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THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Port Harcourt chapter, has vowed to shun the acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Okodudu, if he remained in office beyond his stipulated term of six months as provided by the Universities (miscellaneous provision) Act 2003. The union said their stand was premised on the fact that the ... Read more

The non certification of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) by Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) may advertently affect the reopening of universities across the country. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka zone alleged that the Federal Government (FG) through NITDA may have ... Read more

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, has won the Women’s Prize For Fiction "Winner of Winners" award following a public vote. This comes thirteen years after she won the Women’s prize for fiction. Adichie’s novel was voted over works by Zadie Smith, Lionel Shriver, Rose Tremain, Maggie ... Read more

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, Nigeria has stated that registration for 2020 second series West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE registration ends today, November 13. This is as they called on those who were yet to complete the registration process to do so before the portal closes on Sunday, November ... Read more

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly demanded for improved welfare and working condition of Professors and other academic staff in Nigerian universities. ASUU disclosed that its members are paid “peanut” as salary, even as they work tirelessly to impact useful knowledge on the students who are, later, released to ... Read more

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has expressed optimism that the prolonged strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities will be resolved by next week when the Federal Government team meets the union leaders again. He, however, said if the matter was not resolved by then, he would explore ... Read more

Beginning from next year, only qualified teachers will be allowed in the classrooms, the Federal Government has said. The government said the decision to regulate the teaching profession is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Nigerian schools. It also stated that only persons with a minimum of Second Class Upper (2/1), would ... Read more

For the past few weeks, I have had the privilege to receive calls, WhatsApp messages, and emails from well-meaning Nigerian students beckoning on me to comment on the seemingly unending state of the ASUU’s strikes, especially this current strike that started March this year. ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told students to prepare for resumption next week. ASUU said this on its official Twitter page as the education body expressed hope of an agreement with the federal government. The Union expressed optimism that students would return to universities next week after its meeting with the federal ... Read more

The Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, says the ongoing nationwide strike by ASUU will encourage the government to review its strategy on commercialising education and starving public universities of funds. The union, while justifying the prolonged strike, insisted that it was the only avenue ... Read more