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The workers’ unions of , on Monday locked all the entrances leading into the institution thereby disrupting the resumption of the institution for academic activities after the Christmas break. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers unions comprise the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Non-Academic Staff ... Read more

The authorities of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) on Monday directed the students of the institution to commence online lectures with immediate effect. Already, various faculties in the institution have grouped the students for the easy conduct of online lectures in the university Unilorin, in a statement by the school’s Director ... Read more

Within two weeks of the conditional suspension of the nine-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government has stuck to her notoriety of flouting agreements willingly reached with the intellectual Union. As intellectuals, the Union was wise when it said the strike would be ... Read more

Anyone that grew up in a typical Nigerian home will know that a strike by ASUU could make students experience instances like: “Please watch out for the rain to help us with the clothes on the line”; “Come over here, go and give Mama Tunde this thing for me. Tell her we would see later in the day”. ... Read more

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have said physical contact with their students on campuses is possible only if there is strict compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols. According to the union leaders spoken to by Vanguard on Monday, since their industrial ... Read more

The Federal University of Technology, Akure ( FUTA), says academic activities will resume on Jan. 18 for its students after 10 months of staying at home due to the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Adegbenro Adebayo, the Deputy Director, ... Read more

The federal government has said it will review the proposed January 18 resumption date for schools, as the country battles the second wave of COVID-19. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, stated this while speaking at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Monday. Adamu noted the earlier resumption date of January 18 ... Read more

Malam Adamu AdamuThe Federal Ministry of Education says the Jan.18, 2021 date for schools to resume is not sacrosanct, hence a new date may be announced depending on the nation’s COVID-19 indicators. The Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu gave the hint on Monday in Abuja, at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, insisted that Nigerian universities in the country are not ready to re-open at the moment. The Union said it finds it difficult to return to classes in the middle of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recall that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had earlier directed the ... Read more

Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, on Tuesday, embarked on a peaceful protest, to herald the three-day warning strike notice it issued the Federal Government. As early as 8 am, the placard-carrying university workers took over the gates and other areas ... Read more