A dated record of interventions, programmes, welfare activity and milestones maintained by NANS HQ.
Commended security forces for rescuing kidnapped students in Zamfara State while demanding comprehensive medical and psychological rehabilitation for the victims, alongside advocat…
View full recordStood firmly against Federal University Wukari management's forced deferment policy affecting over 5,000 students awaiting NELFUND disbursements, issuing a firm ultimatum that prot…
View full recordThe Akinteye administration led nationwide solidarity walks and high-level advocacy demanding the immediate release of abducted students in Ogbomosho, working with security agencie…
View full recordNANS organised coordinated nationwide protests against the wave of tuition increases at federal universities in mid-2023, leading to fee reductions and reversals at multiple instit…
View full recordUnder the Comrade Sunday Ashefon administration (2020–2022), NANS actively engaged in high-level negotiations to end the prolonged 2020 ASUU strike during the COVID-19 era, working…
View full recordNANS officially endorsed and led student participation in the #EndSARS movement of October 2020, with the national leadership joining protests in Abuja, Lagos, and other major citi…
View full recordNANS successfully campaigned for the restoration of student unions at institutions where they had been proscribed by university authorities, most notably at the University of Ilori…
View full recordFollowing the April 2014 abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, NANS organised the "Bring Back Our Girls" student march in Abuja and several states, applying sustained pressure on th…
View full recordNANS played a pivotal mediator role in resolving the 5-month ASUU strike of 2013, including organising the "Save Our Education" campaign that pressured both ASUU and the Federal Go…
View full recordNANS was a leading voice in the historic "Occupy Nigeria" protests of January 2012 against the removal of fuel subsidy. The association mobilised students nationwide and contribute…
View full recordNANS played a critical mediator role in the 2006 ASUU strike, holding multiple stakeholder meetings with the Federal Ministry of Education, ASUU leadership, and NUC to push for the…
View full recordBetween 1992 and 1998, led by figures like Omoyele Sowore (UNILAG SUG President), NANS became the frontline civilian resistance during the June 12 crisis, demanding the restoration…
View full recordAfter security forces killed protesting students at Ahmadu Bello University in 1986, NANS declared nationwide mourning and instigated coordinated protests demanding justice. The ac…
View full recordUnder successive presidents Chris Mammah and Chris Abashi (1981–1983), NANS consolidated structures across expanding campuses, fiercely resisted the Shagari government's declining…
View full recordIn 1978, when the federal government imposed drastic fee hikes targeting tertiary education, NUNS led nationwide campus protests under the iconic "Ali Must Go" rallying cry (direct…
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