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Counsel to ASUU, Mister Femi Falana, based their appeal on 14 grounds. The motion is seeking two reliefs which are: A) The leave to file the appeal pursuant to Section 243 of the Constitution that requires the party to seek a leave of court to appeal the judgement or ruling of the National Industrial Court (NIC). B) Seeking for a stay of execution of the orders of the court, pending the ... Read more

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ebonyi State University Chapter, Comrade Ikechuku Igwenyi, has said with Wednesday’s court judgement ordering Nigeria’s universities lecturers to return to the classroom, the Federal Government has declared ‘war’ against members of the union. This was as he pointed ... Read more

Mr Femi Falana, who is the counsel to the union, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday hours after the ruling of the court, saying he was preparing the grounds of appeal at the time of this report. The industrial action by ASUU has continued to take a toll on the nation’s education, especially the tertiary sector as academic activities in most government-owned universities ... Read more

The management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has directed that full academic activities should resume on campus with effect from Thursday, September 22, 2022. The institution also appealed to the academic and non-teaching staff “to give their maximum support so that both the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions would be ... Read more

The National Association of Nigerian Students has fualted the court judgement mandated the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call of its 7 month strike. The PUNCH reports that the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for ... Read more

Delivering a ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal government , Justice Polycarp Hamman restrained ASUU from continuing with the industrial action pending the determination of the suit. Justice Polycap who is a vacation judge ordered that the case filed be returned to the president of the Industrial Court for reassignment to another judge. This order comes a few hours ... Read more

The leadership of the House of Representatives is to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to present a new agreement reached with the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced this on Tuesday, after a meeting between the lawmakers, ASUU and representatives of the federal government. The tripartite meeting had in ... Read more

The stakeholders’ meeting called by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced. The meeting started about 3:45pm. Gbajabiamila had summoned a stakeholders’ meeting for 3pm to resolve the crisis that ... Read more

The House of Representatives is to meet with the Academic Staff Union of University and other stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the lingering strike embarked upon by the union. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Yahaya Danzaria, the Clerk of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja. He said the meeting would ... Read more

Imo State University, Owerri, on Monday, announced that it had pulled out of the seven-month-old strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The university asked its students and staff members to resume school on Tuesday, September 20. The Public Relations Officer of the varsity, Ralph Njoku, told our correspondent that ... Read more