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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to call off its prolonged strike by reaching an agreement with the federal government on registering for the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. The Governor who made the appeal Thursday, when he hosted the leadership ... Read more

Lecturers at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State are presently up in arms against the authorities of the tertiary institution over the non-payment of their salaries for three months, check-off dues, voluntary savings and other deductions since March this year. The chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, gave an indication that the union will suspend its prolonged strike very soon, as its President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, declared that the varsity lecturers are ready to go back to school. The ASUU President gave the hint even as the Federal Government, through the Minister of ... Read more

Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment…As non Varsity teaching staff reject UTAS By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Government Thursday lamented that the continuous closure of Nigerian Universities as a result of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the Integrated ... Read more

The Federal Government on Thursday accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of being responsible for the on-going #EndSARS protest and other civil unrest across the country, saying that its prolong industrial action has largely encouraged the protest and unrest. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made the ... Read more

The Federal Government has blamed the ongoing civil unrest by youths across the country on the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this in a reconciliation meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU on Thursday in ... Read more

Three Corps members deployed to Ondo state died during their service year in the state. They were part of the 2019 Batch C (Stream 1) deployed to the state. The State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Coordinator, Mrs Grace Akpabio who said this during the passing out of corps members didn’t disclose the causes of their ... Read more

Lalong signs 2020 revised budget into lawBy Marie-Therese Nanlong — Jos Following the engagement with all stakeholders and setting up mechanisms for observing the COVID-19 protocols, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has directed the re-opening of all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state from 30th ... Read more

The Southwestern University has appointed Dr. Jide Oluwajuyitan as a professor of Political Science and director of its Business School. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Oludimu, said Prof. Oluwajuyitan is coming to enrich the university with his wealth of experience acquired in the field as well as in the classroom in the last 40 years. Oluwajuyitan was a Daily Times scholar at the ... Read more

By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The Federal Government has agreed to release N20 billion for revitalisation of public universities until Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, makes a request for additional funding. The government also agreed to release N30 billion as Earned Academic Allowance to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call ... Read more