As the strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters its third day, academic activities at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in the Edo state capital have been paralysed.

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), University of Lagos Chapter, has ensured total compliance with the strike directive given by the union’s National Executive Committee (NEC).

IBADAN—AS the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began its strike, yesterday, academic activities at the University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH and Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO were totally paralysed.

THE Senate has begun moves to engage the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)m with a view to calling off the strike for the overall interest of the nation’s education sector and the Nigerian students in various Ivory towers.

AS the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began its strike yesterday, academic activities at the University of Ibadan were totally paralysed.

ABUJA—THE Federal Government, yesterday, began fresh moves to woo members of the Academy Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, back to the negotiation table.

Following the directive of Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday to begin a nationwide strike across federal and state universities over the failure of the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MOA) signed with the Federal Government, students at the Lagos State University, Ojo have lamented that the strike was a disruption to their future and academic pursuit.

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday said that the strike by the union would be comprehensive, total and indefinite.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members across Nigeria to commence an indefinite industrial action over what it described as poor funding.

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday began an indefinite strike action over the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MOA) signed with the Federal Government.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities (SSANU), said on Wednesday that the state governors are not sincere with N22, 500 being proposed as the new Minimum Wage for workers.

Jos — Following continued killing, maiming of students and members of staff as well as the destruction of property worth millions of naira whenever there is crisis in Jos, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Jos chapter, has called for the immediate reclamation of university land illegally occupied by communities who carry out the attacks.

ADO-EKITI—THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Akure Zone, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to set up a panel of inquiry to probe the alleged illegal recruitments of staff and other corruption-related issues at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Academic  Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has denounced moves by chairman of Government Renegotiating Team with ASUU, Dr. Wale Babalakin, SAN, to increase tuition fees in public universities and establish education banks.

Abuja—Federal Ministry of Education, yesterday, dismissed insinuations that the Federal Government has approved the hike in tuition fees of Nigerian universities to N350,000.