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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, at a closed-door meeting with leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja on Tuesday faulted the union’s claim that the government refused to implement agreement reached with it. The ministry’s spokesman, Charles Akpan, disclosed this in a press statement made ... Read more

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, is expected to meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday (today) as part of efforts aimed at ending the union’s ongoing strike. This is coming as the National Association of Nigerian Students directed its members to block major federal roads in the 36 ... Read more

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff of Universities will meet on Monday night. Sources in the union revealed that after the meeting, NEC members will meet Federal Government officials later in the week. ASUU had last week Monday declared a nationwide four-week roll-over strike after a two-day meeting at the ... Read more

The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) and the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) have emerged as the winners of the debate and quiz categories respectively. The events took place from the 13th to 19th of February 2022 where students from 23 universities in Nigeria competed at three major events namely quiz, debate and ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a “comprehensive and total” strike. The strike was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday. He said the strike, which commences on Monday, February 14, 2022, would last for an initial period of four weeks. Members of ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities will announce a decision on whether to embark on fresh industrial action soon. The PUNCH gathered that majority of the lecturers have agreed on strike. Members of the union’s National Executive Council held marathon meetings since Saturday at the University of Lagos. As of the time of filing this report, ASUU members have converged on the Tayo ... Read more

The National Executive Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence a two-day meeting at the University of Lagos, Akoka, today, to finalise the union’s decision on an impending strike. ASUU will make the final decision on the strike – to be reached by voting – known at the end of the meeting on ... Read more

Grace Edema, Olufemi Olaniyi The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the citizens to hold the Federal Government responsible if it embarks on another strike. Speaking on Tuesday after a rally and congress at the University of Lagos, Akoka, which was used to conclude the ASUU Lagos zone mobilisation, the Coordinator of the zone, Dr ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has rescheduled registration for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry for February 19 till March 26, 2022. The decision came barely 24 hours after the board confirmed to The PUNCH that it would not reschedule its registration process following the suspension of the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged its chapters across the country to sensitise members of the public on the situation between the union and the Federal Government. This is as it declared Monday, February 7, 2022, as a lecture-free day in a bid to enhance the sensitisation. The National President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in an interview with our ... Read more