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 surprised visit to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport where he inspected the airport’s facilities. 2. Xenophobia: Protesters attack MTN head office in Abuja Disheartened by the continuous... Read More

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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 in South Africa. The ultimatum was issued at a peaceful demonstration at some South African companies in Abuja on Thursday. During the march the students... Read More

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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 or face a mass protest. NANS also gave the Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Prof. Francis Otunta seven days to resign... Read More

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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 ‘something-happens-I-shut-the-school-gate’ rate? (yes, that’s what the analysts say). There was a protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students over the rustication of Adeyeye Olorunfemi,... Read More

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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 student of Ebony State University, while Comrade Taiwo Bamigbade of Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, emerged the new Senate President. The new NANS President was... Read More

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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 government. This was stated in Abuja by the National President of NANS, Comrade Tijani Shehu, who also called for the immediate removal of the Minister... Read More

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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, called for a probe of the Supreme Court over its judgment on the governorship elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Reacting to this development,... Read More

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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 issued by NANS’ Public Relations Officer, Nwankwo Ezekiel in Abuja on Monday said removing fuel subsidy was anti-people. The statement said NANS took the decision... Read More

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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, “America is a country of young men”. This opinion fondly describes the role of young people in the strategic development of any nation. Today, America... Read More

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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 Ogun State capital by the convener, Save Nigeria Group, SNG and head of the latter Rain Assembly Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare during this year’s anniversary... Read More

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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 ensure that the sector becomes stable. While recieving a delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), led by Senior Special Assistant on Youth... Read More

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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 endorsement movements. First, Arthur Nzeribe, Abimbola Davies and Jerry Okoro had sought an extension for Babangida’s military junta via the auspices of the Association for... Read More

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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. During a courtesy visit to First Lady, Patience Jonathan, expressed their support at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, 28 August, the National Executive... Read More

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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 Fourth European Union-Africa Summit scheduled to open in the Belgian capital on April 2, 2014. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the... Read More

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November 17, 2013

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

by Salihu Lukman 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 especially those created by the irresponsible conducts of our governments and leaders. The name Festus Iyayi symbolizes struggle for academic freedom, democratization of our educational system, national... Read More

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 pay their lecturers. The students have been stuck at home for almost four months as a result of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities... Read More

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October 18, 2013

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

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 carried out by some university students and their polytechnic counterparts was in protest of the protracted strike by ASUU. The aggrieved students blocked the bridge at about... Read More

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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 students have decided to embark on a protest. The protest is slated to hold today, the 1st of October, as the country marks its 53rd... Read More

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September 20, 2013

ASUU strike: Students, lecturers, activists protest in Ogun

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 Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The protest, organised under the aegis of Joint Action Front (JAF), paralysed commercial and vehicular activities in some parts of the... Read More

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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 to recent odds in my academic odyssey since I began my second academic incarnation in Unilag called to offer me unsolicited words of motivation in... Read More

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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. NANS, in a statement signed its national president, Prince Miaphen, said most worrisome and infuriating was his administration’s failure to implement the 2009 agreement reached... Read More

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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 with an unpopular strike that has paralysed and disrupted academic calendar and research activities in the universities. When Dr. Isa Fagge, the president of the... Read More

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September 6, 2013

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

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 to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. They equally threatened to shut down activities in the private universities in the country... Read More

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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 gun- they part ways after the bush meat is got- the gun serving as a mere tool for his target. The educated differ from the... Read More

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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 Federal Government over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU). The executive members who included national assistant secretary general, Ali Mohammed, the national... Read More

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July 10, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Students protest ASUU/ASUP strikes in Lagos

by Rachel Ogbu University, polytechnic students and even secondary school students protested in Lagos yesterday against the Federal Government’s casual attitude towards ending the constant strikes in the education sector. About 500 students under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens Against Education Commercialization, COSATEC barricaded Ikorodu Road at Onipanu area with placards lamenting their fate... Read More

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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 educating fellow youths… There is no better time to start the discussion and movement on how we want the 2015 elections to be than now.... Read More

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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 acts which student unionism should not be identified with and lack of vision for the students interest. I never expected so much outrage on the... Read More

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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 Volta Region caused outrage. He was 30 minutes late. You see, the reason he was late is that he is a youth. Of the Nigerian... Read More

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December 7, 2012

Now here’s a role model: Bode George wins Africa Leadership Awards… said to be recommended by NANS

by Hauwa Gambo So, here’s someone to emulate – Bode George, People’s Democratic Party chieftain, yes the same one who was convicted and sent to maximum security prison in 2009 for abuse of office has now been announced winner of the Africa Leadership Awards. George who is the former deputy National Chairman of the PDP... Read More

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

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

Reopen LAUTECH within 7 days or …, NANS tells Ajimobi

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

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

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

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

Nigerian students have this to say on the fuel subsidy matter

@OluwasegunSomef: Can young Nigerians govern this country better?

Obasanjo killed students’ unionism – @T_Bakare

Nigerian universities will be ranked among top 500 – GEJ

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

Carry on: NANS endorse President Jonathan for second term

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

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

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

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

ASUU strike: Students to stage Independence Day protests

ASUU strike: Students, lecturers, activists protest in Ogun

Opinion: The grave consequences of the lingering ASUU strike

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

Levi Obijiofor: ASUU’s latest absurd exercise

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

Opinion: From ASUU with love

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

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Students protest ASUU/ASUP strikes in Lagos

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

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

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

Now here’s a role model: Bode George wins Africa Leadership Awards… said to be recommended by NANS

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