The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AEFUNAI), Ebonyi chapter, says it will cover grounds lost to the eight-month called off in October. The union, therefore, appealed to stakeholders to prevail upon the Federal Government to “avoid engaging in any activity that could plunge...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) chapter, on Monday protested what they called casualisation of intellectual workers in the country. Prof. Rasheed Adeoye, the former ASUU Chairman of the university, described half salaries reportedly paid by government to members of the union...
The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, on Friday staged a peaceful protest at the institution’s Mini Campus over withheld salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union members staged the protest following the ‘No Work No Pay’ policy and court order...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Students at the Federal and States Universities have been called up on to boycott the 2023 general election in protest against the federal government over its lukewarm attitude towards their education. The students who came out in solidarity protest with Academic Staff Union of...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of its members on Nov. 18. The kidnapped medical practitioners were Dr Joshua Omini, a staff of General Hospital in Ugep community, Yakurr local government area of Cross River and Dr...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) branch has scheduled a one-day suspension of examinations for Tuesday, 22nd November, 2022 to protest against the non-payment of outstanding salaries and half payment of October salary. The Registrar, UNIMAID, Ahmad A. Lawan...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi Branch, has alleged that the Federal Government is not interested in funding public universities in the country. It said that the underfunding of public universities in the country under the pretext that...
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Tuesday, criticised the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over his alleged authorisation of the part-payment of salaries to members of the union, following the suspension of its seven-month strike in October. This comes...
Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter says Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic. The protests were sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police. “Iran should be excluded from the World Cup,” Blatter said on Friday....
Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) barricaded the “Terminal 2’’ building of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Tuesday to the chagrin of air travellers. The association’s action grounded flight operations and left air travellers stranded. The union barricaded the terminal building to deny access in...
About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was...
At least 100 people were killed in Chad on Thursday as thousands of people defied a protest ban and took to the streets of the capital to denounce the transitional military government’s failure to turn power over to civilian rule. Police used tear gas to break up the demonstration...
Some Nigerian youths on Thursday held the second memorial of the #EndSARS protest in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Popular comedian Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni; and musician Folarin Falana, better known as Falz are some of the leaders of the procession to commemorate the second-year...
The managers of Sheraton Hotel Abuja, Marriott International, have expressed displeasure over closure of operations of the hotel by its owners, Capital Hotels Plc. Mr Richard Collins, Area Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa for Marriott International, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. While...
The youth under the aegis of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth and Stakeholders have called on the PDP, the South-South, National Vice -Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, to resign. The group Chairman, Palson Arusuayine, who led the protest on Monday at the PDP state secretariat in Asaba, Delta, said Orbih’s...
The Lagos State Police Command has said no rally will be tolerated at the Lekki Toll Gate on Oct. 1. This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday. He said, “It has become imperative to reemphasise that no form of rally...
Military veterans have continued their protest on Tuesday over delay in the payment of N134 billion Security Debarment Allowance approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in April. The veterans began the protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Minister...
Hundreds of Tunisians protested against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government, as the country suffers an economic and political crisis. Tunisia is struggling to revive its public finances as discontent grows over inflation running at nearly nine per cent and a...
Some police officers under the Osun State Command on Wednesday said they were yet to be paid their duty allowance for the coverage of the Osun July 16, governorship election, 38 days after the election. The officers who spoke, anonymously, to newsmen in Osogbo, stated that about 140 officers...
Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-1 on Monday to record their first English Premier League (EPL) win of the season. United had started the weekend bottom of the Premier League, but moved above Liverpool on a massive night for their new Dutch manager. Liverpool’s expected title challenge is fading fast...