Abuja – The National Leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the alleged anti-poor and anti-masses recruitment requirements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp[oration (NNPC). NANS members protest at NASS Mr Adeyemi Azeez, NANS National Public Relations Officer (PRO) made the position of the students’ body known in a statment on Sunday in Abuja. NANS alleged that it was a deliberate and well structured resolve to play out many graduates, especially those from the poor background. According to him, it is no longer news, that regular occurrences of incessant strikes have long marred the education sector of the country. “Therefore, ordinarily an undergraduate that applied for a four or five year programme will eventually end up staying nine or 10 years on campus pursuing a bachelor degree. “NANS will not fall cheap of this deliberate attempt of disenfranchising majorly the real and qualified Nigerian graduates. “These graduates, wh...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Sunday, appealed to politicians to desist from politics of bloodshed to enhance growth and inclusiveness of the democratic process. NANS’ National Public Relations Officer (PRO), Comrade Bestman Okereafor, made the appeal in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. DAILY POST recalls that  two persons were allegedly killed as 13 vehicles were damaged in pre-election violence  that erupted in Obot-Akara Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Friday, Feb. 15. Also, the Kaduna State Government had in a statement on Friday evening, confirmed that 66 persons were killed by unidentified gunmen in Kajuru local government of the state. Okereafor said: “No life is worth shedding for political scores. “As intellectuals, we have no doubt that the decision for postponement would have been reached based on life saving information at the disposal of INEC and not necessarily based on logistics cha...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Saturday appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to further extend the Feb. 11 deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). INEC PVCs Mr Azeez Adeyemi, the National Public Relations Officer of the association, made the appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta. He said that the extension became necessary considering the fact that most of the students who would be returning to school registered for their PVCs within the school environments. “NANS sees this call as imperative due to the just-suspended strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). “Most Nigerian university students will be returning to the school environs where they registered for their PVCs to pick them up. “We recall that INEC had revealed in its statistics of the eligible voters, ahead of the 2019 general elections, that over 22 million voters are Nigerian students. “As such, this...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) convention which was supposed to be conducted today as slated in the election time table has been automatically shifted as zone B pull out of the accreditation process. Information reaching the campus reporter media is that the leadership of NANS Zone B have pulled out of the accreditation process which was supposed to be done today. The coordinator of the Zone Comr Okereke Godson C Bishop (CNS) while addressing the press said, "I made it clear lately yesterday and early today that accreditation of delegates will commence properly today Sunday 8th of July, but it's annoying that up to 8pm the electoral committee have not kick started with the process. The duties and objectives of NANS is to protect and project the legimate right of the students, not the other way round, I cannot risk it in jeopardizing the life of the students I represent. The CPC officials have all day to commence accreditation, why this night? If you can...