Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- Nigerians students sponsored abroad for further studies by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are holding a protest in front of the Nigerian High Commission in London over the non-release of funds for their scholarship.

The protesting students, about 25 of them, represent several students on Batch 2018 of the NDDC foreign scholarship programme who are yet to receive money for their tuition, despite the claims by the NDDC that it has recently released over $5.9 million (about N2.28 billion) for the programme.

The students gathered around 9 am in front of the High Commission, with placards.

The students, in their statement to PREMIUM TIMES a few days ago, said the NDDC management deliberately excluded them...