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The Federal Government has launched a major digital education initiative that will remove data charges for millions of Nigerian students accessing approved educational platforms and learning content, in a move aimed at widening access to technology-enabled education across the country. The initiative, known as the Initiative for Zero-Rated Access to Educational Platforms and Content in…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged Nigerians, particularly young people, to reject political campaigns advocating a return to the petrol subsidy regime, describing the policy as financially unsustainable. The students’ body said the current debate should instead focus on how funds saved from subsidy removal can be properly managed for the benefit…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has rejected reports linking a proposed N200 annual levy by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to the mobilisation of graduates for national service. The Scheme said students and prospective corps members do not need to pay the levy to qualify for NYSC mobilisation. The clarification came on…
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The Federal Government has strongly condemned the rising trend of the “sign-out” tradition, an increasingly immoral celebration among students in tertiary institutions and secondary schools across Nigeria. At an enlightenment campaign on government policies, Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, cautioned that while commemorating academic success is permissible, the tradition has…
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