MINISTER of Education, Adamu Adamu, said on Thursday that the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the main umbrella body of University lecturers in the country would be called off next week.

Sen. Mohammed Hassan (PDP-Yobe) has called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the incessant strikes in the country’s tertiary institutions.

The latest nationwide strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Charlie Boy episodes in Abuja dominated searches on the internet search engine Google, this week.

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has cautioned against prolonging the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to avoid youth involvement in crime.

MINISTER of Education, Adamu Adamu, and his Labour and Employment counterpart, Chris Ngige,were Thursday, lurked in a crucial meeting,over the ongoing strike declared Monday morning by the Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the Federal Government to look into the plight of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to avert the indefinite strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU) Chapter, had yet to fully comply with the indefinite strike declared by the national body on Monday, following a check on Monday evening.

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will today take a final decision on whether it will proceed on strike over unresolved issues with the Federal Government or not.

Parents, students and government officials, Tuesday, expressed relief as the six-month old nationwide strike, by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over non-implementation of 2009 agreement between the union and the Federal Government, was called off.

When market women took to the streets to protest the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which has lingered for about four months now, it portrayed a very dangerous signal. Many wondered which of the parties involved in the face-off mobilised the market women, but I tell you, they needed nobody to mobilise them.

PROTESTING traders, under the aegis of National Market Women Association, Monday, stormed the National Assembly, demanding that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, call off its more than three months old strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been going on strike for a number of years over the same issue – government not honouring agreements reached with the union; yet, nothing seems to have changed. In this report, Vanguard Learning sought the opinions of some Nigerians on the way forward. Excerpts:

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As the hope of undergraduates in public universities hangs in the balance, the Director of Research on African Environment and Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to focus their attention more on reviving the mental intellectual decay in the sector.

LAGOS — Irked by the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, umbrella body for students in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Wednesday, condemned the continued strike by university lecturers, calling on them to resume negotiations with the Federal Government to ensure that public universities were reopened without further delay.

According to (Enrinco Fermi, 1901-1954) an Italian theoretical physicist, “It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge”