The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Government over its response to its demands and declared a “comprehensive, total and indefinite” strike. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President made this known in a statement issued at the end of the Union National Executive Council (NEC) emergency meeting on Tuesday in […]
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Photo: Twitter Nigerians on social media have reacted furiously at the comments made by Bashir El-Rufai, a son of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, after he described the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a ‘useless union’ that should be dissolved and replaced with educators who care about students. This comes after […]
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University of Ibadan The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike in Nigeria. A source within ASUU confirmed that an extension of the strike was the resolution of a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking university lecturers. He did not, however, disclose how long the union extended the […]
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Ondo State Government has debunked a report forbidding teachers from enrolling their children in private schools. In a statement titled: “Re-Akeredolu to Ondo teachers: It’s an offence to enrol your wards in private schools,” signed by the governor’s spokesman, Richard Olatunde, it said: “Our attention has been drawn to a news story making the round […]
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ASUU president denies calling state varsities quack The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/Monday morning decide on whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not. ASUU commenced a nationwide industrial action on February 14 and has continued to extend it as there has […]
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The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence its meeting by 4pm today. The NEC is the highest decision-making body of ASUU. The outcome of the NEC meeting will determine whether ASUU will call off its strike which began on Monday, February 14, 2022. “The meeting will start by 4pm,” […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has rejected an order given by the management of the institution for the resumption of academic activities. The Chairperson of the union, Dr Kayode Arogundade, who made this known on Friday, however, said the university’s Registrar, Ife Oluwole, was free to reopen the university […]
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Prof Afis Oladosu and his wife, Dr Habibah Oladosu-Uthman, are both lecturers in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan. The academic couple speak with Oluwafemi Morgan about the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and how they have coped with the attendant non-payment of their salaries in the […]
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Ondo State government has approved that serving primary school teachers can now reach the Level-16 status like their counterparts in the civil service. This, by implication, means that they can be considered for the position of permanent secretary when such vacancy is opened. Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rt.Hon Victor Olabimtan, dropped […]
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The Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, University of Lagos, branch, booed and threw sachets of pure water at their leaders who addressed them during a protest on Wednesday. The leadership of JAC of SSANU/NASU, in a statement on Saturday, asked all its members nationwide to resume […]
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