The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to clear the backlog of salaries owed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if elected president. Atiku said his administration would ensure that universities are paid directly whatever money is due to them, vowing to remove all administrative bottlenecks. Speaking during the […]
ASUU strike: My govt will clear all backlogs, universities’ll be paid monies directly – Atiku
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the deductions from the October salaries of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members. The body urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General, Sylva Okolieaboh to reverse the deductions. SERAP also demands that ASUU members get […]
A Senior lecturer at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Dr John Ogi, has expressed delight at returning to work after about nine months of industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Recall that ASUU shutdown public universities in the country on February 14 to press in on some of their demands yet […]
ASUU strike: Feels like heaven returning to work – Benue varsity lecturer, John Ogi
The University of Ibadan (UI) has announced that academic activities would resume in the school on Monday. This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Registrar and Secretary to Council of the institution, Mrs Olubunmi Faluyi. Faluyi said the university’s Senate approved Monday Oct. 24, 2022 as resumption date at a meeting held on […]
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has confirmed that the school will reopen for academic activities on Thursday, October 20, 2022. This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Registrar and Secretary to Council of the university. The OAU management has subsequently directed the students to return to Halls of Residence […]
Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State, has vowed to ensure that lecturers in the state-owned universities who participated in the recent industrial action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are brought to book. The governor, who stated this at the weekend in Jalingo, during the combined service of the TEKAN/ECWA […]
ASUU strike: Lecturers must face the consequences of keeping students at home – Ishaku
The Federal Government on Friday apologised to Nigerian parents and students over the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In the early hours of Friday, the union’s leadership suspended the eight-month strike it embarked upon on February 14 due to the government’s failure to meet their demands. Through the […]
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Usman Abubakar-Rimi, an undergraduate who became a food vendor during the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, has passed away. The deceased was a Medicine and Surgery final-year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS). Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet in the Diplomat area of Sokoto. He died on Wednesday after a brief illness. […]
ASUU strike: Final year medical student turned food vendor dies
The Federal Government has apologized to students and parents after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its eight-month strike. ASUU’s leadership announced the conditional suspension of the industrial action on Friday. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has now thanked all those involved in the negotiations leading to the calling off of […]
With the 8-month industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over, the issues that trailed the strike linger on. Top on the list is the last minute attempt by the Federal Government to break the ranks of the Academic body. Recall that the Federal government on October 4, 2022, registered […]
ASUU strike: Issuance of licence to parallel union’s illegal – Lawyers
One of the lecturers at the University of Calabar, Professor Bassey Eyo Bassey of the Department of Accounting, has revealed that life was very tough for him during the eight months the Academic Staff Unions of Universities, ASUU, strike lasted. In an interview with DAILY POST Friday morning, Prof Bassey said, “It was a tough […]
ASUU strike: Eight months without salary was tough – UNICAL don
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work immediately. This order was given by the appellate Court, ruling on an application by ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court (NIC) that asked the striking lecturers to […]
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The Federal Government has included N470 billion for revitalization and salary enhancements in the tertiary institutions in the 2023 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Friday during the budget presentation to a joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari said his government noted “with dismay the crisis that has paralysed activities in the public […]
ASUU strike: Buhari proposes N470bn for universities, says FG alone can’t fund tertiary education
A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has hit out at the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, for turning the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) into a personal quarrel. Speaking on Tuesday during a programme on Arise TV, Jega said Ngige is creating […]
ASUU strike: Recipe for disaster – Jega slams Ngige for registering CONUA, NAMDA
Workers under the platform of All Workers Convergence (AWC) have said that the Federal Government is taking Nigerians for granted in the way it is handling the negotiations with university lecturers. The group made this disclosure on Wednesday. DAILY POST gathered that the lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) […]
ASUU strike: You’re taking Nigerians for granted with negotiation – Group to FG
There is a strong indication that President Muhammadu Buhari is currently locked in meeting with the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and some leaders of the House, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the eight months of industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Today’s meeting will feature a presentation of […]
ASUU strike: Gbajabiamila, Buhari reportedly in closed door meeting
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone, has accused President Mohammed Buhari of burying public education in the country, saying that it is ready to conduct its funeral. This was disclosed in a statement signed by NANS Coordinator and Spokesperson, Adegboye Olatunji and Awoyinfa Opeoluwa, respectively, on Monday. The student body said they […]
