Nigeria, July 6 -- A fortnight ago, the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos sentenced one Emmanuel Ude to death by hanging for the 2021 killing of his secondary school teacher, Mr. Job Dashe. The incident had occurred at the Government Technical School Bukuru when the teacher confronted him over a breach of the dining room etiquette.

In sentencing, the judge pronounced that despite the Defendant's plea for leniency, it was in the interest of justice for the law to take its course.

A few weeks ago, a set of Nigerian students concluded their Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. It marked the point of exit for many of them from secondary school. To celebrate this milestone in their young lives, many of them took to wild celebratio...