Tag: Nigerian students

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Nigeria's Debt Profile Set to Mark ₦138trn as Tinubu Seeks New ₦1.8trn Loan

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Nigeria’s Debt Profile Set to Mark ₦138trn as Tinubu Seeks New ₦1.8trn Loan

Nigeria's debt profile set to mark ₦138trn as Tinubu seeks new ₦1.8trn loan CBN alerts Nigerians against using fake SWIFT messages during FX transfers Four Nigerian students imprisoned in UK…

Read More Arrow
Boko Haram Attacks Yobe School, Shoots Students Dead

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Boko Haram Attacks Yobe School, Shoots Students Dead

Boko Haram attacks Yobe school, shoots students dead FG pleads with resident doctors to suspend the strike and resume work Mpox Outbreak: Nigeria records eight more cases 70,000 students including…

Read More Arrow

France Welcomes Nigerian Students to Apply for Scholarships and Travel Without Visas | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Nyesom Wike faces possible job elimination as protesters demand resignation of NWC Obasanjo suggests Africans find an alternative to Western democracy Tinubu attends G20, meets Scholz for investment in rails,…

Read More Arrow

Saying I committed treason is height of rascality – Peter Obi; Tinubu promises Nigerian workers a living wage instead of a minimum wage | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Saying I committed treason is height of rascality – Peter Obi Tinubu promises Nigerian workers a living wage instead of a minimum wage Egypt has opened border for Nigerian students…

Read More Arrow

‘Disregard rumors, I am very strong’ – Tinubu; Nigeria to evacuate students from Sudan amid crisis starting Tuesday | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

'Disregard rumors, I am very strong' - Tinubu Nigeria to evacuate students from Sudan amid crisis starting Tuesday Otedola confirms acquisition of 5.52% stake in Transcorp Buhari to attend Gulf…

Read More Arrow

2023 elections: Peter Obi suspends campaign; Avoid trips to Nigeria, Australia warns citizens | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

2023 elections: Peter Obi suspends campaignThe Nigeria startup Bill will stop security agencies' constant harassment of young people using laptops - Isa PantamiEkiti Speaker dies of cardiac arrest, gov mournsNANS…

Read More Arrow

ASUU: Holiday is coming | The #YNaijaCover

It's that time of the year unless you consider that the Academic Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has changed its timetable for strike actions. It used to be an end…

Read More Arrow

#SaveOurFuture: Beyond hashtags, this is what else Nigerian students can do

The protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lingered for nine months now leaving the affected students looking at a bleak future. Many feel like their…

Read More Arrow

What is the hope of Nigerian students as ASUU advises members on alternative income?

Students in Nigerian tertiary institutions are getting wearier by the day of the eight-month-long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Not once, not twice have their hopes…

Read More Arrow

The Big 5: President Buhari blames the system for slow pace; NANS warns ASUU, FG to end strike or face confrontation | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. Nigerian Army, in a statement signed by spokesman, 7 Div. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, have confirmed the killing of thirteen soldiers and a…

Read More Arrow
cyprus

Battling racism and hate, Nigerian students in Cyprus have been left on their own

On the first of February, Kehinde Fowosere and Stephanie Ejeh graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus. They are two of an annually increasing number of Nigerians who make…

Read More Arrow

Buhari orders evacuation of Nigerian students after hurricane in Dominican Republic

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the evacuation of Nigerian students from Dominican Republic. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed the Presidential order. What…

Read More Arrow

10 students say how they really feel about ASUU calling off the strike

ASUU has just called off a month-long strike (well, 36 days but you get the idea). Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, the ASUU President made the announcement last night after a meeting…

Read More Arrow

Nkem Ndem: 7 things Nigerian students can do while ASUU is on strike

by Nkem Ndem It has been a few years since students in Nigerians had to deal with long-term strikes; and just at the moment we thought the era of students…

Read More Arrow

Why we are going on indefinite strike – ASUU Chairman

The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) President, Biodun Ogunyemi Monday says the Federal Government's failure to fulfil the 2009 agreement made with the Union was what led to the…

Read More Arrow

Kaduna Declaration: NANS declares support for One Nigeria, to protest in Kaduna

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has declared its support for One Nigeria, saying it will embark on a unity and peace rally. The President of NANS, Aruna Kadiri…

Read More Arrow

The Big 10: These are the stories that drove conversations this week

These are the top ten stories that drove conversations this week. Dino Melaye's certificate scandal The Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Monday held a hearing over allegations that…

Read More Arrow

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…

Read More Arrow

5 Nigerian students detained in Malaysia for cyber crime worth RM2.4m

Five Nigerian students and two local women believed to be involved in an internet fraud amounting to RM2.4 million were detained during raids in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. The students,…

Read More Arrow

Opinion: The cross borne by Nigerian students is rather too heavy

by Ayo-Oluwa Obafemi Education to some of the lecturers is defined as “finishing the syllables” and not “impacting knowledge”. Coming from a lineage of lecturers, I have a soft spot…

Read More Arrow

Opinion: The politics behind ‘no election break’ for students

by ‘Lakunle Jaiyesimi Today, the school anthem is extant but the essence is gone. The sincere passion with which that anthem was rendered in the past, with its attendant fever,…

Read More Arrow

Racism! Nigerian students in India forced to move out of their apartments

by Emma Chidiogo Nigeria students who are resident in India, have been asked by local real estate agents and landlords to vacate their apartments within 15 days. The twenty-five students…

Read More Arrow

Again, Ukraine shows that it does not like Nigeria students

by Mayowa Aboah   Ukrainian authorities have reported the kidnap of nine Nigerian students (names withheld) in the city of Lugansk, Ukraine. A statement released by the Ukrainian National Security…

Read More Arrow

This is NOT good: TOEFL suspends testing in Nigeria INDEFINITELY over ‘security concerns’ [DETAILS]

by 'Jola Sotubo Nigerian students intending to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) examinations to enable them study abroad might now…

Read More Arrow

“Our youths are wasting away”: Actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde questions the loud silence on the ASUU strike (TWEETS)

by Oge Okonkwo Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde had something to say on Twitter about the plight of Nigerian students due to the on-going strike by the  Academic Staff Union of…

Read More Arrow

#ThisShouldConcernYou: UK’s Chevening scholarship scheme now open

by Rachel Ogbu Good news for exceptional students in academic, the global UK government 2012 scholarships programme, Chevening scholarships is now open to offer support for learners in various academic…

Read More Arrow
cool good eh love2 cute confused notgood numb disgusting fail