LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The (NANS) has condemned the arrest of peaceful protesters across various states, including Akure, Kaduna, Jos, Kano, and others, issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the Nigeria Police Force to release all detained student leaders and protesters. In a statement signed by NANS President of the Senate, Comrade Henry Okunomo, the association…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has lamented that the President Tinubu administration has done nothing to alleviate the nation’s petroleum problem, but instead made it worse. The student body stated that rather than increasing fuel availability, the subsidy removal has caused scarcity and immense suffering for Nigerians. DAILY POST…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students on Friday protested against the 300 per cent hike in school fees at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State. The students national body, while at the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, demanded the reversal of the increase and the sacking of…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the federal government to allow higher institutions in the country go on break now for the students who registered last year to collect their permanent voter’s cards, PVCs. According to the association, if the step is not taken, over four million students would…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students has suspended its planned June 12 nationwide protest, The PUNCH has learnt. NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known in a statement on Friday morning. It was titled, ‘NANS Suspends June 12 Protest Over Concerns About Safety Of Protesters And Fear Of Possible Hijack By Politicians…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Insistence by the Federal Government to continue its homegrown school feeding programme, even when schools in the country are currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, may not only fail abysmally, but become a drain pipe on the lean resources of government at this point in time. This is the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday in Abuja engaged each other in a brawl over a plan by the South African High Commission to sponsor some Nigerian students to their country. The President of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Bello Shagari who led the group…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students has banned the conferment of awards on individuals and organizations by all student union bodies in the country. The NANS President, Bamidele Danielson, who announced this during the inauguration of the new executive of the association in Abuja on Thursday, explained that such award conferments on…