“We earnestly plead with our president, President Bola Tinubu, as a father figure and a visionary in education, to intervene in this pressing matter,” said the students.
In October 2022, Burna Boy was awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MON) for his achievements in music.
They questioned the response of the government to several appeals made on the issue.
“President Bola Tiunbu is working to ensure an enabling environment so that people that Japa will come back and live a normal life.”
The House of Representatives of Georgia presented the honour to Ms Smaila on Thursday.
Osemwenkhae, Ogisi, and Ndjouandjouaka consented to detention; Sowe and Boiro were detained pending detention hearings scheduled for February 9, 2024.
Presenting the motion, Mr Ajilo said Nigeria recalled all its ambassadors in a major diplomatic shakeup in 2023.
The journalist was said to have been kicked and slapped by Mr Mahama.
The New York consulate carries the heaviest burden of providing consular services to Nigerian citizens in the U.S.