ASUU strike: Buhari govt killed education, we’ll bury it – NANS
Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo State on Friday called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it as “tragic”. Badejo disclosed this in a message he sent to Nigerians ahead of the 62nd anniversary of Nigeria’s […]
[email protected]: Catholic Bishop calls for solution to ASUU strike
The management of Benue State University, BSU Makurdi has directed the immediate reopening of the school. DAILY POST reports that BSU and other government-owned universities were shut down on February 14 following an industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Efforts by the Federal Government to resolve the lingering issues with the […]
BREAKING: ASUU strike: Benue varsity directs immediate reopening of school
As the current face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government takes a new dimension, parents in Osun State have called on the Federal Government to do all within its power to bring a quick end to the imbroglio. Speaking with DAILY POST on Monday in Osogbo, some parents laid […]
ASUU strike: Concerned parents urge quick dispute resolution
Fresh Facts have emerged on why the Federal Government quickly reversed its order to the various university management to reopen public universities amid the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Recall that the Federal Government had earlier ordered Vice-Chancellors to re-open schools. It had asked the Vice-Chancellors of universities […]
ASUU strike: Why FG reversed decision to reopen universities
The Federal Government (FG) on Monday withdrew its earlier directive asking the management of Vice-Chancellors in universities “to ensure that the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) resume and commence lectures immediately.” This was contained in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the lingering strike. The industrial action by the lecturers in public universities commenced on February 14. CAN President, Rev. Daniel Okoh, told the Buhari administration and ASUU that allowing youths to remain at home […]
ASUU strike: Idle minds are devil’s workshop – CAN warns FG, lecturers
The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors in universities to re-open schools and to allow students to resume lectures. This was contained in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, in Abuja on Monday. […]
ASUU strike: FG orders Vice Chancellors to reopen universities
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South South zone has threatened to block the Portharcourt International Airport, the Calabar Itu high way and shut down critical infrastructures in the zone if the strike action by the Association of Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) persists. The South-South Coordinator, NANS ZONE B, Kings Tamarapreye disclosed this […]
ASUU Strike: NANS to block PH International Airport, Calabar-Itu highway
The federal government has told the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to obey the National Industrial Court ruling and call off its seven-month strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, gave the advice while fielding questions from journalists on the margins of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, and the […]
A university student, Soohemba Aker, has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, for an order suspending the activities of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) until ASUU strike is resolved. The final year Law student of Benue State University, also sought same order suspending the operation of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), The respondents […]
ASUU strike: Student drags lecturers, Nigerian govt, 36 states, National Assembly to court
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila, has invited the Minister of Labour and productivity Chris Ngige, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of Civil service of the Federation, Accountant General of the Federation, Director General, Salaries, Income And Wages Commission, Director General Budget Office, among others to appear before the […]
ASUU strike: Minister of Labour, DG budget office, AGF, SGF, others to appear before Reps
A final year law student of Benue State University, Soohemba Agatha Aker, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the 36 state governors, and others before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged poor handling of the dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The plaintiff is asking the court […]
ASUU strike: Law student asks court to stop Buhari, Govs, others’ salaries
A professor of Political Science at the University of Jos, Professor Mustapha Gimba, on Thursday, faulted the Federal Government for dragging the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the industrial court and subsequently getting a judgement in its favour. He said the Federal Government cannot whip and later intimidate lecturers into resuming classes, adding […]
ASUU strike: Don’t use court to deceive us – Prof Mustapha tells FG
Despite Wednesday’s judgment by the National Industrial Court, Abuja Division, the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is far from being over. DAILY POST reported that the Court, while ruling in a motion filed by the Federal Government, ordered the lecturers to resume work immediately. The Court invoked section 18 […]
ASUU strike: ‘No headway as lecturers damn court order, fight on’
Mixed reactions are being expressed over the National Industrial Court’s judgment ordering members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to go back to work. In an interview with some affected members of the Union in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Wednesday, a Professor of Political Science, University of Ilorin, Hassan Salihu, said in […]
ASUU strike: Reactions trail Industrial Court’s judgment ordering lecturer to resume
The leadership of the Students’ Union Government from various institutions in Kaduna, on Wednesday, said it has reversed its decision to block the Kaduna-Abuja road for peace and progress in the state. It also said the union is suspending the protest because of earlier appeals by the security agents and the need to respect constituted […]
