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 Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given out N65 million to 11 universities in Nigeria to boost the telecommunication sector. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Danbatta, made this known at the presentation of award letters to the winning universities. Mr Danbatta said that the award was in recognition of the role of the […]
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Four private universities have been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The approval was made during the weekly council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The universities are situated in Kaduna, Oyo, Ogun and Osun States. They include Greenfield University (Kaduna) Dominion University (Oyo) Trinity University (Ogun) and Westland University […]
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Muhammed Abubakar, the Pro-Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, has called on the Federal Government to review the legal instruments that currently excludes private universities from benefiting from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Abubakar made the call on Saturday at the 8th convocation ceremony of the university in Ilorin. He said the request became imperative […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has released N22.68 billion to settle part of the retirement benefits of former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways. According to NAN, the government has also approved the release of N20 billion to revitalise public universities in line with demands of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU). Zainab Ahmed, minister […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of 58 universities operating illegally in Nigeria. In a bulletin dated May 14, the commission said certificates obtained from any of the institutions are invalid. The commission said certificates obtained from the institutions will not be recognised for the purposes of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), employment […]
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The Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), and some other unions have suspended their strike, which commenced on December 4, 2017. Samson Ugwuoke, chairman of the joint action committee of the unions, announced this at a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. […]
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The federal government says it will source for N8 billion within five weeks to pay the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this at a resolution reached at a conciliation meeting with the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities in […]
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A new report by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has revealed how several allegations of corruption like: unfair allocation of grades, contract inflation, truncation of staff’s salary on the payroll, employment of unqualified staff, and the certificate scandal in federal universities are neither thoroughly investigated nor the culprits punished. Other instances are allegations of […]
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The leadership of the Non-Academic Staff of Universities in Nigeria have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike action commencing from Monday December 4, 2017. The non academic staff comprise of members of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Technicians, NAT. According to […]
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