NIGERIA – The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, has said Nigerians do not have “good reasons” to be disappointed with the federal government over the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The minister spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over […]
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The leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Students, Southwest (Zone D), has slammed the Oyo State government under Governor Seyi Makinde over the continuous closure of the state university. The two state-owned universities in Oyo, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and the Oyo State Technical University, Ibadan, were shut down over an internal […]
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Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has warned the Federal Government over the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Suleman stated that the Federal Government risks karma as compensation. In a tweet, Apostle Suleman wrote: “ASUU is still on strike! This govt should know this. “Karma is not punishment […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on has disclosed it would hold a one-day national protest to force the Federal Government to meet the demands of university-based unions. The NLC noted that reports from a meeting of its Central Working Committee (CWC) showed a lack of progress in the negotiations with the leadership of the Academic […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour and employment, Sunday gave insight into why no unions in the nation’s university system education were invited to last Thursday’s meeting. The federal government said the meeting was to assess the progress made so far on addressing the few outstanding demands of the striking university workers, such […]
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The Spiritual Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Thursday, warned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the ongoing strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU. Primate Ayodele cautioned that the ASUU strike may affect the chances of APC retaining power in 2023. In a statement […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Wednesday, criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari led government for allegedly compounding the security challenges of the country by allowing the strike by lecturers in public universities to linger for over four months since it started on February 14, 2022. HURIWA, in a statement by its National […]
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The Edo State Government has suspended all union activities in state tertiary institutions following protest by students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The AAU chapter of ASUU has, however, described as illegal the state government’s action. The decision to suspend the activities of the […]
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Leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students from all the universities across the South-East region on Friday protested the over three-month strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, in Enugu State. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, had on 14th February, 2022, declared a four-week national strike to, among other […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has pleaded with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other presidential aspirants to raise money in order to meet the demands of the striking university lecturers. The students’ body made the call in a statement signed by the Chairman of Ogun State Joint Campus Committee […]
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