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Tony Okafor, Awka The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it would not call off its eight-month strike even if the Federal Government withdraws the Integrated Payroll and Information System as a means of paying them. The Coordinator, ASUU Owerri zone, Uzo Onyibinama stated this in a press briefing held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it has shifted ground from its initial demands in the interests of Nigerian students who have spent over 7 months at home. ASUU said it has dumped its initial insistence that the government should release one tranche of N220 billion revitalization fund and is now demanding for 50% of ... Read more

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said if the Federal Government can spend over N1.5 trillion to bail out power generation and distribution companies over a period of time, it should not to so for the education sector. This was contained in a statement by the Lagos Zone Coordinator, Prof. Olusoji Sowande and made available ... Read more

THE Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, has embarked on large-scale rice farming, processing and packaging using technology-driven techniques. The school said the initiative,which was conceived in 2018, was part of its contribution to the Federal Government’s policy on agricultural revolution and food security in the country. Rector of ... Read more

Federal Government negotiating team will be meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday in a bid to secure an agreement to call off the nine months old indefinite strike by university lecturers. A notice of the meeting signed by the Deputy Director/ Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr. Charles Akpan and made ... Read more

The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the sum of over two hundred million naira to pay for the examination’s fee for 13, 000 students of Senior Secondary Schools conducted in 2019. The examination bodies to receive the payment include the National Board for Arabic and ... Read more

AS a way of appreciating his contributions, the outgoing University of Ibadan (UI) Vice-Chancellor (VC), Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, has written a letter of commendation to his Media Assistant, Mr Sunday Saanu, praising him for his professional competence. Professor Olayinka whose five-year tenure expires on November 30 commended Saanu for ... Read more

By Francis Sardauna The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of prolonging the nationwide strike embarked upon by the university lecturers, insisting that there is no going back on its rejection of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The union, which described the federal ... Read more

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, on Thursday, says the union is losing its members to private universities due to the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. Ogunyemi, who spoke while featuring on a television programme in Abuja today monitored by The PUNCH, also said the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed regrets that with the action of the Federal Government that Universities would not resume again this year. ASUU also stated that FG was playing with future of Nigeria students, adding that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, cannot curb corruption in the ... Read more