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President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that members of the Association of Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will get salaries. He stated this on Thursday in his annual speech to the joint session of the two Chambers of the National Assembly which is currently ongoing. In the highlight of the 2021 Appropriation budget being presented to ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has threatened to embark on strike over the challenges they are facing with implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). ASUP President, Anderson Ezeobe, stated this while speaking to journalists on Friday. According to Ezeobe, the 15-day ultimatum issued by ... Read more

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the fumigation of all public schools across the six Area Councils of the territory, ahead of school resumption slated for Monday. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said the exercise started on Thursday at the ... Read more

UNILAG Muslim community has urged Nigerians to endure the pains of nation-building, particularly at 60 years of independence and as the nation marches forward to consolidate on its democratic project. The ummah also urged governments at all levels to be respectful of the rights and aspirations of Nigerians and continue to improve on human ... Read more

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has released fresh guidelines for the reopening of schools nationwide. The earlier directive by the PTF that schools were free to reopen as from October 12. Addressing journalists at Thursday’s briefing of the PTF in Abuja, the ... Read more

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has slated the reopening of schools in the territory for Monday, October 12, announcing the cancellation of Third Term and equally warning private schools against demanding fees for the canceled term. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello who gave the directives at stakeholders meeting on ... Read more

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is confident that President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that no enrol on Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) was directed at ASUU members. ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi while reacting to the President statement on Thursday said ... Read more

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-West Zone, has thrown its weight behind the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing as disheartening the lack of resolve of the Federal Government to ensure reopening of schools. Describing the demands of ASUU for improved remuneration and ... Read more

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASSUS), Omaji Samuel Oyigocho, has said the whole future of Nigeria lies in the hands of a teacher. The ASSUS president said this in his speech delivered by the state secretary and Trade Union Congress (TUC), Oyo State chairperson, Women in ASSUS, Gbenle-Oluwemimo ... Read more

A former Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has awarded scholarships to six students who emerged winners of a spelling competition organised in Ilorin, Kwara State. The competition, organized by the Saving Dreams Foundation, was sponsored by the former minister, who is also a former commissioner for education. Mallam Abdullahi ... Read more