ASUU Strike: Kaduna NANS suspend protest along Kaduna-Abuja road
The Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Taskforce on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Comrade Dominic Philip, has said that the continuous strike by ASUU, is due to the lack of enough commitment demonstrated by the parties concerned to bring an immediate end to the matter that has made a sore of […]
ASUU strike: Students blame concerned parties for lack of commitment
The Lagos State Police Command has deployed officers to guard the Third Mainland Bridge to forestall a possible protest over the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike. The operatives, led by DPO of Adeniji Adele, CSP Lanre Edegbai, are keeping watch at both ends of the bridge. “We will not allow any person or […]
ASUU strike: Police dare NANS, takeover Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos
The Kaduna State Government has warned the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) against their proposed move to block the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, issued the warning in a statement on Tuesday. According to Aruwan, the state government was not depriving citizens of the […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students has announced that its members will block the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday (today). This, according to the students, is part of its protests against the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has so far defied resolutions. The […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reached a new agreement with the federal government. The leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday brokered the new agreement after four hours of meeting at the National Assembly in Abuja. However, the agreement is subject to the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently […]
ASUU strike: Lecturers reach agreement with Reps, await Buhari’s approval
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) will on Friday shut the Yola International Airport in Adamawa State over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Zone E chapter of NANS which is to effect the shutdown of the Yola Airport, says it will be in line with NANS nationwide […]
The Kaduna State Government, on Tuesday, warned groups, individuals or associations against plans to block the Kaduna-Abuja road. There are unconfirmed reports that the Nigerian university students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), may extend their protest to Kaduna, through some of their representatives, by blocking Kaduna-Abuja road over failure of […]
ASUU strike: El-Rufai warns students against plans to block Kaduna-Abuja road
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has criticised the Federal Government for the ongoing seven-month-long strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. NANS said the strike has endangered the fundamental human right of Nigerian students, with regard to access to education. Comrade Olusesi Tolulope Samson, Lagos NANS chairman, disclosed this […]
ASUU strike: Female students now pregnant, while males now mechanics – NANS
The National Industrial Court in Nigeria on Monday fixed Wednesday, 21 September 2022, as the deciding date for the application brought to it by the Federal Government seeking the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work while awaiting the court’s decision on their ongoing strike. Justice Polycarp Hamman fixed the date after the […]
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The executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Kwara State chapter, have distanced themselves from the directive by the national body of the association to occupy the nation’s airports across the country in protest against the seven months old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. At a meeting with the […]
ASUU strike: Kwara students dissociate selves from NANS’ directive to shut down airports
The National Industrial Court (NIC) is to deliver a ruling in an application filed by the Federal Government, seeking the order of the court to direct the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its ongoing strike. Justice Polycarp Hamman adjourned the case after listening to the arguments of the counsel on behalf […]
Youths in the south west region of the country have revealed that they will be supporting students across the country to press home their demands over the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The youths under the aegis of Oodua Youth Coalition, OYC, on Sunday threw its weight behind the resolution […]
ASUU strike: We’ll join students to ground airports – South West youths
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has revealed its intention to halt operations at all international airports following the failure to bring an end to the seven-month strike of lecturers by parties involved. NANS met over the weekend in Akure and condemned how Federal Government treated lecturers on strike and general education. The students […]
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Following a seven-month standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has made known its intentions to halt operations at all international airports in the country The national body of NANS met over the weekend in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, and […]
BREAKING: We’re shutting down all airports until ASUU strike is over – NANS
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja has adjourned the hearing on a suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the ongoing nationwide strike by public Varsity Lecturers. Justice Polycarp Hamman, on Monday, adjourned the case to Monday, September 19, 2022. At the resumed sitting this […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with some selected members of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of the universities owned by the Federal Government. The meeting which is taking place at the State House, Abuja may not be unconnected to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on February 14. The Special […]
ASUU strike: Buhari, committee of Pro-Chancellors meet in Abuja
The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have faulted the Federal Government’s approach amidst the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, since seven months ago. They called on the Federal Government and the ASUU to find a quicker and better way of resolving the crisis so that public universities would reopen again. […]
