The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened not to allow any political campaign hold across the country till students of public universities return to classrooms. Chairman, NANS National Taskforce, Ojo Olumide, announced this at a press conference in Abeokuta,…
Gridlock, tension as NANS grounds Lagos airport over ASUU strike
Students under the platform of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have stormed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to press down their demands for the government to resolve the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which has…
Gbajabiamila’s intervention won’t stop airport protest, NANS insists
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said that the planned meeting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, will not stop its Monday protest. NANS, in…
*Lagos tragedy: ‘My daughter was to resume JSS I when school fence killed her’ (Vanguard)*5 injured, shops, houses destroyed in Jigawa gas explosion (DailyTrust)
Lagos tragedy: ‘My daughter was to resume JSS I when school fence killed her’ (Vanguard) The mother of one of the children killed by a school’s fence in Amukoko area of Lagos on Saturday, told Vanguard that her 10-year-old daughter,…
NANS convention committee declares Barambu President-elect
The Convention Planning Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students has released the list of the winners of the Saturday elections of the student body. The election results had gone controversial on Saturday following the emergence of two factional…
Politicians fueling insecurity -Yahaya Bello
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has stated that those blaming president Muhammadu Buhari for the rising cases of insecurity in the country are getting it wrong, saying that he inherited a rotten security system. The governor, while speaking at a…
NANS Backs NDLEAs Proposed Drug Test for Students
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has applauded the policy proposal by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for students to undergo drug integrity test before admission into the university. The President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, expressed the…
NANS divided over suspended ASUU strike
The recently suspended nine-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has divided officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students. The PUNCH had earlier reported that ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, on Wednesday in Abuja, “conditionally” suspended its…