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EZZY COLLEGE OF NURSING ENUGU UNJUSTLY EXPELS STUDENT

WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL REINSTATEMENT OF IFEOMA NWAOGARANYA The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) strongly condemns the brazen authoritarianism, repression, and undemocratic atmosphere that currently define the administration of Ezzy International College of Nursing Science, Akpuoga Nike, Enugu State, under the leadership of Mrs. Ifeyinwa Okwudo. The recent unlawful expulsion of student nurse Nwaogaranya Ifeoma Rosemary is a shocking

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OAU TRANSPORTATION CRISIS: WHERE MANAGEMENT FAILS, STUDENTS SUFFER!

COMMERCIAL BUSES AND BIKES CAN OPERATE ALONGSIDE THE NEW 80 CNG VEHICLES! UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SHOULD BUILD MORE HOSTELS ON CAMPUS AND REVAMP THE EXISTING ONES Students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, currently are at the receiving end of a transportation crisis, enduring the painful stress of long queues in an unfortunate development that was clearly avoidable. For us in the

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Recruitment of 526 New Teachers in Osun State Is a Piecemeal Approach

* DSM calls for massive recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff to address the huge shortfall. * We also demand adequate funding of public education to reverse the decaying state of schools in Osun State. * We call for the cancellation of all fees being paid in public schools The attention of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, has

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ASUU-FG NEWLY SIGNED AGREEMENT: A Product of ASUU’s Years of Resilience and Determined Struggle against Persistent Attacks on Public Education

The ERC Calls for Full and Lasting Implementation of the Agreement and Other University Staff Unions’ Demands We Reiterate Our Call for a United Struggle of ASUU, SSANU, NASU, NAAT, and Students’ Unions for Adequately Funded and Democratically Managed Public University Education The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the newly signed agreement between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

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EDUCATION OF DEBT: Tinubu’s Ruinous Loan Scheme in Public Education

President Bola Tinubu, in his Independence Day speech on October 1, 2025, stated that over 500,000 students had benefitted from the Students’ Loan Scheme. This praise of the loan scheme is usually the chorus of every supporter of the administration, in an attempt to whitewash an administration that has failed colossally. This loan scheme, touted as a major achievement of

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UI: SU Election Held Amidst Management Influence

ERC Charges New Leadership to Defend Students’ Interests The Students’ Union election held on December 13, 2025, at the University of Ibadan, which led to the emergence of a new Students’ Union leadership. Subsequently, the newly elected executive officers and members of the Students’ Legislative Council were duly sworn in and saddled the responsibility of representing and defending the collective

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ERC COMMENDS PROTEST ACTION BY STUDENTS OF ONDO STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

THE DEMANDS FOR IMPROVED LEARNING CONDITIONS AND END TO EXTORTIONIST CHARGES MUST BE MET BY ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) solidarizes with students of Ondo State College of Health Technology in their struggle against the poor teaching and learning conditions in the school, as well as against the imposition of extortionist charges by the

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Civic Education and Computer Studies Reinstated But Action Still Needed

The December 10 WAEC Circular to Schools, Which Reinstates Civic Education and Computer Studies (now Labelled Digital Technologies), Falls Short of What is Needed ERC Calls on WAEC and Federal Ministry of Education to Base the 2026 WASSCE on the Full Complement of Subjects from the Old Curriculum The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), alongside parent, teacher and student groups, notes that,

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New Curriculum and 2026 WAEC Exams: December 6 Clarification of the Federal Ministry of Education Offers No Solution.

ERC Calls on Education Minister to Abide by the December 4 Resolution of House of Representatives that Current SSS 3 Students Must be Allowed to Sit for Only Subjects They Have Been Taught Since SSS 1. The Education Rights Campaign (ERC),  together with other groups representing parents, teachers, and students, strongly notes that the statement issued by the Federal Ministry

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ERC Calls on Education Minister to Clear the Air over Confusion on Implementation of New School Curriculum

No to Use of New Curriculum and CBT for 2026 May/June SSCE! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) frowns at a fire brigade approach to recent policies introduced separately by the Federal Ministry of Education and West African Examinations Council (WAEC), something which have created a clouded atmosphere in the education sector at present. Therefore, we call on the Federal Ministry

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LAUTECH: ERC Supports Protest of Medical Students over Closure of Medical School

University Management and Oyo State Government Must Immediately Meet Demands of Striking Clinical Lecturers The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) supports the protest by medical students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State over the continued closure of their medical school since August 1, 2025 as a result of an indefinite strike by the clinical lecturers of

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ASUU STRIKE: TINUBU GOVERNMENT MUST IMMEDIATELY MEET THE DEMANDS OF ASUU NOW!

