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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Saturday, declared that it’s members are not in a hurry to call off the prolonged industrial action. Dr Edor J. Edor, the ASUU Chairman of University of Calabar said lecturers at determined to ensure that the challenges of universities are substantially resolved. In an exclusive ... Read more

Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment…Speaks on stalemate over N30bn Earned Allowance for varsities staff members By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, in this interview, says the Federal Government has met six of the nine demands made by the Academic Staff Union of ... Read more

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said the federal government’s proposal to exempt some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System was only a temporary measure pending the conclusion of the integrity test on ... Read more

It is still uncertain whether the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will end soon as President of the union, Professor ‘Biodun Ogunyemi said there were certain steps to be taken to reach that final conclusion on the issue. Professor Ogunyemi told Tribune Online in an exclusive interview on Saturday that ... Read more

It is still uncertain whether the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will end soon as the president of the union, Professor ‘Biodun Ogunyemi has said there are certain steps to be taken to reach a final conclusion on the issue. Professor Ogunyemi told Sunday Tribune in an exclusive interview on ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Sunday advocated that public office holders in the country should be banned from sending their children/wards to study in tertiary institutions abroad. According to the union “such policy would reduce the decadence in the nation’s education sector. ... Read more

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said, on Sunday, that the “no work no pay” clause in relations to strikes and industrial actions, has been invoked by the Federal Government on the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), since June, this year. Ngige gave this explanation while ... Read more

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has restated the commitment of Federal Government to end the eight-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He described as untrue, comments that government officials have been foot-draggers in the ongoing negotiations with the university lecturers because ... Read more

For Nigeria’s education sector to receive the desired facelift, a ban must be placed on the children of public office holders seeking foreign education. The is the submission of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Akure zone on Sunday while claiming the move will help checkmate the decadence in the nation’s educational ... Read more

The nine students of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State, who were abducted on the Kaduna- Abuja road by bandits have been released after five days in captivity. The students were abducted on November 15, 2020, when the bandits blocked the highway and opened fire on motorists. The 300 level students, from the ... Read more