A final year student in the Department of Library and Information Science of the Bayero University Kano, has died.
The student identified as Babangida Ahmad, from Bauchi State, was said to have collapsed in his hostel in the early hours of Friday, January 28, while preparing to go to mosque for morning prayer.
The Secretary, Information and Publication of the University, Bala Abdullahi, confirmed the incident statement on Friday January 28.
"The University management has contacted his parents about the incident and would be taken to his hometown for burial according to Islamic rites," the statement read.