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Pursuant to the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1993 as amended in 2003 and 2012 respectively, the Governing Council of the University of Lagos hereby notifies the academic community and general public both within and outside Nigeria that the Council has commenced the process of appointing a Vice-Chancellor. Applications are, hereby invited from interested and ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the Federal Government’s handling of the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. The ASUU rollover strike is in its 10th week today and will end in two weeks. Last week, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, while featuring as a ... Read more

The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is set to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities today, Monday, April 11, 2022, The PUNCH reports. The meeting which is scheduled to commence by 5 p.m will have in attendance representatives of the Federal Government and ASUU. The Director of ... Read more

The Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, in this interview, tells GRACE EDEMA that the striking unions – Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions – are mean and ... Read more

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions have extended their warning strike by two weeks. The non-academic workers had commenced a two-week warning strike on March 27 over the inability of the Federal Government to meet their demands. The extension of the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has issued a one-month ultimatum to the Federal Government, to resolve issues that led to its industrial strike or face a review of the action. This was disclosed by the ASUP’s National President, Anderson Uzeibe, while addressing journalists in Yola on Thursday, at the end of its 102nd ... Read more

Following what it described as the failure of the Nigerian government to react to its letter earlier issued threatening to down tools, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) have declared a two-week warning strike. This is contained in a memo addressed to the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing industrial action by another eight weeks, accusing the Nigerian government of insensitivity and peddling lies. ASUU made the decision at a prolonged meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) which started on Sunday and ended early Monday morning. The NEC meeting was held at the union’s national secretariat at ... Read more

National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), Ebonyi State chapter on Monday embarked on a peaceful protest to register their anger over the ongoing one-Month warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NANS Ebonyi State Chapter made up of students drawn from all tertiary institutions in the state ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will not be calling off the one-month warning strike it began on February 14. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, who appeared on Channels TV this morning February 28, said the union will not be backing down as the Federal government has consistently failed to keep up to ... Read more