By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Federal Government on Tuesday assured that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be called off soon, saying it was taken aback by the renewed strike which university teachers embarked on February 14, 2022. Addressing the resumed conciliation meeting with the Union, the Minister of Labour and […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says that Nigeria must address the challenge of 15 million out-of-school children in the country, to tackle dreadful insecurity facing the nation. Obasanjo stated on Monday in Abuja at the 2022 Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) annual lecture with the theme “Beyond Boko Haram: Addressing Insurgency, Banditry, and Kidnapping across Nigeria”. The […]

By Adesina Wahab & Adeola Badru THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, weekend, described the Federal Government as an entity that lacked integrity and should not be trusted. It also described the government as slave merchant, which only listened to and implement destructive policy recommendations of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and World Bank […]

Registration by candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) began on Saturday, with a slow start noticed in some centres visited in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there were different experiences at some of the registration centres monitored as the exercise kicked off. At the WAEC Training and Testing Centre […]

The two factions of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) in the Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki have issued conflicting directives to their members over the union’s current nationwide warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the Dr Godfrey Nwambeke-led Caretaker Committe declared that it would not join the […]

By Ike Uchechukwu In an effort to ameliorate the sufferings of the less privileged, the Coco-Bassey Foundation has empowered over 5,000 pupils and students with books, uniforms, scholarships and other educational materials in Cross River state. The empowerment programmes for students in various schools were carried out simultaneously yesterday in the three senatorial districts of […]

Some students of University of Jos have appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to find a common ground toward ending the incessant strikes in the universities. They made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos. NAN reports that ASUU […]

The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South federal constituency, Ebonyi State, at the National Assembly, Hon. Chinedu Ogah, (OON) Thursday condemned the one-month warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the country.

By Adesina Wahab The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has slammed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, over comments credited to him that the Federal Government was looking for the union to continue negotiations before the leadership decided to embark on a four-week strike last Monday. The minister had said; “ASUU, unfortunately, have […]

There were lamentations by the students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Thursday, over the one-month warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, following failed implementation of Memorandum of Action, MoA, and other agreements the Union reached with the Federal Government.