Tag: Nigerian Students
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Japa: UK bans Nigerian students, others from bringing in family members
The United Kingdom on Monday announced that it had commenced the implementation of its policy banning Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing in dependants via the study visa route. This was made known in the UK Home Office post on X, hinting that only those on postgraduate research or government-sponsored scholarship students will…
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Why many Nigerians are trooping to neighbouring African countries for tertiary education – Prof Akande
A United States based educationist, Prof Busari Shaamsuddeen Akande has posited that many young Nigerians are trooping to neighbouring African countries of Togo and Ghana for tertiary education because of safe environment, required skills for industries and quality supply of electricity. Akande noted that Nigerians don’t mind the high cost of higher education in those…
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Stranded Nigerian Students in Sudan borders narrate ordeal
Nigerian students who are being evacuated from Sudan to neighbouring countries have shared their ordeal in the face of evacuation from the war-torn country. Many of these students revealed what they faced in the process of trying to evacuate them to other countries sharing borders with Sudan.
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Ignore NANS Sudan, Stay indoors – FG tells Nigerian Students in war-torn country
The Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan has asked Nigerian students trapped in the war-torn country to disregard the National Association of Nigerian Students, telling them to converge somewhere for evacuation. A report had surfaced online that NANS Sudan in a statement dated Sunday asked students trapped in the country to prepare for evacuation to Ethiopia.
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BREAKING: We won’t allow campaigns if strike is not ended – NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have threatene to disrupt political campaigns billed to start later this month in driving home their point for the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike since Monday, 14th February this year, by which period many children…
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300-Level Nigerian Student declared missing in Northern Cyprus
Nigerian student studying in Cyprus, Abdulsamad a 300-Level International Relations student of Cyprus Science University has been declared missing. He was until his reported disappearance living off-campus. This is coming days after an advisory was put out by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) warning Nigerian students from going to Northern Cyprus to study.
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NANS fixes August 27 for elections into various leadership positions
The National Association of Nigerian Students has fixed Saturday, August 27, 2022, for elections into various leadership positions. The coordinator, South-West Zone D, Adegboye Emmanuel, disclosed this in a chat in Abuja. “The elections will hold on Saturday,” Olatunji said. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the soon-to-be outgoing President, Sunday Ashefon, was elected on December 4, 2020…
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ASUU STRIKE: FG to meet with ASUU executives today, as strike enters 183 days
As the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universitiesm ASUU, enters 183 days today, the Federal Government would meet with the union executives on Tuesday, August 16, to discuss their decision. This was disclosed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, monitored by TheNewsGuru.com…
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ASUU STRIKE: Proposed agreement will not be binding on state universities -FG insists
The Federal Ministry of Education has insisted that its proposed agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will not be binding on state universities. Following this development, the industrial dispute between the Federal Government and ASUU may worsen, as Universities would remain shut. The spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong…
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ASUU bows to pressure, may accede to suspend strike
The union commenced a warning strike on February 14 over the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands and implement some agreements the two parties entered into previously