09 March 2005

Nigerian campus gang fighting

This is picked up by Religionnews blog though the article doesn't show why it might: the violence is probably linked to Nigerian university cultic fraternities. ANyway the reason I was interested is putting this together with noticing that recruitment to British universities is quite high from Nigeria. While there are several 'ordinary' reasons for this: prestige, English language, ex-colonial links and so on I just wonder whether fear of campus violence could be another factor for some?
Campus Cults, Nigeria :: At least 9 die in Nigerian campus gang fighting

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