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ASUU To Decide on FG’s Offer Monday, as Parents Urge Union To Accept Offer
Vanguard News The National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will hold next Monday to decide on the offers by the Federal Government for it to end its ongoing strike. The meeting promises to be a decisive one and may determine whether the government would axe the union as being…
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FG Reacts To Alleged Plan To Ban ASUU
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education yesterday debunked alleged plan to ban the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The ministry also noted that the failure of the union to call off its strike despite the interventions of the government was unreasonable. The ministry’s spokesperson, Ben Goong, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja.…
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Naira Depreciates Marginally Against Dollar
The Naira on Monday depreciated marginally against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N429.43. The figure represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent, against N429. 05 at the close of business on Aug. 19. The open indicative rate closed at N429.07 to the dollar on Monday. An exchange rate of N432…
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FG Sends Fresh Message To ASUU
Federal government has enjoined the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider the plights of Nigerian students who have stayed at home for six months and suspend the industrial action . The minister of state for education, Hon Goodluck Nanah Opiah, made the call in Owerri while speaking with journalists. Opiah maintained that…
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SSANU, NASU Differ Over Strike Suspension
Punch Newspaper Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities have said the executives did not inform them before it suspended the strike. On Saturday, The PUNCH reported that the JAC of NASU and SSANU embarked on a National Industrial Action on 27th March, 2022…
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NAF Bombs ISWAP Leader’s Enclave In Sambisa, Scores of Footsoldiers Killed
Airstrikes executed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on August 20, 2022, have destroyed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) leader, Fiya Ba Yuram’s enclave in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. While it was not clear if the ISWAP leader was killed or not, several of his foot soldiers were killed in the operation.…
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Man Arrested in Ogun For Allegedly Impregnating Own Daughter, Invites Five Men To Take Turn
A 49-year-old man, Amoda Bola, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his underage daughter which resulted in pregnancy. The suspect, a resident of Idi Oro street, Ode Remo in Remo North Local Government area of Ogun State was arrested on August 17, following a complaint…
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Strike: How I Will Manage Federal Varsities – Atiku Abubakar
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he will hand over Federal Government-owned universities to state governments. Atiku made the disclosure on Monday as a panelist at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference held at the Eko Hotel and Suites…
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Reactions Trail Alleged Plan To Ban ASUU
Reactions have greeted the alleged plan by the Federal Government to ban activities of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Reports claimed that FG is mulling a ban on ASUU for failing to suspend its lingering strike after several offers made to the academic union were rejected. Some Nigerians on social media have described…
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Buhari-led government is notorious for reneging agreement – ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, has alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government was notorious for pulling back on its earlier agreement with the academic union. ASUU also expressed doubt that the Federal Government has the will and capacity to end the crisis between it and the union, adding that the government was not…
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