The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone has said there will be no resumption in public universities until renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed, implemented and the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) deployed. It’s Zonal Coordinator, Dr Salawu Muhammed Lawal, made this known during a press conference at the University of Abuja in […]
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There are indications that the Federal Government is not perturbed by the ongoing strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari granted approval for the establishment of 12 new private universities. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, who […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has revealed that a total of 1,837,011 candidates were successfully captured in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise. The exercise, which commenced nationwide on February 19, ended on Saturday, 26th March, 2022. JAMB, its latest weekly bulletin released on Monday, said […]
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The joint action committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU), have declared a two-week warning strike. According to the committee the strike was necessitated by the failure of the Nigerian government to react to its earlier letter threatening to commence an […]
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The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Ibrahim Dantani, has disclosed that the council requires over N2 billion to settle the allowances of its over 4,000 staff on examination duties. Wushishi made it known while fielding questions from newsmen at the end of the opening of a workshop on Quality […]
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Nigeria’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday, alleged that suspended Deputy Police Commissioner, DCP, Abba Kyari, plans to escape from Nigeria. According to NDLEA Kyari planned to flee Nigeria to avoid facing punishment for his crimes. The agency raised the alarm while urging an Abuja Federal High Court not to […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another 2months. The union had taken the decision during its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held in Abuja, on Sunday night. According to a member of the union, who spoke to DAILY POST on condition of anonymity, the two months is to […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has appointed acting vice-chancellors for the two newly established universities in the state. While Idowu Okuneye, a professor of education, will serve as the acting vice-chancellor for Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Ijanikin, Oluremi Olaleye, a holder of PhD in Microbiology, will serve in the same capacity at […]
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Senator Chris Ngige, the Labour Minister has claimed the federal government does not have the money to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike on February, 14th. The union explained that the decision was taken due to the federal government’s delay to […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja expressed the hope that the one-month warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14, would soon be ended. ASUU called its members out on the warning strike to compel the Federal Government to address their demands, some of which had been […]
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