Google has announced 12 months of free Google AI Plus, valued at ₦92,400 per student, for Nigerian students aged 18 and older enrolled in accredited higher institutions. The offer, called the Gemini Student Offer, is available starting today, with returning students able to renew for another 12 months after re-verifying their status.
Eligibility and Subscription Details
The free subscription is open to students currently enrolled in accredited Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. According to Google, the offer is worth ₦92,400 per student and is designed to support the new academic year. Students who claimed the offer last academic year can renew for another free 12 months once they re-verify their student status through SheerID, a verification service.
Nigeria is one of 27 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa where the offer is now live. The subscription includes access to Gemini Omni, Gemini Live for real-time voice conversations, Deep Research for term papers and projects, custom practice quizzes, unlimited file uploads, and 400 GB of cloud storage.
Built to Help Students Learn, Not Cheat
Google emphasized that the offer is designed to help students learn, not cheat. The Gemini app includes a “Guided Learning” mode that works like a patient tutor, offering hints and guiding questions rather than handing over answers. In a Google DeepMind study of 1,763 students in West African schools, students who used Guided Learning made the equivalent of 1.2 to 1.7 years of learning progress in just eight weeks. More than nine in ten of their interactions with the AI focused on understanding concepts, and in only 2% of cases did Gemini give a direct solution.
Lecturers can maintain control through Google Classroom, where they can lock Gemini into Guided Learning mode to ensure students get support without shortcuts. Google also confirmed that student and classroom data is never used to train its AI models. Additionally, because 74% of teenagers rely on online video for schoolwork, YouTube now includes study guardrails such as Take a Break reminders, bedtime alerts, and a limit on Shorts to reduce distractions during study hours.
What Students Get
The free subscription unlocks a suite of study tools: Gemini Study Notebooks, which turn uploaded lecture notes and course materials into practice quizzes and lesson plans; Gemini Live and Deep Research for brainstorming and long-form research; interactive 3D visualizations of complex structures directly in the chat; and the Google Lens Homework Helper, which coaches students through difficult equations and diagrams from a photo.
How to Claim
Eligible students can verify their enrollment through SheerID and claim the free 12-month subscription at gemini.google.com/students or one.google.com/ai-student. The offer is available immediately, and returning students can renew their subscription for another 12 months after re-verifying their student status.
