The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to remain calm over their claim of half salary payment by the Federal Government. In a statement he personally signed in Abuja on Monday, the Speaker noted that...
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says preparations are ongoing for commencement of sale of registration documents for its 2023/2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, gave the assurance during a media chat on Sunday in Lagos. He was reacting to...
The Federal Government has denied the accusation that it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) half salaries in October. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja....
The University of Jos chapter of ASUU says its members will not return to lecture theatres until their withheld salaries are paid. Chairman of the chapter, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, stated on Friday in Jos that the chapter members were not on another strike. He added that the decision to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has insisted that it has no control on admission processes by universities, but at the same time, has not mandated the cancellation or deference of any admission. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has announced that the institution would commence its academic activities on Monday, 7th November, 2022. The Head, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Kabiru Aminu, in a statement obtained by our Correspondent, said that the...
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has resumed academic activities for fresh and old students of the institution. A check by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) within the campus on Monday in Calabar showed that fresh students were already visiting some offices for their registration. Also, some final year students...
Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to prolonged ASUU strike, has died. Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has lauded Nigerians for their support in the negotiations leading to the end of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr Olajide Oshundun, Deputy Director Press in the ministry, said this in a statement he signed on Friday...
Some students and lecturers of tertiary institutions affected by the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the South East have expressed delight with the suspension of the strike. They made their feelings known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action. The union took the decision at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja from Thursday night October 13 into the early hours of Friday, October 14. The meeting was...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for his intervention in the protracted crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Mr Ayuba Waba, the NLC President, gave the commendation at the inauguration of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to call off its strike on Monday, 17th October, 2022 as the Federal Government has agreed to pay the outstanding 8 Months’ salaries. ASUU made this known in a post on its official Twitter handle...
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the union will soon call off its eight-month-old strike. Osodeke said this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja. He said that from what the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government has provided N470 billion in the 2023 Budget for revitalisation and salary enhancements in the tertiary institutions. The President said this when he presented the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government has allocated N470 billion for revitalisation of tertiary institutions in the country in 2023. Buhari said this when he presented N19.7 trillion 2023 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday in Abuja. The president said that government was...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of the strike immediately as it is the only condition that the union’s request to appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the union to call off it’s strike will be...
The Court of Appeal will rule on Friday in an application by ASUU seeking its permission to appeal against an order of the National Industrial Court directing its members to resume work. The industrial court granted an interlocutory injunction in favour of the Federal Government on Sept. 21, and...
The Federal Government on Tuesday broke the ranks of The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) when it registered two unions in the university system. The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). CONUA is a union...
Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has called on stakeholders, particularly parents, to prevail on the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing strike by the union. Making the appeal while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on Monday, Ajao observed...