Category: Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) on Thursday explained why a meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee renegotiating the 2009 agreements with university unions ended without any agreement reached. The lecturers explained that the meeting ended in deadlock because the committee presented “award of a Recommended Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS),prepared by the […]

The insistence by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on being paid six months salaries of the strike period is stalling the negotiations between the Federal Government and the lecturers. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this on Thursday while appearing on the weekly Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team, at the […]

Education minister Adamu Adamu has denied getting a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in two weeks. Adamu told State House Correspondents on Thursday that Buhari instead told him to resolve the issues within the shortest possible time, contrary to what the Minister […]

Students in government-owned universities will remain out of school as a meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government, was again deadlocked. Both parties met on Tuesday but without any agreement on ending the six month old ongoing strike which has complicated the socioeconomic crises facing the nation. The striking […]

Wants students to see hindered academic pursuits as sacrifice for future generations Says lecturers’ salary seizure won’t stop action The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, asked Nigerians to ensure that all political office holders having hand in the prolonged and ongoing strike embarked upon by the union are voted out in the 2023 […]

A screenshot from WAEC result checker website The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. Speaking on Monday at WAEC office, Yaba, the Head of Nigeria Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, said, “The results are being uploaded on the results website. Candidates […]

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, accused the Federal Government of misinforming Nigerians about their demands, just as it said that it never had it so bad with past administrations as far as negotiations are concerned. The union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke disclosed this while reacting to the Minister of State for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and some of his children who graduated from foreign universities Today, Sunday, August 7, 2022, marks 174 days since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced, on February 14, 2022, a four-week “comprehensive and total” nationwide strike, which has grounded the Nigeria University System (NUS) thereby keeping university students at home […]