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ALL was calm on Monday at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, as the school resumed from the COVID-19 induced vacation. Although students turned out in large number for the resumption, the institution’s lecturers shunned their various offices, insisting the strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities was ... Read more

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have thrown their weight behind the decision of the Lagos State government to shut down schools following the violent dimension the #EndSARS protest has taken. In different chats ... Read more

Following the continuous protest by youths against police brutality, the Ekiti State government has ordered the immediate closure of both private and public schools in the state for the rest of the week. The protest tagged #EndSARS took a dramatic dimension on Monday in the state when the youths in their numbers shut down the state with ... Read more

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he will not sign the 2021 Appropriation Bill presently before the National Assembly if provisions are not made for the compensation of the families of victims of police brutality in the last decade. Gbajabiamila also said he would also not sign the budget if implementation of the ... Read more

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered the closure of all schools in the state, till the end of the week. As contained in a statewide broadcast, Makinde said the directive stemmed from the fact that thugs and hoodlums had taken advantage of #EndSARS protests to perpetrate uncivil acts and harass citizens who are going ... Read more

Following the #EndSARS protests that crippled the socio-economic activities of Ondo state, the State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Femi Agagu, who said the closure was coming ... Read more

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Middle Belt Movement for Peace and Justice, MBMPJ, has urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve its differences with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and have Nigerian students back to school to help douse the ongoing agitation and protests by the youths. Convener of MBMJP, Comrade Joe Bukka ... Read more

Prof Adesegun Fatusi, the Vice-Chancellor of the of Medical Sciences, Ondo in Ondo State, on Tuesday closed down institution following the ongoing EndSARS protest across the town. This was contained in a signed by the university’s Vice Chancellor himself and made available to journalists. “Following the ongoing protest ... Read more

SCORES of university students on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, against continued closure of universities as a result of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The youth, who carried placards with messages such as “#ENDASUU strike” and “Reform all sectors,” ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Abuja Chapter has rejected the N20billion offered by the Federal Government for the Revitalization of Public Universities, demanding N500billion instead. ASUU who disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement after a meeting with its Congress stated that the N20billion offered by the ... Read more