In 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari comfortably inscribed himself in Nigeria’s history books for the wrong reasons, by overseeing the longest ever Academic Staff Union of Universities strike, since the inception of the body, especially under any government in Nigeria since the return of democracy in 1999. StatiSence, an online platform that publishes data on […]
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The Federal Government has said students took the laws into their hands by blocking the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. On Tuesday, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) besieged the road over lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Led by Chairman of NANS in Ogun, Damilola Simeon, they gathered at the Redeemed Church axis, blocking […]
ASUU strike: FG declares students’ blockage of Lagos-Ibadan road illegal
The Federal Government has said protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway “violated” the law. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, said this while intimating State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting directed by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. […]
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Controversial Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has frowned at the blocking of the ever-busy Lagos Ibadan road by members of the National Associations of Nigerian Students (NANS). The Union kicked-off its protest on Tuesday in at the expressway, following the protracted strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) which is entering its seventh […]
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Nollywood movie star, Yul Edochie has condemned the blocking of the ever-busy Lagos Ibadan road by university students protesting the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. DAILY POST recalls that following the inability of the Federal government to resolve the lingering strike, students on Tuesday blocked the Sagamu Interchange section […]
ASUU strike: Block road to NASS, Aso Rock not Lagos-Ibadan expressway – Yul to students
A former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, Kingsley Moghalu, has said that Nigeria needs to invest a lot more in the educational system amid the ongoing academic strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had embarked on a strike since February this year after the inability of the federal government to accede […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) today occupied the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to protest the Federal Government’s failure to end the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. On Tuesday morning, the protesting students brandished sticks and placards to prevent motorists from plying the busy road, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded as the protesters paralysed […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared that it is embarking on a protest starting today. NAS threatened to occupy the Lagos-Ibadan expressway over the failure of the government to address the seven-month-old ASUU strike. In a statement on Monday, the association disclosed that it is its new strategy to get the government’s […]
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There is still no end in sight to the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, especially with the case now before the National Industrial Court, Abuja division. DAILY POST enquiries showed that universities would soon be hit by brain drain as some lecturers are already on their way out of the […]
ASUU strike: Brain drain to hit universities as lecturers relocate overseas
The case between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been adjourned till September 16. The federal government had on Monday urged the court to order the ASUU to call off its seven months strike. The Federal Government addressed the court sitting in Abuja, soliciting an order for ASUU to […]
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The National Industrial Court has adjourned the case between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to September 16. Justice Polycap Hamman adjourned the matter to enable both parties to file the necessary papers for the suit. The Head of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to […]
ASUU strike: SERAP, Nigerian students take Buhari, Ngige, Malami to court
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, who are also Senior Advocates of Nigeria and Professors of Law, among others, will be representing the union as the case instituted by the Federal Government at the National Industrial Court comes up for hearing on Monday (today). Federal Government had dragged the union before the National […]
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The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, says a payment platform, one of the bones of contention surrounding the protracted industrial strike embarked by the members of the Academic Staff Union Universities, ASUU, is yet to be approved. This was disclosed by Adamu, yesterday, while fielding questions on Channels TV. Recall that ASUU had demanded […]
A staff of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), identified as Carter Oshodin has committed suicide in Edo State over alleged hardship. DAILY POST gathered that the deceased was working as a data entry staff in the institution but became financially constrained following the strike action by the academic and non-academic unions in Universities. Recall that […]
ASUU strike: University official commits suicide over hardship
Mega Screen, a once bubbling area at the temporary site of the University of Abuja is currently like a ghost town, it has been like that since February. The students, who are the main lifeblood of this area, are currently at home waiting for news on when the strike will be over. Alhaji Bagudu and […]
ASUU strike: Businesses around universities grounded, owners count losses
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again chastised the Buhari administration over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The main opposition party condemned the situation at its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday. A statement by Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary, lamented the failure of the APC government […]
