Full Details of FG New Negotiations With ASUU:Introduction: Following two meetings (on Thursday 19th Sept 2013 and Friday 11th Oct 2013) of representatives of the AVCNU (Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, led by CVC Chairman, Prof. Hamisu of ATBU) and ASUU Representatives (led by its President, Dr. Fagge) with …
APC Condemns Patience Jonathan for Receiving a Honorary Degree:The All Progressives Congress has said the decision of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to receive a honorary doctorate degree from a South Korean university while Nigerian universities have been shut for months was the height of insensitivity.This was contained …
Omotola Ekeinde Expresses Anger at the Way FG is Handling Education:Award winning Nigerian actress, Omotola Ekeinde, has berated the Federal Government over the lingering industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.Omotola, who in April made the Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the …
Students of Public Varsities are Moving to Private Varsities over ASUU Strike:Nigeria has 78 public and 51 private universities. A strike by lecturers has paralysed public institutions for the past three months, while teaching at private universities has continued. As a result, there has been a rush by parents with …
No-Work-No-PAy Policy Isn’t New, We Will Survive It – ASUU:The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos chapter, Dr. Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, speaks on the 14-week-old strike by lecturers in public universities, in this interview with CHARLES ABAHFourteen weeks into the strike, the end is still not …
Market Women & Men Stormed National Assembly Over Prolong ASUU Strike:Market women/Men Association of Nigeria protesting over the prolong ASUU strike in Federal Secretariat, Abuja yesterday.PROTESTING traders, under the aegis of National Market Women Association, Monday, stormed the National Assembly, demanding that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, call …
ASUU Memebers Device Strategies to Survive FG’s ‘No Work No Pay’:The atmosphere told the story, their body languages hid their fears. At the ASUU UI congress on Thursday, the discuss was not how to end the lingering 103-day old strike or its effect on the students, but how members would …
Security Agencies are Threatening ASUU Leaders over Strike: The Academic Staff Union of Universities has alleged that its leaders across the country are being watched by security agencies. It said the union leaders’ lives were under threat.ASUU said security forces were secretly investigating its leaders’ sources of finance. Chairman of …
COSA Gave FG 1 Month Ultimatum to Meet ASUU’s Demand:Due To The Ongoing ASUU Strike, The Coalition of Students’ Activists (COSA) has given the Federal Government a month’s ultimatum to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as laid out in its 2009 agreement with the …
SSANU Suspends Strike – All Members to Return to Their Duties:The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the suspension of its week-long strike.The suspension of the strike is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by the association’s National Secretary, Mr Promise Adewusi.It …