{"id":9664,"date":"2018-04-05T21:48:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9664"},"modified":"2018-04-05T21:48:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T03:48:12","slug":"covenant-university-shaves-undergrads-hair","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/covenant-university-shaves-undergrads-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant University shaves undergrads&#8217; hair as purnishment: Social media reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"lx-stream-post__header gs-o-media\">\n<div class=\"gs-o-media__body\">\n<p class=\"lx-stream-post__header-title gel-great-primer-bold\">A private university in Nigeria has been criticised for punishing students by shaving a strip into their hair. Punch newspaper has tweeted some of the pictures of the students:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post__body gel-body-copy\">\n<div class=\"lx-rta \">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-body\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-embed\">\n<div class=\"lx-social-embed\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Punchnewspapers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Punchnewspapers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Opinion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Opinion<\/a> <br \/>Alumni, others tackle Covenant University for shaving students\u2019 hair: <br \/>Should private universities be allowed to treat their students in this manners?<br \/>Do share your view <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lS94i3thMZ\">pic.twitter.com\/lS94i3thMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MobilePunch\/status\/981857201705938949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\u00a0Earlier this week tweeters shared videos showing men queuing up in an assembly hall for the punishment and walking out with the strips cut out of their hair:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch how students of covenant university were punished. Their hair was barbed using a single clipper.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CovenantUniversity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CovenantUniversity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e14Uo3VeUo\">pic.twitter.com\/e14Uo3VeUo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aforevo TV (@aforevotv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforevotv\/status\/981464701191294977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-embed\">\n<div class=\"lx-social-embed\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"NaturalImage-ctaOverlay PlayButton PlayButton--centered\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--playCircle \" title=\"Play Media\" role=\"img\">\u00a0Covenant university male students got the center of their hair shaved and a result of some not carrying their Bible to church. Advanced secondary school<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-embed\">\n<div class=\"lx-social-embed\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\">\n<div class=\"NaturalImage-ctaOverlay PlayButton PlayButton--centered\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--playCircle \" title=\"Play Media\" role=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Covenant university male students got the center of their hair shaved and a result of some not carrying their Bible to church. <br \/>Advanced secondary school\u2753\ud83e\uddd0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGmhYCLfR9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZGmhYCLfR9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGRQ1ImSI5\">pic.twitter.com\/pGRQ1ImSI5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Solinkz (@Solinkz2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Solinkz2\/status\/981238316300472320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The newspapers have differing accounts as to why the students&#8217; hair was shaved at the Christian Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>One site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulse.ng\/gist\/metro\/social-media-mocks-cus-hair-shaving-of-students-with-no-bible-id8204264.html\">The Pulse<\/a>, says the punishment was doled out to students who were not carrying bibles.<\/p>\n<p>Another, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naija.ng\/1161758-nigerians-chide-covenant-university-shaving-students-hair.html#1161758\">Naija<\/a>, says the punishment was for not going to all the religious services during Easter.<\/p>\n<p>But, <a href=\"http:\/\/punchng.com\/alumni-others-tackle-covenant-university-for-shaving-students-hair\/\">as Punch reports<\/a>, they all agree that the University has come under an onslaught of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Among the disapproval is the accusation that the university is treating the students like children, that the students&#8217; right to dignity was not taken seriously and that it was unhygienic to use the same clippers on multiple students.<\/p>\n<p>The university has not yet commented in the Nigerian press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private university in Nigeria has been criticised for punishing students by shaving a strip into their hair. 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