By Funmi Ajumobi Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board in collaboration with Universal Basic Education (UBEC) on Friday held in its SUBEB office a-day advocacy and sensitisation program for concerned stakeholders in Lagos State on the Cluster School Model training that has been adopted recently in public schools. According to the Executive Chairman LASUBEB, Honourable […]

***SSANU warns against preferential treatment to any union ***Vows to resist FG recognizing UTAS for payment By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Another round of crisis appears to be looming in the nation’s universities over the sharing formula of the just-approved N40 billion Earned Allowances for the university-based unions. Recall that at the meeting between the […]

By Adeola Badru Following the crisis that trailed the selection of a new Vice-Chancellor for the University of Ibadan, UI, that led to the process becoming inconclusive. the National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the Governing Council of the university to appoint an Acting Vice-Chancellor to take over from the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka, […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has denied news reports that it agreed to call off the ongoing strike after meeting with the Government negotiation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Friday. The Federal Government at the meeting at the Conference Hall of the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has denied reports that it agreed to call off the ongoing strike after meeting with the Federal Government’s negotiation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige. The team had reportedly increased its offer for Earned Allowances EA to university-based unions […]

 Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the fate of over 14 million out of school children in Nigeria, saying that lack of formal education and stagnated development are some of the biggest problems confronting the country.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has denied a news report that it agreed to call off the ongoing strike after meeting with the Government negotiation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Friday. The Federal Government at the meeting at the Conference Hall of […]

By Adesina Wahab Though what the Federal Government offered striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, fell beyond the lecturers’ expectations, they agreed to suspend their eight months industrial action because of the economic situation in the country and pressures from some stakehoders. The decision was not based on the negotiating ability […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to call off its eight-month-old strike after the Federal Government offered to pay the lecturers N70 billion.

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Twelve public universities have been given N12 billion by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund, to undertake researches. The amount which according to TETFund, would be shared equally among the universities, is to enable them to carry out research and development programmes that would contribute to national growth. Among the […]