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Oludolapo Adelana February 23, 2017

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Osinbajo pays surprise visit to Lagos Airport, inspects facilities (WATCH) Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday paid a…

Oludolapo Adelana February 23, 2017

Xenophobia: Leave Nigeria in 48 hours, students threaten MTN, DSTV, Shoprite

by Dolapo Adelana The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to all South African companies in Nigeria to relocate over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians…

Azeez January 22, 2017

Reopen LAUTECH within 7 days or …, NANS tells Ajimobi

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a one week ultimatum to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to open the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho…

Roqeebah September 30, 2016

It doesn’t make sense how easily UNILAG’s VC shuts down the institution

Granted, there’s a protest and lives and property are at stake, but does the UNILAG Vice Chancellor not understand that he is probably the only one in Nigeria with the highest…

Oludolapo Adelana July 19, 2016

All you need to know about IBB, the new NANS President

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS on Tuesday in Gombe state elected Comrade Chinonso Obasi as its 31st President. Obasi, who is known by many as IBB, is a…

Mazi Emeka May 12, 2016

Trouble may be coming, as NANS promises to “Occupy Nigeria” next week

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, announced its plans to carry out a nation wide Occupy Nigeria protest over the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal…

Janeth J February 17, 2016

‘APC is bitter over loss of oil-rich states’

The National Association of Nigerian Students has warned the leadership of All Progressives Congress to stop attacking the judiciary. The Akwa Ibom state chapter of the APC had on Tuesday,…

Janeth J May 4, 2015

Nigerian students have this to say on the fuel subsidy matter

by Ranti Joseph The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it will not support the removal of fuel subsidy either by the outgoing or incoming administrations. In a statement…

Op-Ed Editor December 4, 2014

@OluwasegunSomef: Can young Nigerians govern this country better?

by Oluwasegun Somefun The youth is a metaphysical endowment, an essential factor, a structure and a conditioning which has nothing to do with history- Thomas Mann. Ralph Waldo Emerson opined,…

Sola November 18, 2014

Obasanjo killed students’ unionism – @T_Bakare

by Anike Jacobs Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been accused of killing the student’s unionism in the country. The accusation was made on Monday in Abeokuta, the…

Emmanuel Chidiogo September 5, 2014

Nigerian universities will be ranked among top 500 – GEJ

by Laila Ibrahim ‎President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that subsequent governments after his administration will not have challenges in the power sector, as he was doing everything possible to…

Op-Ed Editor September 4, 2014

Abimbola Adelakun writes || Let’s talk about all these youths endorsing Jonathan for 2nd term

by Abimbola Adelakun In a repeat of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha’s failed civilian transfigurations, President Goodluck Jonathan is being endorsed by vainglorious organisations. The 1990s birthed the rent-a-crowd presidential…

Kolapo Olapoju August 29, 2014

Carry on: NANS endorse President Jonathan for second term

by Azubuike Azikiwe A delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has given President Goodluck Jonathan the green light to run for a second term in office.…

March 31, 2014

Jonathan for EU-Africa summit in Brussels, NANS protest LASU fees in Lagos & other important news you need to know today

by Oge Okonkwo Jonathan for EU-Africa summit in Brussels President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to travel to Brussels on Tuesday April 1, as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the…

November 17, 2013

Salihu Lukman: Why ex-ASUU president, Prof. Iyayi made that ill-fated trip

by Salihu Lukman Festus Iyayi May the death of Prof. Iyayi awaken all of us to the need to discover new ways and methods of solving all our societal problems…

October 19, 2013

ASUU strike: UNIABUJA students to raise funds to pay striking lecturers

by 'Jola Sotubo Staying true to the expression "Desperate times call for desperate measures", the students of the University of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decided to…

October 18, 2013

ASUU strike: NANS protest in Delta, barricade Niger Bridge for hours

File photo The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours. The action, which was jointly…

October 1, 2013

ASUU strike: Students to stage Independence Day protests

by 'Jola Sotubo Following the more than 3-month old academic strike undertaken by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and indications that same is not nearing its end, Nigerian…

September 20, 2013

ASUU strike: Students, lecturers, activists protest in Ogun

File photo Scores of human right activists, lecturers and tertiary students Thursday staged a protest in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over the protracted nationwide strike by members of the…

September 16, 2013

Opinion: The grave consequences of the lingering ASUU strike

by Awopeju Idowu ...Imagine a scenario where Wole Olanipekun SAN in his full regalia leads Unilag alumni with pastor Tunde Bakare in the procession. When a friend who was sympathetic…

September 14, 2013

ASUU strike: ‘We cannot continue to suffer in silence’ – NANS cries out

The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has passed a vote of no confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan for lacking the political will to revamp the education sector.…

September 11, 2013

Levi Obijiofor: ASUU’s latest absurd exercise

by Levi Obijiofor Rather than continue the game of hide-and-seek, ASUU leaders need to show more maturity. The union does not need the support or advice of students to continue…

September 6, 2013

ASUU strike: NANS blasts FG, threaten to shut down private universities

File photo University students under the umbrella of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, yesterday, took to the streets in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, calling on the Federal Government…

August 6, 2013

Opinion: From ASUU with love

by Habeeb Kolade Therefore I must say, that this sudden love that they have for students and their welfare can be likened to the friendship of the hunter and his…

August 1, 2013

ASUU strike: NANS exco splits, disowns president for supporting FG

by Oge Okonkwo The national president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Yinka Gbadebo, has been disowned by the excecutive members of the association for throwing his support behind the…

July 10, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Students protest ASUU/ASUP strikes in Lagos

by Rachel Ogbu Polytechnic students protesting against ongoing nationwide strike, on Ikorodu Road, Lagos, yesterday University, polytechnic students and even secondary school students protested in Lagos yesterday against the Federal…

April 11, 2013

Michael Orodare: #TFASymposium – Time for change is now (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare To prove that we are not cowards like Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state has described us, more of our strengths should be vested into inculcating and…

March 28, 2013

Michael Orodare: Between Alamieyeseigha and NANS president (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare It’s so unfortunate that NANS today has degenerated to a state where its annual convention can pass for nothing else but a political party convention, with unimaginable…

December 7, 2012

Bode George is now a youth leader – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze In Ghana, the Ghananese are queueing up early for their elections, voting materials are arriving on time and the late arrival of an EC official in the…