The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, met President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, for a briefing on the Federal Government-Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) negotiation. Kokomansion understands that ASUU commenced strike on February 14 to pressurize the government for the payment of outstanding N1.2trillion. The lecturers are also demanding the adoption of […]
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Popular Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu has berated the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for walking out on students during a meeting on Tuesday. It was reported that the minister had an impromptu meeting with some members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, on Tuesday following the lingering strike embarked upon by the […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to amicably settle the lingering crisis between them leading to incessant strikes in the education sector in the best interest of the Nigerian students. Addressing a press conference at the secretariat of the […]
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The umbrella body for all Academic staffs of Universities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has insisted to continue its strike unless the Federal Government meets all existing demands. But on its part, the Federal Government believes that the ongoing strike would be called off soon, saying it was taken aback by the renewed […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a one-week ultimatun to the Federal Government to address the issues which the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) raised leading to a one month warning strike. According to the students body, the Federal government has one week to resolve the crisis or students would embark […]
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The umbrella body for university academic staffs, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the federal government of Nigeria and the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration as slave merchants. The union stated that the federal government led by Buhari only listens and implements destructive policy recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and […]
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The University of Oxford in England, has inducted its first-ever Igbo language lecturer in the person of Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha. This comes as the university that was established in 1096 is set to commence the study of the Igbo language for the first time on February 24, 2022. Umeonyirioha revealed this in a post he […]
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The Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has formally joined the ongoing strike which was earlier announced by the association’s national body. Prof. Yinka Awopetu, the chairman of the union in FUTA made the development known on Wednesday after the union’s congress which was held at […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has, after prolonged deliberations, commenced a nationwide strike following the Federal Government’s inability to implement previous agreements. The strike was declared on Monday during a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke. According to ASUU National President, the strike will be “comprehensive and total”. […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), may shut down all public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement agreements the two parties entered into in December 2020, which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike. Kokomansion recalls that the union shut down academic activities in public universities in March […]
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