Examinations in several Nigerian universities came to a sudden halt on Monday as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began its two-week warning strike. Students across the country faced unexpected disruptions, with many campuses forced to postpone or cancel scheduled papers. Disruptions Across Campuses Among the affected universities are …
The Federal Government has instructed vice-chancellors of all federal universities to fully apply the “no work, no pay” policy to lecturers of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) taking part in the ongoing nationwide strike. A circular dated October 13, 2025, signed by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji …
So, it’s happening again. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, better known as ASUU, is once more knocking on the government’s door—this time, with a louder bang. Barring any last-minute miracle, lecturers across Nigeria’s public universities are set to begin a two-week nationwide warning strike on Monday, October 13, 2025. …
In a significant development, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria has urged its members to partake in the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). This move, spearheaded by ASUU President Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, marks a crucial …
Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has stated that members of the body may struggle to get to their various institutions on Monday since they do not have “money for transportation.” He revealed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday while discussing the …
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held an emergency meeting at the Comrade Festus lyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja, on Thursday, 13th October, 2022. The meeting reviewed developments since the Union declared an indefinite strike action on 29th August, 2022. During …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has conditionally terminated its strike that has been going on for the past eight months. Following a lengthy meeting of the union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) that began on Thursday night and continued into the early hours of Friday morning, the union came …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will have an emergency meeting to discuss the suspension of the strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will have an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) in order to discuss recent events, particularly the favourable response from the federal government …
Femi Falana, a prominent human rights lawyer, has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will soon end its nearly eight-month strike. Falana, the ASUU’s counsel, said this during the book launch of Lanre Arogundade’s ‘Breaking Coconut With Your Head’ on Monday in Lagos. In response to the …
The Abuja Court of Appeal has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to work immediately. The order came after the court denied the union’s request for a stay of execution on a previous National Industrial Court ruling ordering the university lecturers to resume work. The …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is preparing a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the registration of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics. This was said by ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, on Channels Television on Thursday. Chris Ngige, the minister of …
The Court of Appeal’s Abuja Division yesterday asked the Federal Government and the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to pursue an out-of-court settlement of their dispute. As a result, the appeal court, in a majority ruling by a three-judge panel, postponed hearing on the Appeal …
Prof. Saliu Moyosore Ajao, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin Chapter, has once again urged stakeholders, particularly parents, to press the Federal Government to resolve the Union’s ongoing strike, which has resulted in the closure of federal universities in the country since February 14, …
The Nigerian government has granted registration certificates to two more university academic unions. The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics are the two organisations (CONUA). On Tuesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presented certificates of registration to both …
On Tuesday, the Federal Government will deliver a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), which is a breakaway section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This move is an attempt by the Federal Government to clip the wings of ASUU. Dr Chris Ngige, …
The Federal Government withdrew its circular ordering vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and governing councils to reopen federal universities on Monday afternoon via the National Universities Commission. In a circular, the NUC directed all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of federal university governing councils to re-open universities. However, the development was met with criticism. …
The Federal Ministry of Education stated on Monday that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has hampered the payment of bursaries to university students. Andrew Adejo, the ministry’s permanent secretary, announced this during the 2022 World Teachers Day press conference in Abuja. In 2021, MySchoolGist reported …
The Federal Government has directed university vice-chancellors to reopen schools and allow students to resume classes. This was stated in a letter signed on Monday in Abuja by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr. Sam Onazi, on behalf of the commission’s Executive Secretary, Prof. …
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end its seven-month-old strike. The order was issued by Judge Polycarp Hamman on Wednesday in response to the federal government’s request for an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing ASUU strike. ASUU has been on strike since …
The management of the Imo state university (IMSU) on Monday announced its withdrawal from the almost ongoing seven months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and announced that it had opened the university for academic activities. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri …
The National Industrial Court, NIC, in Abuja, deferred yesterday the suit filed by the Federal Government to challenge the continuing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, till September 16. The court, presided over by Justice P. I. Hamman, approved the suit for further consideration, despite the fact …
The Kaduna State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities dared the management of Kaduna State University on Tuesday over threats to resume academic sessions. According to the union, no threats will force members to halt the strike, which is supported by the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s constitution. Dr. …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has confirmed the indefinite extension of its ongoing strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced on Monday that the strike will now be indefinite, which is in contrast to its usual practice of prolonging a strike for a set number of …
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, warned on Wednesday that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians whose children attend schools outside the nation. Osodeke spoke during a Twitter Space Webinar hosted by Premium Times and titled ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund, and the Way Forward’ …
The Federal Government said on Thursday that the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ demand to be paid for the six-month strike period is impeding negotiations with the union. The FG emphasised that it would not give in to ASUU’s demands to be paid the backlog of salaries withheld throughout the …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has provided an explanation for why its most recent meeting with the federal government was unsuccessful. ASUU was presented with the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) at the Tuesday meeting that resulted in a stalemate. The union’s president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated in …
