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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) saying this has caused enough devastation in the lives of students and the universities alike, urging university teachers to return to their classrooms. He has also warned the Pro-Chancellors and Chairmen of ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has berated the federal government over series of what it described as lies and half-truths regarding the lingering strike by the union occasioned by non-implementation of 2009 FG-ASUU agreement. The Union accused the federal government of claiming to have reached an agreement with it on ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says there is no hope in sight to suspend its lingering strike due to alleged lack of commitment by the Federal GovernmentProf. Theophilus Lagi, the ASUU, Abuja Zonal Coordinator, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at Gwagwalada, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ... Read more

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is offering 424 scholarship slots for Nigerian students to study various courses in Saudi universities. It said the slots are part of the 6,597 scholarship the kingdom distributes annually to African students. According to a statement on Monday from the Saudi embassy in Abuja, 150 slots are also given to ... Read more

The union has been on strike on March 9, this year to press for its exclusion from Integrated Personnel Payroll and Integrated System (IPPIS). Answering questions from State House reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said negotiations with the union was suspended ... Read more

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has called on students to take to the streets to protest against the Federal Government for failing to bring an end to the strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities eight months ago. Sowore, who is the leader of the #RevolutionNow ... Read more

ENUGU- The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says Nigerian students are unhappy over the protracted Academic Staff Union of Universities/Federal Government strike action for over eight months running. The President of NANS, Mr Chidi Ilogebe, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Enugu to commemorate this ... Read more

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said the integrity test being conducted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAs) software being proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, would last between six and eight months. ASUU has been on strike in protest against the Federal Government’s ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, blamed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over the prolonged strike, accusing him of showing what it called “disdain for Nigerian academics.” The union said it was obvious that Ngige, through his recent utterances, had clearly shown his disdain for the lecturers and ... Read more

Prof. Sarah Agbor, the Commissioner Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union (AU), says the union will continue to facilitate education among African youths. She spoke in an interview at the 72nd Foundation Day and Convocation ceremony of the University of Ibadan. ... Read more