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VERITAS University, Bwari, Abuja, has shut down academic activities following the worsening insecurity in Abuja and its environs. The abrupt closure of the Roman Catholic owned university, located in Bwari Local Government Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, followed security reports indicating that terrorists could attack and abduct students of the school after foiled attempt at ... Read more

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said that the workers’ union will embark on a three-day nationwide strike if the Federal Government fails to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after the ongoing two-day warning protest organised by the NLC. Wabba, who spoke in an interview ... Read more

Barely few minutes that Vanguard reported the protest rocking Lagos, another protest has reportedly commence in Ondo state. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday promised to embark on a two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other affiliate unions over the lingering industrial action in public universities in Nigeria. The ... Read more

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring attention to other issues affecting the nation. The score of protesters who stormed the ... Read more

The Union maintained that her members have sacrificed so much for their own welfare lamenting that the Federal Government owes their members over 9 years of allowances. ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Akinwole stated this in Ibadan, adding that Nigerians should not see the strike as an ASUU thing but as a fight, all Nigerians must own to have a future of quality education ... Read more

About 367,499 candidates applied for the 43,717 slots available in Medicine Departments in Nigerian universities for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, The PUNCH reports. According to data obtained from JAMB by The PUNCH, the highest percentage of candidates for the ... Read more

With the industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, entering its fifth month, some public universities in the country may consider cancelling an academic session and merging 2021 and 2022 admission exercises. Also, investigation by Vanguard showed that more candidates did well in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, than last ... Read more

Council of Students Union Presidents has said that its members will be storming the Federal Capital Territory for a peaceful protest if the ongoing Strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is not called off. The organisation, which comprises all Students Union Presidents across Federal Universities in Nigeria, had in a letter to ... Read more

The government, according to the source, spends “N372 billion annually on university education alone, including lecturers’ salaries.” Based on talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a professor could earn, at least, N2 million monthly. The Nation exclusively reported on Wednesday that the government offered about N1 million monthly salary for a ... Read more

A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many students sit for JAMB examination, come up with good grades, but for one reason or the other, ... Read more