Tag: NANS

Xenophobia: NANS gives S’African businesses 4-day ultimatum to exit Nigeria

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NANS S'African ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Nigeria’s apex student body, has issued a four-day ultimatum to South African business interests operating in the country, demanding that they leave Nigeria over the continued attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. The directive was announced on Monday in Enugu by the National Executive Director for Corporate and Private Sectors Engagement, Bestman Okereafor. According to him, failure to comply with the ultimatum could trigger actions from millions of Nigerian students across the country. Okereafor condemned what he described as the…

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NANS alleges fraud in NELFUND disbursement

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NANS alleges NELFUND fraud

…Accuses Polytechnic Rector of fee inflation President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has raised serious allegations of financial misconduct in the disbursement of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), accusing the management of D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun state, of inflating students’ tuition fees on the loan portal. Speaking during an engagement with stakeholders, the NANS President specifically fingered the Rector of the institution, Dr. Ra’uf Adegoke, alleging that tuition figures uploaded on the NELFUND portal were significantly higher than the actual fees paid by students.…

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NANS plans 3-day protest over abduction of Borno schoolchildren

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NANS tells Tinubu

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone-E (North-East), has announced plans to stage a peaceful solidarity protest over the abduction of 42 students of Government Day Secondary School, Mussa, in Askira/Uba local government area of Borno States. The planned demonstration, scheduled to hold from June 5 to June 7, will take place simultaneously across the North-East states of Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba. The development was contained in a notice issued by the Chief of Staff to the NANS Zone-E Coordinator, Lukman Yusuf, who said the protest is aimed…

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NANS declares Jan. 14 nationwide protest against new tax laws

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NANS protest

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), has set 14 January, 2026, for a nationwide action to protest against the implementation of the new tax laws, citing concerns over its impact on students and the wider Nigerian populace. NANS President, Olushola Oladoja, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday where he expressed profound disappointment and total lack of confidence in the fiscal and economic advisers surrounding President Bola Tinubu. Oladoja said thorough what he called their misguided counsel, Tinubu has continued to push the administration towards an avoidable national…

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New Tax Law: NANS demands suspension pending review, public education

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NANS on new tax law

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), has called on the Federal Government to immediately suspend the planned implementation of the newly introduced Tax Reform Law, citing poor public enlightenment and alleged alterations to the version passed by the 10th National Assembly. The student body made the demand in an issued statement signed by its National President, Olushola Oladoja yesterday, ahead of the law’s scheduled commencement on January 1, 2026. While acknowledging the importance of tax reforms to national development, NANS said the current implementation process was “fundamentally flawed, poorly…

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NANS distance itself from planned Nnamdi Kanu’s protest 

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NANS distance itself

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), has distanced itself from a planned protest allegedly being organised by activist, Omoyele Sowore and his associates in the name of the student body. Addressing newsmen at a press conference in Ibadan, Oyo state, its President, Olushola Oladoja, described the claim circulating on social media that the Association would join a ‘#FreeNnamdiKanu Protest’ slated for October 20 as false, mischievous, and politically motivated. He stressed that NANS had no affiliation with Sowore or any politically driven group, insisting that the student body remains…

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Telecoms: “Reverse 50% tariff hike or face nationwide protests” – NANS warns FG 

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NANS warns FG

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), has condemned the recently approved 50% increment in telecommunications tariffs by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and the Ministry of Communications, Digital Economy, describing it as not only abnormal but  inconsiderate and unjustifiable. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by the Clerk of its Senate, National Headquarters, Comrade Oladimeji Uthman, warned the NCC and the Ministry of Communications, Digital Economy to review the increment within 72 hours or risk a nationwide protest by over 40 million Nigerian students already going through untold hardships…

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Hunger, economic hardship killing Nigerians – NANS tells Tinubu

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NANS tells Tinubu

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently address hunger and economic hardship in Nigeria, saying citizens are dying. According to NANS, which made the call yesterday, in a statement signed by the Clerk of its Senate, AbdulYekin Odunayo, said Nigerians have been subjected to unwarranted impoverishment and hunger since President Tinubu assumed office, urging him to espouse a policy capable of revamping the nation’s economy. Odunayo noted that fuel subsidy removal and floating of the countrys currency done simultaneously by the Tinubu-led…

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Fuel Price Hike: NLC NANS, cries foul, threatens strike

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NLC NANS

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on the Federal Government to reverse the planned implementation of the increase in price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), a.k.a petrol. NLC President, Joe Ajaero stated this on Tuesday, in his reaction to the ong-oing speculations that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company limited (NNPCL), has authorised hike in the prices of petrol. In the same vein, the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) has announced a nationwide protest, slated for September 15, across major cities in Nigeria to express displeasure over the…

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Economic hardship: ‘Fuel subsidy removal achieved nothing but untold hardship’ NANS tells Tinubu

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NANS tells Tinubu

…Says Nigerians are suffering The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), has lamented that the President Tinubu administration has done nothing to alleviate the nations 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 sufferings for Nigerians. Recall tgat there had been earlier reports on the hike in petrol pump price in Ogun, Lagos States, including Abuja and other parts of the country. It was gathered that while major marketers sold petrol below N650,…

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