The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has mourned the death of six nursing students who lost their lives in a road crash on the Ilorin–Ogbomoso Road. PUNCH Metro had earlier gathered from a university source that the students boarded the same commercial bus from Suleja, Niger State, before the fatal accident. “The deceased students… were travelling in a public bus from Suleja, Niger State, to the university for their final examinations when the unfortunate incident occurred at Otte, Kwara State. The incident marks the second fatal crash involving final-year students in Kwara State within one month. On February 5, the management of Kwara State University confirmed the death of a 400-level student, Idris Agboluaje, in an auto crash in the Malete area of the state.

Source: Punch February 26, 2026 06:43 UTC