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Will salary issue force university workers into another strike?

…commissions 25 bedrooms Guest House at Fountain varsity Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has said the eight months strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), had very negative psychological and emotional effect on students. According to Sultan, the strike was unnecessary, unfortunate and very sad […]

ASUU to stage protest over half salary

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Prof. Tanko Ishaya, the Vice Chancellor (VC), of the University of Jos, has assured parents that the university was safe for students, members of staff and visitors. Ishaya said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Jos, reiterating that the university management had put modalities on ground to […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described the half-salary payment to its members by the Federal Government as an aberration that makes the lecturers casual workers. It regretted the response of government towards ASUU’s demonstration of trust was the so-called ‘pro-rata’ payment for eighteen days as the October salary […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–TENSION has enveloped the university community as executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, led by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, have begun meeting to deliberate on the half salaries paid members by the federal government, last week. The meeting which is currently ongoing at the union’s headquarters, located […]

The 13-year-old Nigerian-born Emmanuella Mayaki, has set a new record as one of the youngest persons to be accepted into a University in the U.S. Mayaki was accepted into the Programme for the ow u deyExceptionally Gifted (PEG) at the Mary Baldwin University, U.S. to study Computer Science in the spring. Mayaki’s letter of admission […]

•Pay us our salaries, CONUA tells FG •ASUU to discuss issue at NEC meeting By Adesina Wahab The personality clash between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and the National President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, is responsible for the long period it took to resolve the industrial […]

By Adesina Wahab The personalty clash between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, was responsible for the long period it took to resolve the recent  industrial action by the union. Also, the clash is also responsible for […]

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, has promised to return missionary schools in the state to their original owners. Lalong made the promise when the Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Jos. In a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Dr Makut Macham, on Sunday in […]

Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) organised a Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday, November 3, as part of the events commemorating its 20th anniversary. The Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Lagos Diocese, Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins. Rev Fr Ifeanyi Ogboh, the Chaplain of Pan-Atlantic University; Professor Enase Okonedo, the Vice-Chancellor Pan-Atlantic University, and other top officials of […]

Half salary: We will meet soon to take steps – ASUU

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says no amount of blackmail or fraud will stop its latest innovation, in checking the activities of fraudsters, using its recently launched digital certificate platform.