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) extends its solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over their ongoing 14-day warning strike. We strongly believe that these demands are legitimate and in the interest of public education and the Nigerian masses. We hereby call on the government to immediately meet these demands in the interest of students who are the

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OYO STATE: STUDENTS’ PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF DANGOTE REFINERY IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY

ERC rejects attempt to criminalise workers’ rights to organise and unionise The attention of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Oyo State Chapter, has been drawn to a protest held on Tuesday, 7th October 2025, in Ibadan by some students under the banner of the National Association of Oduduwa Students (NAOS). The demonstration was reportedly organised to express support for the

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ERC OAU: N10,000 HOSTEL EXTENSION FEE IS EXPLOITATIVE!

WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL STUDENTS MUST BE ALLOWED TO STAY ON CAMPUS! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), OAU Branch, strongly condemns the recent introduction of N10,000 hostel extension fees by the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. This exorbitant fee is meant to be paid by students who intend to spend the break in the halls of residence. Earlier, the

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VICTORY – NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY REINSTATES 4 SUSPENDED STUDENTS

VICTORY AT LAST AS NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT FINALLY REINSTATES FOUR SUSPENDED STUDENTS AFTER MONTHS OF SUSTAINED STRUGGLE! The management of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), has finally reinstated and reopened the portal of the four students who were unjustly suspended by the school. On December 9, 2024, the school issued a letter of suspension to these students. We of

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ERC COMMENDS ASUU’S REJECTION OF TINUBU’S TISSF

WE SUPPORT THE CALL OF ASUU FOR IMPROVED WELFARE AND PROPER FUNDING TINUBU/APC GOVERNMENT MUST IMPLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH ASUU AND OTHER EDUCATION WORKERS UNIONS NOW! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the principled decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reject the newly introduced and dubious Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund (TISSF). The decision to reject the

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Reinstate Victimized UI Student Activists

UI: ERC Demands Immediate and Unconditional Reinstatement of Victimized Student Activists and an End to Attacks on Democratic Rights of Students Now! We of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) wish to express our stern opposition to the recent suspension of two students of the University of Ibadan – Aduwo Ayodele, a 400-level of History Department and Mide Badegbesin a 700-level

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The Polytechnic of Ibadan: Renaming is a Mere Symbolic Gesture

Real Progress Requires Concrete Commitment  of Makinde Government to Adequate Funding CDWR Cautions the Institution’s Administration against Undue Interference in NASU’s Affairs, Intimidation of Its Members, and Continued Anti-Labour Practices The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Oyo State Chapter, sees the renaming of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, to Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan, by Governor Seyi Makinde as mere symbolism.

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HALT RISING CRIME ON UI CAMPUS

ERC Condemns fee disparity in College of Medicine and Continuous silence of the SU-leadership on calls for intervention and anti-fee hike struggle The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), University of Ibadan Chapter, strongly condemns the growing wave of criminal activities among students within the University of Ibadan campus. In recent weeks, reports of missing phones and laptops, and break-ins into hostel

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IMMEDIATELY REINSTATE SUSPENDED NSUK STUDENTS

VICE-CHANCELLOR LIMAN’S REFUSAL TO REINSTATE SUSPENDED STUDENTS DESPITE THE PLEA BY THE STATE GOVENOR IS A SHOW OF VICIOUS TYRANNY WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL REINSTATEMENT OF ALL SUSPENDED STUDENTS NSUK AUTHORITIES AND THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE MUST BE MADE TO ANSWER FOR THE CRIME OF UNLAWFULLY DETAINING STUDENTS The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) sternly condemns the refusal of

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