The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing strike. ASUU has been on a seven-month strike since Monday, February 14. The union is demanding the federal government of reneging on previous agreements on matters such as increased funding for universities and increasing […]
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First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has come under criticism after she shared the graduation photographs of her daughter-in-law across her social media pages on Tuesday. Zahra Bayero-Buhari, who got married to President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, in August 2021, graduated from a UK university on Tuesday. Aisha’s critics berated her for being insensitive to the plights […]
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Some civil society groups, on Tuesday, described as “insensitive” a post made by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on her Facebook page celebrating her daughter-in-law’s graduation from a United Kingdom university. They also asked her to apologise to millions of Nigerian students stuck at home as the seven-month strike by the Academic Staff […]
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The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned that the quality of teaching in the nation’s universities will be negatively affected if the National Industrial Court (NIC) forces the union to return to work. He stated this on Tuesday during a meeting between the union, the leadership of […]
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Students of public universities in Nigeria have said all is set to ground activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at the nation’s federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja. The latest decision followed the success recorded in Lagos on Monday when human and vehicular movement into and from the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) was obstructed […]
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Adeniran, left, during the monitoring of resumption of Oyo State primary schools’ pupils for the 2022/23 academic session on Monday, September 19, 2022 Govt urges parents: Send your children back to school Sets 50% benchmark for pupils’ promotion Oyo State Government on Monday decried the low turnout of pupils in public schools, as schools resume […]
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SUBEB members, Hon Saka Yusuf Ogunleye and Princess Ademulegun Brown inspecting one of the vandalised primary schools in Akure, while monitoring the resumption of Ondo State primary schools pupils for the new academic session on Monday SUBEB invites police, security agents to wade in, stop further looting Appeals to Deji of Akure to intervene By […]
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Gbajabiamila meets union over strike today The Federal Government did not take the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to court over its prolonged strike, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has clarified. In the same breath, Ngige claimed he would have failed in his duties if he did not refer the matter to […]
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Gridlock at Airport Road as result of NANS protest, yesterday. Photo: Eniola Daniel Police commend peaceful protest as parents warn of #EndSARS repeat It was a hectic time for travelers and motorists plying Lagos airport road yesterday, as leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) took over the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) […]
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Hope brightened yesterday for an out-of-court resolution of the dispute between striking varsity teachers and their Federal Government employers. The House of Representatives and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have scheduled a meeting for tomorrow to dialogue on the seven-month-old strike. ASUU is expected to submit a written presentation of its perspective on […]
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