PDP berates Buhari over ASUU strike, RECs, says APC govt enabling terrorism
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to settle the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) strike within a few working days. This was revealed in a press statement issued by the NANS’s factional President, Umar Faruk Lawal, at Abuja, on Thursday. Lawal said Nigerian students’ patience is being […]
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The Federal Government has said there is no good reason for Nigerians to be disappointed over its efforts to return the university lecturers back to class. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made the remark on Wednesday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The Minister insisted that the government had done its best […]
ASUU strike: Nigerians have no good reason to be disappointed – FG
Alhaji Yabagi Sani, the chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has doubted if President Muhammadu Buhari is being fed with the truth about the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He lamented that for the past seven months, ASUU has been on strike, with students of universities roaming the streets […]
ASUU strike: I doubt if ministers tell Buhari truth – IPAC Chair, Yabagi
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the federal government can only afford a 23.5% salary increase for lecturers. However, Professors will get a 35% increment. Adamu stated this during a meeting on Tuesday with vice-chancellors and other university stakeholders. The minister noted that President Muhammadu Buhari had warned against signing agreements which the […]
ASUU Strike: Nigerian govt announces 23.5% salary increment for lecturers
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Gombe State University chapter, has waived off the university management’s call for the resumption of academic activities. The branch Chairman of ASUU in the university, Suleiman Jauro, disclosed this at a press conference on Monday. He said the institution had benefited from proceeds of ASUU strikes including 57 […]
ASUU strike: Gombe varsity lecturers reject management’s instruction to resume work
The Federal Government says it has set up a tactical committee to review its ‘no work, no pay’ stance against striking members of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities. This was disclosed by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, following the outcome of a meeting by […]
BREAKING: ASUU strike: FG to Review ‘No Work, No Pay’ decision, sets up committee
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the only issue yet to be resolved with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the union’s lingering strike is the issue of the law on “No work, No pay.” Adamu disclosed this to reporters on Tuesday at a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities […]
ASUU strike: ‘No work, no pay’ only bone of contention – Adamu alleges
The Federal Government says it has done all it can to end the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who stated this on Tuesday while meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission (NUC) Abuja, said all […]
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has set up a team on the Federal Government (FG)-Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) face-off. Ex-Secretary-General and Team Co-coordinator, Prof. Michael Faborode spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. Faborode said no serving VC or pro-chancellor is included in the […]
A senior lecturer at the University of Calabar (names withheld) who, like many of his colleagues, is affected by the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resorted to driving taxi. The strike started in February 2022 and negotiations between both the Federal Government and the ASUU have several times been […]
Prolonged ASUU strike forces UNICAL lecturer into driving cab
A video of a sex party held in a hotel in Ifite Awka, Anambra State by alleged university students has sparked controversy on social media. In the video, persons said to be students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University were seen engaged in sexual activities in the full glare of all while other members of the […]
ASUU Strike: Alleged orgy by university students spark argument online
Oyo South Senatorial candidate for Accord in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Kolapo Kola-Daisi has urged the present government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately redirect the resources of the country. Kola-Daisi, a son-in-law of the immediate past governor of the state, late Abiola Ajimobi noted that this is necessary to fund basic sectors […]
ASUU Strike: Redirect resources to fund education, health – Accord candidate tells Buhari
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has denied speculations that it has backed out of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU strike. The Institution in a statement on Wednesday by its ASUU branch Chairman, Dr. Ray Chikogu, said the chapter was irrevocably committed to executing the strike to a logical conclusion. The statement read: “The […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos branch, has restated its commitment to the ongoing strike by the union. It debunked rumours that its branch had suspended the strike. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Chairperson of the branch, Dele Ashiru, read in part, “The attention of the leadership of ASUU-UNILAG […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the federal government should have used the recovered $23million Abacha loot to meet its demands. ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television. Last Tuesday, the federal government and the US reached an agreement to repatriate a new batch of […]
ASUU strike: FG should have used $23m Abacha loot to meet our demands – Lecturers
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has fixed a meeting to deliberate the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The parley has been scheduled for September 6 at the NUC headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Expected are Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities. NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday told the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors that they need to act fast on Nigeria’s economy and the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Osinbajo stated this when he received the APC Governors in his office at the Presidential Villa on a felicitation visit as […]