The University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) have been approved for use by the government, according to the union’s president. For the umpteenth time, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership will meet with officials of the Nigerian government on Tuesday to possibly finalise talks on the renegotiated 2009 …
The ongoing examinations at Kaduna State University (KASU) have been labelled a violation of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of examinations in academic institutions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Kaduna State University’s administration held semester examinations for their students a few weeks ago, urging lecturers …
Orji Kalu, Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari to put additional pressure on his ministers to terminate the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ ongoing strike (ASUU). In a post that he made on Facebook on Wednesday, Mr. Kalu instructed members of ASUU to work toward …
Only a few hours before the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned a two-day nationwide protest calling on the federal government to settle the entitlements of striking lecturers, bizarre events rocked Ile-Ife on Monday when primary school students staged a peaceful demonstration to urge the federal government to find a long-term …
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced its support for the Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) planned two-day rally in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Comrade Sunday Asefon, the president of NANS, made this announcement in Abuja on Wednesday. He praised the …
On Wednesday, the Federal Government and labour unions came to blows over the groups’ insistence on continuing with their plans for two days of nationwide protests, which are slated to take place on July 26 and 27. No fewer than 40 unions, including aviation workers, will march in sympathy with …
President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, to end the long-running strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. President Buhari issued the directive on Tuesday, following briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Agencies, and Departments involved in resolving the dispute …
Unresolved welfare concerns between the federal government and ASUU in the previous five months have taken a new turn as aviation unions have finalised plans to join the labour unions’ solidarity protest. The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has announced plans to join other unions in a …
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will begin a two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other affiliate unions over the ongoing industrial action in Nigeria’s public universities. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated this in a circular jointly …
Ahmed Musa, a Nigerian footballer and the captain of the Super Eagles, has criticised Nigerian politicians for sending their children to school outside of the country while the government-owned universities remained closed for months due to a protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Musa asked on …
If the Federal Government fails to handle the crisis between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)., the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) would join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to mobilise for a solidarity industrial action. NUTGTWN officials criticised the government’s …
Yesterday, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, also known as NUPENG, made the commitment to participate in the solidarity strike that is currently being planned by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in response to an ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, also known as …
On Monday, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), lamented the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities for failing to call off its strike, saying enough is enough of students staying at home. He announced this on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, when he received APC governors, lawmakers, and …
On Friday, students from Nigeria’s nineteen northern states protested the ongoing ASUU strike in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. Under the auspices of the Coalition of Northern Groups’ Students, the undergraduates are pleading with traditional rulers, civil society organisations, and governments at all levels to intervene immediately and put an …
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) tells the government that they are not beggars and that hunger will not force them to resume their strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that its members are not beggars and that the halting of their salaries by the government …
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) national strike is unnecessary. Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), lamented the current strike action by members of the Academic Staff …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a bulletin to update its members on the progress made so far. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a bulletin to provide its members with the most recent information regarding the developments that have taken place. The following …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has filed a lawsuit against the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, for putting a halt to all union operations in state-owned higher educational institutions. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo State, has filed a …
The Federal Government revealed on Wednesday that the reasons behind the ongoing strike by ASUU and three other university unions are not as simple as they want Nigerians to believe. The Federal Government has indicated that the ongoing conflict with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is complicated. Lai …
Since 1999, university lecturers belonging to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been on strike for a total of 1,404 days. Since the beginning of this democratic dispensation in 1999, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, also known as ASUU, has gone on strike for a combined total …
ASUU Statement Regarding the Strike: The meeting with the government was fair; we are awaiting their response. The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that it is awaiting the Federal Government’s response to its demands. The Federal Government’s renegotiation committee, led by Prof. Nimi Briggs, met with ASUU …
Universities that do not comply with the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ decision to remain on strike while negotiations with the Federal Government continue will be sanctioned. Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, the president of ASUU, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. ASUU …
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and their counterparts in the polytechnics and Colleges of Education will get N34 billion as arrears of Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustments in the education sector effective from 2019. The Federal Government has said it would pay about N34bn minimum wage consequential adjustments to education …
Benue State University that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-BSU) has joined the nation-wide (one month) warning strike action embarked upon by the National body of the Union. This is to inform all students of Benue State University that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-BSU) has joined the …
