Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have finally agreed to call off their eight-month strike that placed academic activities on hold. The national executive council (NEC) of ASUU made the resolution to suspend the industrial action during its overnight meeting from Thursday to Friday. Confirming the decision, Chris Piwuna, vice-president of the […]
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A major crisis looms at Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma, following alleged an attempt by authorities of the institution to force striking lecturers to resume classes. The varsity’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ignatius Onimawo, was also allegedly to have asked all Deans and HODs to implement a “no-work-no-pay” rule, just as he was said to have […]
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Three academic staff of Shehu Idris College of Health, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have been kidnapped. The victims were kidnapped on Sunday while travelling to Makarfi from Zaria in Kaduna. Among the kidnapped lecturers are two women, Rabi Dogo and Halimatu Malam, and the director of the institution’s dental school, identified as Dr. Akawo. Confirming the […]
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The Ekiti State University, EKSU, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Thursday called of its 3-month old strike. NAN reports that members of the union in the university embarked on strike since January over unresolved staff welfare issues and unpaid salaries. At a marathon ASUU meeting held on Thursday, 53 per […]
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Three lecturers of the University of Maiduguri who were ambushed by Boko Haram insurgents on July 25, 2017, had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. Among the president’s guests were women abducted from a funeral procession by Boko Haram. While announcing his joy at receiving the newly freed Boko Haram abductees, the President […]
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