The newly elected leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) will be meeting the Nigerian government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) towards ending the eight-month-old strike by university lecturers. The new NANS president, Comrade Umar Barambu, disclosed this during an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters on Saturday. Barambu, a student of Economics and Development Studies of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, was on Saturday declared the NANS President.
The National Association of Nigerian Students, Zone D South-West has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to commenced investigation of the outgoing president of the union, Sunday Asefon, over alleged maladministration. The Coordinator of Zone D, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji, disclosed this in a statement while reacting to while reacting to the conviction and sentencing of the Director of Logistics of NANS, Adeyemi Abiodun, to one-year imprisonment for internet-related fraud. The Oyo State High Court in Ibadan had on Wednesday sentenced Abiodun to jail.