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"The polytechnic has released some patrol vans for the community for joint patrol towards the security of the communities," he said.

invites workers and other readers to contribute  to this regular feature. National transport strike in Italy over work conditions Public transport workers across Italy took part in a four-hour strike Wednesday called by the USB union. According to Sky News the stoppage was to bring attention to the quality of public transport provision and working conditions, including safety. Workers took part in the cities of Rome, Bologna, Milan, Turin, Palermo and others. Fedex-TNT workers oppose attack o...

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has opposed the postponement of schools’ resumption by the federal government as a result of the resurgence of COVID-19. The students’ body said it would set up what it called Students Task Force Against COVID-19 in all campuses. Its president, Comrade Sunday Asefon, in a statement, Tuesday evening, however, applauded the efforts of the federal government in “galvanizing the entire country to respond to the corona...

NANS commends FG over suspension of electricity tariff hike On Kindly Share This Story: The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Sunday, commended the Federal Government over its directive suspending the recent electricity tariff hike in the country. The association’s President, Mr. Sunday Asefon, gave the commendation in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He said that the suspension of the tariff by the federal government would go a long way in ...

Vanguard News NANS mulls security, education summit On By Rotimi Ojomoyela The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) , Com. Sunday Asefon, on Thursday disclosed that the association planned to organize a  Security and Education Summit to partner stakeholders on how to arrest the drift in the two critical sectors . He described the 2021 budgetary provision for education under President Muhammadu Buhari, as the worst in  the last one decade. He expressed worry over the level of neg...

Those who took time to see the video where 16-year-old Barakat Melojuekun and her father, Adesola, pleaded with Nigerians to forget the allegation of sexual harassment levelled against the Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abdul Balogun, would notice a common phrase in their speeches. Both father and daughter said they just realised “few misconceptions and misunderstanding” and would therefore “want Nigerians to please allow this matter to rest.” Advertisement For the ben...

Vanguard News Nigeria’s 2021 education budget ‘worse’ in a decade — NANS On Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The National Association of Nigerian Students’ President, Comrade Sunday Asefon has described the amount allocated to the education sector in the country’s 2021 budget as the worst in a decade. Nigeria budgeted 6.3 per cent of its 2021 national budget on the Federal Ministry of Education. A sum of N742.5 billion out of the total N11.7 trillion budget was allowed to the ministry out of...

Oyo NANS spokesperson alleges inhumane treatment from Amotekun operatives On By Adeola Badru The Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Oyo State chapter, Adeleke Abidemi Quadri, yesterday, alleged he was severely molested and nearly killed by men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, codenamed: Amotekun. Narrating his ordeal in the hands of Amotekun to Vanguard, Quadri, stated that some members of the corps kicked, slapped and pointed their riffl...

Sexual Harassment: Who Is Making This Ogun Schoolgirl Sing A New Song? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile Both father and daughter said they just realised “few misconceptions and misunderstanding” and would therefore “want Nigerians to please allow this matter to rest.” by Olabisi Deji-Folutile Jan 07, 2021 Those who took time to see the video where 16-year-old Barakat Melojuekun and her father, Adesola, pleaded with Nigerians to forget the allegation of sexual harassment levelled against the Ogu...

NANS to intervene in tuition hike in instituitions On By Adesina Wahab The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said it will intervene in the hike in tuition fees by some tertiary institutions in the South-West geopolitical zone. This was contained in the New Year message by the South-West Zonal Coordinator of the body, Comrade Kappo Samuel Olawale, in Lagos on Friday. The body pledged a proactive intervention in the matter. Recall that only recently, the management of the Lago...