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NANS Expresses Concern Over Worsening Hunger, Economic Crisis in Nigeria

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 24, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action to tackle hunger and economic challenges in the country, warning that citizens are facing severe hardship. In a statement issued on Saturday by Abdulyekinn Odunayo, Clerk of the Senate

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FG presents over 64 CNG buses to labour unions, students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 30, 2024

The Federal Government has handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to representatives from the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). This comes just two days before another round of nationwide protests against the country’s hardships, which are being planned by some activist

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NANS calls on Aiyedatiwa to fulfil his promises to students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 16, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to keep his commitment to provide palliatives and buses for the state’s student union bodies. Leaders of the students’ Joint Campus Council, Ondo axis, Comrade Oluwarotimi Tobiloba Joshua and Comrade Oluwanishola Ajibola, spoke to journalists, expressing

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NANS condoles students and other victims of flooding in Borno

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 12, 2024

Afeez Akinteye, President of the Senate and National Association of Nigerian Students, has expressed condolences to victims of the recent floods that swept through Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital. He also called for long-term solutions to the situation and urged the federal government to develop a comprehensive strategy to meet the displaced people’s immediate

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2 Polytechnic students crushed to death in Ondo

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 12, 2024

A Toyota collided with a bicycle on the Akure-Ondo road at Olokunta community in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, late yesterday, killing two Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji students instantly. They were declared dead at the spot when the car collided with them. Prince Oriade Wellington Adebawo, Special Assistant to the Governor on Emergency Response, […]

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NANS seeks review of student loan amid fuel price hike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 10, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the Federal Government to increase the N20,000 stipend paid to student loan recipients by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to N40,000. NANS Senate President Akinteye Babatunde stated that this will allow students to adjust to the recent increase in petrol pump prices by the Nigerian National Petroleum

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NANS opposes the use of students for political purposes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 6, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has decried the use of students for political purposes. The student body stated that it would not allow its members to be manipulated for purposes contrary to the national interest. According to a statement issued by its President, Comr. Lucky Emonefe, NANS believes that the nation’s unity and stability […]

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Fuel Price Increase: NANS threaten to embark on strike September 15

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 4, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has scheduled a nationwide strike for September 15, 2024, in response to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPCL) new increase in petrol pump prices. On Tuesday, NANS’ national senate president, Henry Okunomo, issued a statement in response to the announcement of a hike in fuel prices from

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NANS urges Tinubu to increase the NYSC allowance to N77,000

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 13, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Senate President, Henry Okunomo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase the monthly allowance for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to ₦77,000. He stated that the current monthly salary of ₦33,000 is inadequate in light of current economic conditions. Okunomo made the appeal in a letter to […]

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NANS demands the removal of Ede Poly’s Rector over expulsion of students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 6, 2024

The SouthWest branch of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has petitioned the Nigerian government to dismiss Dr Sani Yahaya, the Rector of Federal Polytechnic in Ede. This was communicated in a statement signed by Alao John, NANS Southwest Coordinator; Sanni Sulaimon Olamide, Secretary General of NANS Southwest; and Bamigboye Peter Oluwadamilola, NANS

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NANS vows to oppose universities over proposed N80,000 electricity bill

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 3, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students has expressed its opposition to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities’ proposed electricity tariff of N80,000 per student. The proposed increase is perceived as a response to the country’s rising electricity costs, which colleges argue they can no longer afford to meet without shifting the

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TETFund bemoans high electricity tariff in Nigerian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed concern about the high consumption of electricity bill in universities, claiming that some were presented bills totalling N300 to N400 million in a single month. Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of TETFund, revealed this during a meeting with a delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) […]

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Allow graduates with part-time ND background to participate in NYSC — NANS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 21, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the National Youth Service Corps to allow Higher National Diploma holders who completed part-time throughout their National Diploma to serve their country. NANS stated that students who finished their National Diploma (ND) programmes using the Daily Part-Time (DPP) mode and then enrolled in full-time Higher

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Your government’s removal of fuel subsidy has achieved nothing, NANS slams Tinubu

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 14, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has chastised the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government, claiming that the elimination of gasoline subsidies has yielded no results. The National student body stated that the subsidy removal regime has only caused tremendous suffering for Nigerians and created fuel scarcity rather than making it available to

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Customs to build working synergy with students in Ogun

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 4, 2024

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun II Area Command has said that it will collaborate and build a working synergy with student bodies at tertiary institutions in the state. Bisi Alade, the Area Comptroller, made the announcement on Wednesday while meeting with leaders of student bodies affiliated with the National Association of Nigerian Students at the […]

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We will mobilise youths for protest if you pass Six-Year-Term bill – NANS to House of Rep

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 16, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected a bill proposing a single six-year term for the President and State Governors. The Association condemned it as anti-democratic and an attempt to limit people’s freedom of choice. Recall that 35 House members, led by Reformed Legislators, filed a bill last week calling for a single six-year […]

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NANS suspend nationwide protest over fuel scarcity, electricity supply

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 5, 2024

Following the government’s last-minute intervention, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) called off the planned statewide protest on Sunday, which was set to begin Monday. NANS had previously called for the sacking of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Ministry of Power in response to the ongoing fuel crisis and

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NANS plans nationwide protest over power and fuel crisis

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 1, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for a nationwide protest in reaction to the ongoing fuel scarcity and electricity crises. The student body is seeking the dismissal of important officials, notably Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), and Honourable Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of

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NANS praises Tinubu on Student Loan Act, requests for security in campuses

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) applauded President Bola Tinubu for recently signing the Student Loan Bill into law. Mr. Mathew Okoye Okpala, the newly elected NANS chairman of Anambra State’s Joint Campus Council (JCC), made the announcement during a press conference yesterday. During the meeting, Okpara, a student in the Department of Political

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Benin universities: NANS warns students to avoid the fake accreditation list

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 30, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned students and other stakeholders to disregard a list sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja outlining approved public and private universities in Benin Republic. According to NANS Senate President Comrade Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, the supposed list has been circulating on social media. He stated […]