We need to act fast on Nigeria’s economy, ASUU strike – Osinbajo tells APC Governors
The Federal Government says it has met almost 80 percent of the demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. It disclosed this while describing the decision of ASUU to extend the six-month-old strike as unreasonable. DAILY POST had reported that the academic union extended the lingering strike indefinitely. Reacting, the Director of Press […]
ASUU strike: We’ve met 80 percent of lecturers’ demands – Buhari govt
The management of Kaduna State University has taken a swipe at the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, for referring to some state-owned varsities in the country, including KASU as quacks. The ASUU President was said to have made the reference on Friday during an interview on national television. […]
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The Parents Teachers’ Association of Nigeria has debunked the statement that it will contribute 10, 000 naira each for Nigerian students, for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the 6 months strike. Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, the National President of the association, in a statement, distanced the group from the claim. He explained […]
Ekiti State University is on the verge of resumption for academic activities. According to a press release signed by the Registrar of the school, Ife Oluwole, he said that the State University is set to resume both academic and administrative activities following the results of the stakeholders’ meeting that was held on Sunday. The meeting, […]
Rights activist Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has called on Nigeria students to get tougher on the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. The Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) chairman charged them to block political campaigns for 2023 general elections. In a statement on Monday, Sulaman tasked the National Association of Nigerian […]
ASUU strike: Activist charges students to scuttle 2023 political campaigns
In the face of lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has denied getting a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the protracted strike in two weeks. During the weekly Ministerial Briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the minister told State House Correspondents that the President […]
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The meeting between the federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday ended without an agreement. As a result of this, the six-month old strike embarked on by public university lecturers is set to continue. The lecturers met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee at the National University […]
BREAKING: ASUU meeting with FG end in deadlock, strike to continue
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on Federal, State and Local Governments in Nigeria to jointly implement a working and reliable security policy in a bid to ensure the complete repeal of insecurity bedevilling the country. The leadership of NANS Osun Axis made the call in a press statement on Tuesday jointly […]
NANS begs Nigerian governments to end insecurity, ASUU strike
The spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Festus Keyamo, has said ASUU is on strike because of the 2009 agreement signed by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government. Keyamo disclosed this during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Monday. He added that between 1999 and 2015 when the […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to meet with Federal Government representatives on Tuesday over its prolonged strike action. Speaking on Politics Today, President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke said the meeting was to discuss one of seven issues ASUU is protesting over, “That is the issue of renegotiation,” Osodeke said, “the renegotiation of […]
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The Founder, One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sack Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment; Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education; and all those involved in the negotiation team with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over non-performance. Maharaj ji said that the […]
ASUU strike: Buhari told to sack Ngige, Adamu, others immediately
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State says the Nigerian government cannot borrow N1.1 trillion to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who have been on strike for over five months. The Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum said this on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Police […]
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The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to the Federal Government to resume payment of salary to striking university lecturers. Recall that the FG had stopped the salaries of public university lecturers following the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The strike which was declared on February 14, has […]
ASUU strike: Lecturers, family members starving to death – Orji Kalu begs FG
The Imo State Police Command has accused the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) of the attack on Agwa Police Station at about 2300 hours yesterday. It also confirmed that during the attack, two suspects in custody escaped, four police officers gallantly paid the […]
ASUU strike: Reno Omokri slams Festus Keyamo over latest comments
The federal government has been urged to make efforts at ending the prolonged strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A former university teacher, Professor Femi Olaofe who gave the advice attributed the action to the failure of the government to fulfill its previous agreements with the workers and introduction of […]
ASUU Strike: Ex varsity administrator counsels FG, seeks end to industrial action
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the immediate sack of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu over his role in the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. ASUU had on Monday, extended its industrial action embarked upon on February 14 by another four weeks as […]
ASUU strike: NANS calls for immediate sack of Education Minister, Adamu
