Insists no end to ongoing strike until govt meets demands UTAS far more than alternative to IPPIS, it declares Rejects removal of Ogundipe as UNILAG VC Asks Buhari to constitute Special Visitation Panel to probe removal By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Tuesday, said its University Transparency and Accountability […]

The Chairman, University of Lagos (UNILAG) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr Dele Ashiru, has accused the institution’s Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin, of leading a group of people who want to discredit public universities. He added that their game plan was to eventually buy over the universities. Speaking with Vanguard in […]

You erred ― Senate Babalakin wants to create anarchy ― ASUU Committee of VCs calls for due process We are waiting for government’s position ― NAPTAN By Adesina Wahab The crisis rocking the University of Lagos, UNILAG, took a new turn at the weekend as the Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, […]

Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kano State University of Science and Technology (ASUU-KUST) has urged the state government not to take over its Hospitality and Tourism Institute, Daula. In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Union, Muhammad Sani-Gaya and Murtala Muhammad, it said that the action would be inimical to […]

…No room for surrogate acting VC By Adesina Wahab Academic and non-academic staff of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve the Governing Council of the institution, saying the Chairman of the Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, is acting contrary to the dictates of his office and working against […]

THE lingering face-off between the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe and the Chairman, Governing Council of the institution, Dr. Wale Babalakin, SAN, came to a head, yesterday, as the Council announced the sack of the VC after a meeting held in Abuja.

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate staff of the Bursary Department of the University of Maiduguri and Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State for sabotaging efforts of the government to pay the salaries of its members in the institutions.

The cat and mouse game between Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe and Wale Babalakin blew open last February when Babalakin petitioned the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, accusing the VC of running a one-man show in the preparations for the convocation ceremonies of the school. The minister subsequently ordered the National Universities Commission, NUC, to ask […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan AS controversy rages between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) over the controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the latter has said it is ready to present an alternative system that would achieve a better result. The President of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan AS controversy rages between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the latter has said it is ready to present an alternative system that would achieve a better result. The President of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi stated […]