The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has refused to attend a meeting with the Federal Government scheduled for today. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, confirmed that the union will not attend the meeting. According to him, ASUU has met, discussed the new offer from the FG and submitted a proposal to the government. He said […]
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In an effort to resolve the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, will on Tuesday (today) August 29, 2017 meet with the President and executive members of union in Abuja. A statement from Deputy Director (Press), Ministry of Labour […]
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The authorities at Plateau State Polytechnic have shut down its Jos campus for one week following the inferno that razed a female hostel on Monday. The fire, which started around 8.30 a.m., raged on till 11.44 a.m., as the students and members of staff scampered to save the situation. Fortunately, no life was lost in […]
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The registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, on Tuesday in Abuja, disclosed that the examination body has fixed the cut off marks for tertiary institutions. He said the stakeholders unanimously agreed that the minimum cut-off marks for university degree is to stand at 120. The stakeholders, according to him, pegged […]
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Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, says the demands by the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are unrealistic in light of the current economic situation in Nigeria. Ezekwesili told NAN in Ibadan that lasting solution to the crisis bedevilling the education sector could only be found from strong analysis of the issues raised […]
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The Borno Government on Saturday said it had constructed two model boarding primary schools to enrol children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency. The Commissioner of Education, Musa Kubo, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the school projects, located at Ngomeri-Barwee and 303 Housing estates in Maiduguri, had been completed. “Foreseeing the problem of the orphans […]
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Lecturers in Nigerian public universities under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on an indefinite strike from Sunday, August 13. The lecturers, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, announced their decision on Monday morning. In a memo to lecturers dated August 12, Biodun Ogunyemi, president of the […]
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The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), will hold a crucial meeting this weekend. The meeting will among other things determine if the lecturers will proceed on a nationwide strike or not. Prior to the meeting, ASUU had asked all its branches in the various universities to conduct referendum of members to […]
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has declared that visually impaired students of Edo origin studying in tertiary institutions across the country will henceforth enjoy special bursary. Governor Obaseki gave the approval on Monday during a courtesy call by executive members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB) at the Government […]
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Dani Mamman, chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Maiduguri chapter, in an interview with BBC, disclosed that at least 70 lecturers have resigned from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) since the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009. He also said the university had employed lecturers to replace those who left. Apart from the lecturers […]
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