INDICATION emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may have rejected the Nimi-Briggs Committee report, following alleged allocation of pay rise of 180 per cent to university teaching staff, while the non teaching staff were given only 10 per cent.

CHAIRPERSON of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State chapter, Dr Socrates Ebo, has lamented that the ongoing strike by universities teachers in the country is a clear demonstration that governments have completely abandoned education.

THE Muhammadu Buhari government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have turned the five-month stay at home by our public university students to a game of hide and seek. Hope has further dimmed on the possibility of the reopening of our universities for academic activities. After prolonged verbal warnings, ASUU finally embarked on […]

THE Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, has berated the federal government over delayed resolution of its grievances with striking unions in the nation’s tertiary institutions.

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, former minister of state for education, has apologised to Nigerian students over the protracted strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union recently extended the industrial action by another 12 weeks, citing a lack of readiness by concerned officials to resolve the crisis. Addressing the issue, the presidential hopeful of […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—THE Oodua Youth Coalition, OYC, yesterday, lampooned the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over his position on the lingering crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government, describing his statement as faulty. The Senate president had warned students not to disrupt political activities. But OYC, at a […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has said there is no going back on its decision to continue with its ongoing strike following Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Osedeke said the […]

By Aare Afe Babalola SINCE the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, commenced its strike on February 14, 2022, there had been no headway in the resolution of its dispute with the Federal Government. All reconciliation meetings held between the Federal Government and members of the Union had met brick walls. With the end of […]

As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered.

By Adekunle Adekoya THERE is a jamboree going on, and while people are staring with mouths agape at the spectacles of the jamboree, a tragedy is being wrought as well. The jamboree going on is about the presidential ticket of the two leading parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition party, […]

The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government ( FG) to resolve the lingering crisis that has led to the closure of all public universities.

ENUGU—UNIVERSITY students have been forced to stay home for over two months now due to the strike action embarked upon by their lecturers. For some of the students, the strike has opened new opportunities for them to explore other positive ways to survive. While some lament the impact of the strike on their academic plans, […]

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has given the federal government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, two weeks deadlines to resolve their differences and return students to classrooms.

By Adesina Wahab The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of showing levity in its ongoing negotiation with the union whose members are currently on a four-week warning strike. The union, therefore, said ending the industrial action was dependent on the readiness of the government to take the issue at […]

Some Nigerians on Friday in Abuja had called on the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the lecturers ongoing strike. They made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). They told NAN that the incessant strike was not good for […]