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The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will take a decision on its eight-month long strike on Thursday at an emergency meeting, even though the meeting may extend to Friday morning. Also, branches of the Union will begin consultations Wednesday over a possibility of calling off the ongoing strike, The ... Read more

Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence traditional voting today (Tuesday)and tomorrow (Wednesday) over the ongoing strike by the union, The PUNCH gathered. The decision of the various branches will be transmitted to the National Executive Council for final decision. A highly-placed source within the NEC disclosed this ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers and the Federal Government. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said, “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.” Related News This is ... Read more

Counsel for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Femi Falana, on Monday stated that his clients were ready to call off the strike. In a terse message to our correspondent, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to fast track and finalise its negotiations with ASUU. He expressed confidence that the meeting ... Read more

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says labour controllers across the states of the federation are monitoring schools to ensure compliance with the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr Ngige stated this when he appeared on “Politics Today,” a programme on Channels TV on Friday. He insisted ... Read more

The Federal Government has threatened to sue the striking lecturers, who are members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities if they fail to resume as ruled by the National Industrial Court. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who issued this threat on Friday during an interview monitored on Channel TV, disclosed ... Read more

A Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, has emerged the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Ogunsola’s announcement as UNILAG’s 13th VC was made on Friday night. Related News Details later…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume work immediately. The appellate court gave the order today while granting leave to ASUU to appeal the interlocutory injunction of Justice Polycarp Hamman of the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on September ... Read more

The Governing Council of the University of Lagos has appointed Mrs Oluwafunmilayo Adekunle as the new Bursar of the university. Adekunle’s five-year tenure as the bursar of the institution will commence from Thursday, November 3, 2022. This is contained in a statement released by the Communication Unit of UNILAG on Thursday. The ... Read more

The Court of Appeal will on Friday, October 7, deliver ruling in an application by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, seeking permission to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court. The NICN had on September 21, granted interlocutory order in favour of the federal government, ordering the university lecturers to resume ... Read more