma

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A student at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria has been detained by the police after accusations he beat up a female lecturer.

Police say the student had gone to see the supervisor over his final year project work when a disagreement ensued.

He allegedly attacked the lecturer who sustained a head injury and went into a coma.

The lecturer is being treated at an undisclosed hospital while the student is being held in police custody.

The university’s spokesman Kunle Akogun confirmed the incident in a statement shared with local media on Sunday.

He said the lecturer was recovering well.

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In other news: Militant attack kills at least 20 in Burkina Faso

BBC World Service

At least 20 people have been killed in a militant attack in Burkina Faso’s northern border region, the authorities have said.

Burkina Faso’s northern border region has been a target of frequent jihadist attacksImage caption: Burkina Faso’s northern border region has been a target of frequent jihadist attacks

Nineteen of the victims are said to have been officers in the military police and one was a civilian.

The militants targeted an outpost near a goldmine in Inata.

Two days earlier seven police officers were killed in another attack in the region, which borders Mali and Niger.

Islamist militants with links to al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State state group operate in the frontier area.

The three countries, backed by Chad and France, have deployed hundreds of troops there.

In other news:

IS says it carried out attack on Nigerian soldiers

The so-called Islamic State has confirmed that it carried out an attack in Nigeria that killed soldiers on Saturday.

Four soldiers including an army general died in the ambush attack in Borno state.

It’s reported the army unit was on its way to reinforce troops engaged in a fierce battle with the insurgents.

Islamists have waged a devastating insurgency in the country’s north-east for more than a decade.

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sadness at the deaths of the soldiers, saying they paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect fellow Nigerians from terror.

Source: BBC

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