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The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kuhne Foundation to integrate logistics and supply chain into Nigerian university’s curriculum. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Thursday morning in Abuja, The Secretary General of CVCNU, ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to sue the Federal Government over the registration of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics. ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, said this on Channels Television, on Thursday. The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, ... Read more

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, has accused the minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of turning issues with the Academic Staff Union of Universities into a personal matter. Jega made this known in an interview with Arise Television monitored by our correspondent on ... Read more

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday challenged the Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to resolve their dispute amicably out of court. The Appellate Court suggested twenty-four hours for the two parties to have a rethink, sit down and come out with a resolution that would make Nigerians ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, knocked the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over the Federal Government’s decision to register rival groups, the Congress of University Academics, and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics as trade unions. The PUNCH reports that Ngige presented ... Read more

The Congress of Nigerian University Academics, a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has stated what the new union of lecturers will do differently in resolving the imbroglio rocking Nigerian universities, particularly on recurring strike actions. CONUA’s National Coordinator, Dr. Niyi Sunmonu, emphasised the need ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the registration of two new trade unions by the government for academic staff in the university system is inconsequential and does not pose any threat to its existence. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in a chat with Vanguard while reacting to the registration of the two new unions. “That does ... Read more

In a bid to weaken the influence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal Government, on Tuesday, registered two unions in the university system. The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, who ... Read more

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has faulted the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities over the prolonged strike that has kept millions of Nigerian undergraduates of school for over seven months. Buhari who spoke during the 4th national summit on diminishing corruption in the public sector, held at ... Read more

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is currently meeting with the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and the Deputy Speaker of the House, Ahmed Wase, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which started at 3:00 pm, will feature discussions on the ongoing ASUU strike. A presidential source on Sunday ... Read more