Nigerians have reacted after first Lady Aisha Buhari congratulated her daughter-in-law, Zahra B. Buhari, on graduating with a First Class Honors in Architectural Science from a UK Varsity. Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had embarked on indefinite strike since February 14 after fall out of agreement between the union and the federal government. Her post on Read More
Senator Shehu Sani, has advised the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), to stay away from Kaduna airport as they continue to protest against the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Sani stated on his Twitter account Friday, that the forest near Kaduna Airport is unsafe, saying, “NANS should avoid Kaduna International Airport; you know Read More
The former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi has called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the ongoing strike action so students can return to school. Sanusi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on the sidelines of a three-day Transforming Education Summit. Sanusi Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa state university chapter may suspend seve-month strike as it’s Chairman, Dr Sam Emmanuel Allu commended Nasarawa state governor, Abdulahi Sule for approving N200m Earned Academic Allowance. The governor approved N200m out of N1billion arrears of Earned Academic Allowance. The union is expected to call for its congress meeting in order to discuss Read More
Students have blocked all road access leading to Lagos Airport as they protest against the lingering strike by the members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Scores of both local and international passengers have been left stranded at the Lagos airport as the aggrieved Nigerian students continue to carry out their earlier threats to shut down the airports to Read More
Despite assurance by the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to intervene over the lingering strike by the members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have stormed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday. The students’ planned mass action is in continuation of their protest Read More
The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed to protest at international airports across the country over lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Ondo State capital, the Chairman, NANS National Task Force on ‘End ASUU Strike Now,’ Ojo Olumide, said students were already tired of pleading with both parties over the need to end Read More
The National Industrial Court on Friday fixed September 19 to deliver a ruling on the Federal Government’s prayer asking the court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its seven months strike. The matter which was first mentioned on Monday was adjourned until Friday for further mention before Justice Polycarp Hamman. When the matter came up, Read More
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has blocked movemen from the Ibadan tollgate, en route Lagos-Ibadan expressway as they sought the end of the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU. The students protested along the route leaving motorists stranded, thereafter headed for the venue of the stakeholders meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, which Read More
Students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that it is taking its Wednesday protest to the stakeholders’ meeting of the South-West Peoples Democratic Party in Ibadan. The students in a statement signed by it’s National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Yetunde on Wednesday said, “Our attention has just been drawn to the fact that there Read More
Some Nigerian students on Tuesday blocked Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students blocked the road at the Sagamu Interchange section of the road. Credit: Oluwafemi Dawodu
…Payment of salary increment discriminatory – Personnel … Say payment of promotion allowances also lopsided ‘…We’re piqued over inequitable disbursement of 6% allowance’ ‘…Why opaque IPPIS salary structure for police’ …FPPRO evasive Amidst the country’s heightening security concerns personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) are disenchanted over what they referred to as the disparity in the payment of the Read More
A Global and International Terrorism Research/Analysis group which specialises in collating data on terrorist’s activities worldwide, Jihad Analytics, has disclosed that Nigeria is the second most attacked and terrorised country in the world with Iraq being the first and Syria the third. BENJAMIN SAMSON speaks with experts on the latest report and the way out. The disclosure which was made Read More
The federal government has constituted another committee to look into the recommendations of the Emeritus Professor Nimi Briggs’ committee in charge of the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement between the government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). In a statement by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, Read More
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has urged the federal government to pay university professors N800,000 as against the N1.2 million negotiated by the Nimi Briggs committee. This recommendation was made during a meeting with the federal government on Tuesday. The recommendation will represent a 50% salary increase offer as against the 23% increase being proposed by Read More
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has began a closed door meeting with critical stakeholders within Nigeria’s educational sector as part of efforts to end lingering the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede; Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed; Emeritus Professors Read More
The management of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it would prioritise the needs of their stakeholders in formulating policies, programmes and regulatory instruments that will further boast developmental regulation role for a sustainable digital economy. The management of the Agency also emphasized a bottom-up approach as a modified method to its stakeholders’ engagement going forward, and Read More
In an attempt to tackle media campaign against the the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the union has constituted a seven-member committee to address what it tagged a smear media campaign against the union. The committee is saddled with the responsibility to develop strategies to tackle the alleged media campaign against the union’s decision to continue with the industrial Read More
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Ministry of Interior, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other stakeholders have launched a National Action Plan (NAP) to end statelessness in Nigeria. Speaking Friday in Abuja, during the launch of the NAP and inauguration of the High-Level steering committee responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Read More
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Silas Onu has described Senator Obinna Ogba’s victory at the Appeal court as being without benefit. Ogba on Thursday won the Appeal Court case between him and Ifeanyi Odii as the governorship candidate of the PDP in Ebonyi state. But Onu in a statement argued that the court awarded no benefit to Read More
Nasarawa state governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has said that Nasarawa state university Keffi (NSUK) is set to pull out from the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after the state government agreed to shoulder the responsibility for the payment of salaries of the staff of the university. Breifing members of the state executive council, at the Read More
Worried by the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), FCT chapter, has tasked the federal government on the speedy resolution of ASUU strike. The association in a communique issued by NAWOJ at the end of its August congress discussed developments within the association and the country as a whole. Read More
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has held a two-day retreat at the Yankari Games Reserve in Bauchi, Bauchi state, over rising insecurity being experienced in different parts of the country. The annual retreat, which commenced on Friday, August 12, had the national and state executives of the CNG and executives of its students’ wing from the 19 northern states in Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and a former Enugu state governor and the senator representing Enugu East, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, have urged the federal government to “urgently resolve the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.” They also charged the government to provide the enabling environment for the youth to realise their potentials. Atiku made Read More
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday urged parents and students to vote out leaders who have made schools remain closed nationwide. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, while speaking with Journalists at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State declared that ASUU would not relent in its bid to ensure better funding for universities Osodoke Read More
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