As University Strike Continues, ASUP Threaten To Shut Down All Polytechnics
As the warning strike embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities enters second month, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Thursday threatened to shut down all Polytechnics across the country if the Federal Government fails to meet up with its demands within the next one month. The ASUP President Comrade Anderson Ezeibe made the threat while addressing...
BREAKING: ASUU Finally Calls Off Nine-Month-Old Strike
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday called off its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja, explaining that the development followed consultations with its National Executive Council (NEC). Details later… Source https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/nigeria-is-at-risk-of-becoming-a-failed-state-%e2%80%95-financial-times/
Tinubu Promises Increased Investment In Education At Children’s Day
Nigerian leader, President Bola Tinubu says his administration is committed to increasing efforts to ensure that Nigeria’s children have a solid footing for the realization of their dreams, promising an enhanced investment in education sector. “With increased investments in education, and the recent overhauling of the entire education system to provide both human and material resources for learning, as well...
Abia College Of Health Sciences & Management Technology Gets New Governing Council
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the immediate reconstitution of the Governing Council of the Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology, Aba. This comes hours after the state government announced a new board for the state Civil Service Commission. Barr Chris Ezem, Secretary to Abia State Government made the announcement on Friday in a statement...
Three Professors Jostle To Replace Ikonne As ABSU VC
About three Professors are currently jostling to replace Prof. Uche Ikonne as the Vice Chancellor Abia State University, Uturu. The Governing Council of the University submitted the list of 3 the candidates in order of merit for the position of Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University to the Governor for selection and ratification of one of them as substantive...
Strike: We’ve Met All ASUU Demands – FG
The Federal government urges ASUU to be patriotic, saying facts on the ground do no longer support its strike. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has released the statement below saying the Federal government had met all demands that triggered the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He, therefore, urged the university teacher to be patriotic...
It’ll Cost JAMB N100m To Prosecute 200 Suspected Exam Fraudsters — Oloyede
The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede, on Tuesday said the board would expend about N100m on the prosecution of 200 of the over 400 persons involved in impersonation in the 2020 UTME. Oloyede also alerted Nigerians to the merchants of malpractices in the centres of its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in some Northern parts of the country. According...
Why We Haven’t Called Off Strike – ASUU
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has said it has yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS. The UTAS is the payment platform created by ASUU in place of government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. ASSU President, Prof. Biodun...
ASUU Strike: FG Not Sincere – ASUU Speaks Ahead Of Fresh Meeting
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the government has the capacity to meet the union’s demands but lacks the will to do so. According to him, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is not being sincere with the lecturers and Nigerians in the negotiations to end the over 5 months strike. He reminded...
ASUU Strike To Continue As Meeting With FG Ends In Deadlock
The meeting between the federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday, ended without an agreement. As a result of this, the six-month-old strike embarked on by public university lecturers is set to continue. The lecturers met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee at the National University Commission (NUC) in Abuja with high hopes...
