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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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Nigerian Student Becomes First African To Win 2022 AFS Award in U.S., Pockets $10,000
A Nigerian student, Noel Ifeanyi, has won the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens, and became the first African to win the prize since its inception in 1914. The award was presented during the International Youth Day organized by the United Nations Global Communications Department, the AFS Intercultural Programs and The Youth Assembly at…
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FG May Consider Banning ASUU Over Lingering Strike
Vanguard News Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may consider the option of proscribing the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it. The Federal Government has also approved an additional N100 billion for the university sector as part of…
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Strike: CSOs To Mobilize Against ASUU
Two civil society organisations (CSOs) – the Nigerian Project Initiative (NPI) and the Initiative to Save Democracy (ISD) – have berated the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for demanding the payment of six months’ salaries while keeping students at during the union’s strike. In a joint statement, the CSOs expressed outrage at the action…
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ASUU’s Rival, CONUA Makes Demands For Recognition, Says Strike Not Only Option To Resolve Dispute
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has urged the Federal Government to, without further delay, register and recognise it as an academic staff union in the university system in Nigeria. This, the union said, had become necessary as it had met all conditions required for it to be so registered. The National Coordinator, Dr Niyi…
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It’s Impossible To Run Campuses Without ASUU Members – Committee of Vice-Chancellors
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities in Nigeria, on Sunday, said it was simply impossible for their schools to run without the academic staff on the ground working. The committee said this was because universities are primarily meant anywhere in the world to teach students and it is only the teachers who can perform…
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ASUU strike: FG’S Proposal May Lead to Reduction in lecturers’ Salaries
Punch Newspaper The offer made by the Federal Government to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities may lead to a reduction in the salaries of entry level lecturers under the graduate assistant cadre, investigations by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. Punch correspondent also gathered that the Federal Government’s offer had been…
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Heavyweight Boxer, Anthony Joshua Reacts After Defeat (Video)
Nigerian born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has given reasons he was beaten again on Saturday by Oleksandr Usyk, saying he is not a twelve round fighter. Joshua further explained that Usyk must have worked so hard to defeat him for a second time, while calling on the crowd to cheer his opponent. Usyk beat Joshua…
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Police Constables Protest Non-Payment Of Salaries In Kwara, Authorities React (Video)
Some police constables on Saturday protested the non-payment of their salaries for almost a year. While the protest was underway in Kwara State , some of the protesters held branches of trees. Kwara State special police constabularies are are free to honourably disengage from the service if they so wish, the state Police Commissioner, Tuesday…
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How 302 Bandits Were Arrested in Niger – NHFSS
Commander-General, Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services, Joshua Osatimehin, Thursday, said that native intelligence was the strategy deployed by their agency to arrest 302 bandits with sophisticated weapons in Niger State. He said that Nigerian hunters had been well trained and therefore in a position to guard the forests and rid them of bandits and…
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