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NANS Suspends Protest, Urges FG To Address Challenges

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has pledged not to get involved in the planned protest scheduled for Aug. 1, over hardship in the country. The National President of NANS, Lucky Emonefe, disclosed this in a meeting with the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, in Abuja on Friday. …

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NANS Wants Study Grant For Nigerian Students

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has made a case for study grant for Nigerian students in the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (Nelfund) amendment bill. Mr Lucky Emonele, the President, NANS, said this at a public hearing on the amendment of Students Loans Access to Higher Education Bill, 2024. …

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NANS To Tinubu: Address Economic Crunch, Security Challenge

THE leadership of the Senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency address the economic crunch confronting Nigerians. NANS equally charged the president to arrest the unabated and increasing rate of security challenges across the country, particularly …

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NANS Set To Partner FG On Budget Implementation Monitoring

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to ensure that the budget allocated to the education sector in 2024 is fully implemented. NANS’ Senate President, Mr Akinteye Afeez gave the advice in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. He said the …

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NANS Elects New Chairman

…promises to defend students’ interests COMRADE Akinola Temitope-Sharp has been elected the Chairman of the Joint Campus Committee of the Ondo axis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS. Speaking after the election, Akinola, who extended the olive branch to other contestants, said the promotion and defence of the …

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ASUU strike: Buhari Government Killed Education, We’ll Bury It – NANS

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone, has accused President Mohammed Buhari of burying public education in the country, saying that it is ready to conduct its funeral. This was disclosed in a statement signed by NANS Coordinator and Spokesperson, Adegboye Olatunji and Awoyinfa Opeoluwa, respectively, on Monday. …

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NANS Blasts Nigerian Senator Over Education Funding Comment

The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West Zone D, has knocked a Nigerian Senator,  Solomon Adeola, for asking the Nigerian government to stop funding government-owned universities. Adeola, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, had recently urged the government to have a rethink on funding government-owned tertiary …

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Two Factional Presidents Emerge In NANS

Two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday declared the emergence of two different candidates as presidents of the union. NANS is the umbrella body of Nigerian students studying in Nigerian tertiary institutions and overseas. The two candidates announced as factional presidents are Umar Faruk Lawal of …

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ASUU Strike, NANS Set To Conduct Elections Saturday

The National Association of Nigerian Students is set to conduct elections for various leadership positions on Saturday, August 27, 2022, The PUNCH reports. The coordinator, South-West Zone D, Adegboye Emmanuel, disclosed this in a chat with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abuja. “The elections will hold on Saturday,” Olatunji told The PUNCH. SOurces reports …

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NANS Reacts To Exco’s Rape Allegation, Reinstates PRO

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West Zone, has cleared one of its executive members, Opeoluwa Awoyinfa, of rape allegations that went viral on social media. The PUNCH reported, on August 10, that the student body suspended Awoyinfa, following the controversy of alleged sexual assault involving him and a female student …

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