ASUU is currently on a one-month warning strike as it negotiates with the government The TUC also condemned the behaviour of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during a meeting with NANS EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Trade Union Congress says it will embark on a solidarity strike with the Academic Staff Union of … Read more
ASUU has absorbed itself of any blame and advised Nigerian students to direct their complaints at the Federal Government Unlike, in the past, the government has not properly funded education EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that it will not back down on the ongoing industrial action, … Read more
Nigerian students have embarked on a nationwide protest over the lingering ASUU strike. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have staged a protest in different states calling on the federal government to end the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU’s strike. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the students led by the national president, Sunday … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to shut down all federal roads in different states and the FCT. The students’ body made this known in a statement co-signed by NANS President, Asefon Sunday; and NANS Secretary-General, Adekitan Lukman. EKO HOT BLOG reports that NANS said the decision to block all major … Read more
Accuses Labour Minister of lacking human managerial skills Calls for inclusion in the negotiations EKO HOT BLOG reports that President of the National Association Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has threatened that the student body will confront the federal government if it continues to stall on fulfilling it promises to the Academic Staff Union of … Read more
NANS has threatened to embark on nationwide protests following ASUU one Month warning strike. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Association of Nigerian Students on Monday has threatened to stage a nationwide protest to demonstrate their dissatisfaction. The union also condemned the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. NANS President, … Read more
NANS has relocated secretariat as students protest over accident on Akungba-Akoko road. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Southwest has relocated her secretariat to all major roads in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo stare. The NANS Southwest leaders joined students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba to protesting against what they described … Read more
NANS WARNS AGAINST SPLINTER GROUP EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned against the alleged activities of a splinter group trying to polarise the association. The students have therefore petitioned the Lagos State Government to call to order one Mr Samuel Olawale Kappo, a staff of Lagos State … Read more
By Babatunde Kaka The Federal Lawmaker representing Epe Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly, Hon Tasir Wale Raji has called for a focal re-orientation of Student Union bodies in higher institutions of learning across Nigeria. Represented by his aide on Research and Youth Affairs, Mr Osifeko Mark Olaniyi, the lawmaker made … Read more
The immediate past National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest Zone (NANS Zone D) Asst. Secretary-General (ASG), Comrade Odufuwa Idris (a.k.a HIDMAS) charged the NANS President, Comrade Asefon Sunday, the two NANS Zone D leadership and the Convention Planing Committee (CPC) on a peaceful, free and fair convention in the upcoming NANS Southwest (Zone D) Convention. … Read more
The Federal Government has chided political, religious leaders and opinion shapers to “stop spewing incendiary rhetoric capable of setting the country ablaze”. EkohotBlog reports that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the warning when he was speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Sal Island, Cape Verde. Alhaji … Read more
A man has been reported dead after fighting Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) for 41 years. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Oyo State-born pioneer President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Oladele, who secured victory after 41 years of battle with Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) in Lagos, has been pronounced dead. His … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has reacted to a bill to criminalise protests in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the bill before the National Assembly to criminalise protest and civil disobedience in the country. The bill was allegedly sponsored by a member … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has met with Islamic cleric, Sheik Gumi, over abducted students in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Monday, met with popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmed Gumi. It was gathered that the leadership of the association … Read more
The Chairman of NANS JCI in Osun State, Comrade Oyelayo Afeez, led its members en-masse to Oke- Fia. The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has reversed its initial decision ordering members to boycott the June 12 nationwide protest. The Osun State chapter of the association joined the nationwide protest in Osogbo, the state capital, … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has withdrawn from the June 12 protest. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has suspended the June 12 nationwide protest, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The students’ body made this known via a statement signed by the NANS National President, Comrade Sunday Asefon, on Friday. The statement … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun State Chapter, has issued Nigerian government a four-day ultimatum, threatening that it would shut down all tertiary institutions of learning should the government fail to rescue two female university students kidnapped on Sunday night. According to the NANS Chairman, over 1,157 Nigerian students have fallen victims of … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the Federal Government to declare kidnappers as terrorists and treat them in the same manner. NANS, in a statement on Sunday, condemned the incessant invasion and abduction of students and teachers in the country. The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked … Read more
NANS, ASUU The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday said it would engage the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities with a view to prevailing on them to end the nine-month-old strike embarked on by the university lecturers. The organisation described the strike as “ridiculous” but expressed optimism that its consultation … Read more
University students under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have given the Federal Government and ASUU a 14-day ultimatum to reopen universities or risk a mass protest. The NANS, after a virtual meeting held in Enugu, reached a communique that students across the country will embark on a protest if the … Read more