Xenophobia: Nigerian students cancel trip for Robotics Competition in South Africa

Xenophobia: Nigerian students cancel trip for Robotics Competition in South Africa

[html]The six Nigerian students that will represent the country at the Africa Robotics Challenge (ARC) in South Africa on Sept. 28 have cancelled their trip to the country for safety.
   
   
   
       
       
           
               
                   

The six Nigerian students that will represent the country at the Africa Robotics Challenge (ARC) in South Africa on Sept. 28 have cancelled their trip to the country for safety.

               
           
               
                   

The students announced cancellation of their trip at at a news conference on Monday in Lagos, saying that the organisers had failed to guarantee their safety throughout the duration of the competition.

               
           
               
                   

The students are: Tirenioluwa Shobande, 18, a 100 level Systems Engineering student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG); Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode, 15, of Yaba College of Technology Secondary School, and Jeffrey Nwafor, 15, of S-TEE International School.

               
           
               
                   

Others are 19-year-old Kolawole Olatunji, a 100 level Computer Science Education student of Lagos State University (LASU), Toluwanimi Akinola, 15, Dansol High School