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Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and EmploymentAs members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continue their 10-month old strike, the Federal Government has commenced the process of registering a rival union. Sen Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, dropped ... Read more

No fewer than eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Wailo orientation camp in the Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi have tested positive for coronavirus. Also, two more persons have died of suspected yellow fever, raising the number of deaths so far recorded at 10 since the disease outbreak last week. Information Officer of Bauchi Primary Healthcare ... Read more

A former Principal Lecturer with the Department of Languages, Kaduna Polytechnic, Austin Umera, has committed suicide at his residence on Kigo Road, Kaduna State. The lecturer shot his wife, Dr. Maurin, a part time lecturer in the Department of Languages, Kaduna State University (KASU), before killing himself. She is currently receiving treatment at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, ... Read more

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged filmmakers to always seek proper approval before using corps members’ uniform in their movies. NYSC Assistant Director of Legal Services, Christian Oru, said this in Lagos at a meeting between National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and creative industry stakeholders on enabling ... Read more

A non-governmental group, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, has called for the inclusion of sex education especially as it concerns violence against women and children in Lagos State Education curriculum. This was one of the major suggestions made on Monday by participants at the validation meeting for the state action plan ... Read more

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the National University Commission has the framework for warehousing the University Transparency Accountability Solution software. UTAS is the platform created by ASUU as an alternative to the Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The Chairman of ASUU, ... Read more

The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated the national implementation committee on the revitalisation and repositioning of the teaching profession in Nigeria. The committee aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning. The committee chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, was subdivided into 12 ... Read more

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities in the Niger Delta University has threatened to call out its members for industrial action after the ongoing national strike embarked upon by ASUU if the Bayelsa State Government fails to address “pending issues of poor funding and staff welfare at the university.” The chairman of ASUU-NDU, ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Friday, accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, of deliberately frustrating the efforts of the Union in resolving the issues it has with the Federal Government. The union while saying that Ngige was acting as a referee and player in his bid to orchestrate his ... Read more

The Primate of the African Church, Nigeria and Overseas, His Eminence, Julius Olayinka Abbe has admonished the federal government to as a matter of urgency address all the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) so that the 8-month old strike would be called off in the interest of of the students and the entire ... Read more