ASUU alleges blackmail A professor in the Nigerian university system will earn N2 million monthly salary, if the Federal Government accepts the recommendations of its committee on the 2009 agreements with university-based unions. The committee also recommended varied yearly allowances for professors. The allowances are for postgraduate supervision, field trip, responsibility and hazard, examination/timekeeper and […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Thursday said the union was not aware of the N1.2tn that the Federal Government said it would need to meet its members’ demands. He also accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of misinforming President Muhammadu Buhari about the ongoing strike […]
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By Tony Afejuku Let me begin what I am dwelling on now with a sincere apology to my readers who must have expected me to continue the debate on women and widowhood in your country my country our country. I am not in any way breaking my promise in this regard. My train of thought […]
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By Dan Agbese Five months after the university teachers went on strike, President Muhammadu Buhari condescended at last this week to react to it but in a most cynical manner that will not resolve the dispute but harden the hearts of the teachers. He told the teachers to call off the strike because “enough is […]
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Another Nigerian, Olujimi Fafowora, has made a first-class honours degree at the University of Oxford in England. Fafowora, 21, graduated summa cum laude in Mathematics at St. Peter’s College, Oxford. It was learnt that Fafowora becomes the second Nigerian to have ever made a first class at Oxford. Last year, he was appointed a Fellow […]
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“We must stop playing with the future of our youths” Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, has urged the Federal Government to re-open negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, he condemned the disruption of academic activities as a result of strikes by the university lecturers. […]
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Human rights activist and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, says the federal government cannot afford to ignore the funding of higher education while spending trillions of naira on other projects. Falana said this in a statement reacting to the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been […]
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Farotimi, others lead conversation on citizenship, nation building Wole Soyinka Centre holds media lecture series The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism’s (WSCIJ) lecture series will hold as a webinar today, by 2:00pm with the theme – ‘Can democracy work without a strong sub-national media?’ The event will also serve as the public launch of […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede said this in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. The Briggs committee which was set up by the Federal Government on June 7, is renegotiating the 2009 Agreement […]
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Says literary giant, doyen of Medicine are Ogun’s flag bearers of excellence As the world renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate prize winner in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka clocks 88 years, Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, has described him as a rarest breed of mankind and one who has straddled the planet earth with exceptional candour. […]
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