The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday commenced the process of electing a new leadership to lead the affair of the student body. It would be recalled that Association has been engulfed in some leadership crisis which culminated in the emergence of two parallel Committees to conduct the Convention on two different dates. It […]
Students of tertiary institutions on Wednesday took to the streets, urging the Federal Government to reopen tertiary institutions that have remained shut down as part of efforts to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The students aired their voices during a peaceful protest in Abuja. The protest was held simultaneously at two venues- Unity […]
Nigerian students at the University of Arkansas on Saturday held an event that gave University of Arkansas and the American host community the opportunity to experience the National Youth Service Corps program (NYSC). The National Youth Service Corps is a scheme set up by the Nigerian government in 1973 to involve Nigerian graduates in nation […]
Serhii Yushkevych is the Charge d’Affaires a.i. of Ukraine to Nigeria. He spoke to Managing Editor, Bonaventure Melah and General Manager, Business Development, Abdulmumin S. Balogun on the safety of Nigerian students and others living in Ukraine, bilateral economic relations as well as Ukraine and Russia. Tell us about yourself-your family, growing up, career so […]
What is known today as National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has an enviable history. It started as National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) sometime in 1956. The students who pioneered the idea intended the organization to be a rally point for Nigerian students. For decades of the existence of NANS which assumed its present […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for declaration of state of emergency on education in Lagos State. Mr. Kowe Odunayo, the South West Coordinator of NANS, made the call in a release issued on Tuesday in Ibadan following a stampede at the Lagos State University (LASU) on Monday. The association urged the […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has lauded moves by the National Assembly to scrap acceptance fees in tertiary institutions nationwide. Vice-President of NANS (National Affairs), Mr. Chidi Ilogebe, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu on Sunday. Ilogebe said that the attention of NANS has been drawn to a […]
In a bid to demand increased funding for education in Nigeria, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Monday, embarked on a protest to press home its demand. Addressing journalists during the protest which was titled “Save education rally,” NANS President, Bamidele Akpan, who led the students in the protest, lamented the apathy displayed […]
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has appointed the National Vice President, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Chidi Ilogebe and former Vice President, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Comrade Ogechukwu Nnamene as Special Assistants on Students and Youth Affairs, respectively. The appointments were sequel to a meeting between the governor and coalition […]
The Joint Campus Committee (JCC) of National Association of Nigerian students has inaugurated new executive in Enugu State. JCC is committee of NANS that coordinates activities of all tertiary institutions campuses in every state and zone. In a remark Mr. Chidi IIogebe, the outgone chairman of JCC in Enugu State while handing over to the […]
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olukunle Bamgbose, on Thursday said Nigeria was yet to make final conclusion on the closure of its mission in Ukraine. Bamgbose said this in Abuja when Ukrainian investors led by Natalia Mykolska, Ukraine Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade, visited him in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari […]