In 2026, Nigerians will live life in a double reality. We will literally be dancing to two dissonant drumbeats. Some will find the gathering 2027 election campaign beats irresistible. On the contrary, the majority of the common folk, civil society groups and the non -political elite will cling to...
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Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has called on Nigerian undergraduates to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, arguing that students are enjoying unprecedented stability in the country’s university system under the current administration. In a statement shared on Saturday via his X handle, Omokri urged students to...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to make genuine, sustained investment in the education sector, insisting it remains the most reliable path to securing Nigeria’s future. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday at the ASUU Secretariat of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, the...
Federal Government has released ₦2.3 billion to unions across federal universities to offset long-standing arrears, reaffirming its commitment to revitalising Nigeria’s tertiary education sector. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the development on Wednesday while providing an update on ongoing talks between the government and various...
Nigeria’s university system finds itself at a familiar and distressing crossroads once again. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has initiated a two-week warning strike, not out of convenience or defiance, but as a crucial reminder of the government’s unfulfilled commitments. Central to this deadlock is the Federal...
University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared that its members will not retreat from the ongoing two-week nationwide warning strike, despite a government directive enforcing the “no work, no pay” rule. ASUU UI chairman, Dr. Adefemi Afolabi, told the News Agency of...
A financial controversy involving the non-remittance of N138 million in check-off dues has erupted within the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) chapter, leading to a suspension by the national leadership and a lawsuit filed at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. According...
In what has become a familiar ritual of Nigerian campus trade unionism, ASUU has served notice of an imminent work stoppage. It is all about long standing service agreements over benefits and allowances that have been lingering for the better part of the last few decade or more. In...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ibadan Zone, has called on the Federal Government to urgently implement the Yayale Ahmed report, submitted in February 2025, to avert a potential strike in public universities. Speaking at a press conference in Ibadan on Monday, August 25, 2025, Prof. Biodun Olaniran, ASUU...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has outrightly rejected the proposed Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund (TISSF), describing it as a “poison chalice” and a bait designed to entrap its members. Speaking to journalists shortly after the Congress of the University of Jos chapter, the...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has praised the Federal Government’s decision to impose a seven-year moratorium on establishing new public universities in Nigeria, calling it a critical step to strengthen existing institutions. During a press conference in Jos on Thursday, ASUU President, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, described the policy...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Rev. Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM) has strongly condemned the recent attack on Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, describing it as “one attack too many.” In a statement signed by the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to honour the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement or face a nationwide industrial action. ASUU President, Chris Piwuna, issued this warning during a news conference in Abuja on Friday. He stressed the importance of the government fulfilling its promises...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) has disclosed that school’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its strike action and the varsity has been opened immediately. Addressing a press conference in his office on Thursday, the Vice Chancellor...
A group of students under the auspices of Concerned Kaduna State Students, says the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU), is unnecessary. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna by the group’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Yunus Haruna, the students...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has expressed willingness to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) in order to resolve all contentious issues that led to the strike action at the Kaduna State University(KASU). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Rabiu Yunusa...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Kaduna State University (KASU) branch is on the verge of another industrial action due to some unresolved issues with the state government. This was contained in a statement signed by Dr Peter Adamu, the Chairman, ASUU KASU branch and issued to newsmen...
….wants Tinubu to order AG to release approved funds Due to the Federal government’s persistent failure to honor agreements over the release of the University revitalization fund, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) might have set a dateline of March ending within which it will call for...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) Sokoto State University chapter, the state government has concluded that it was a politically motivated action. Addressing newsmen at the Government House, Sokoto, the state Commissioner for Higher...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) Branch, has declared indefinite strike beginning from Feb. 18, over unresolved welfare concerns. The union announced the decision in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Peter Adamu and Secretary, Dr Peter Waziri, and made available to the...