Year: 2022
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Strike: How Personality Clash Between Ngige, ASUU President Affects Negotiation
Vanguard News The personalty clash between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, was responsible for the long period it took to resolve the recent industrial action by the union. Also, the clash is also responsible for the…
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What Candidates Should Expect in 2023 UTME – Oloyede
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Sunday reeled out innovations that will be introduced in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, part of which is giving no rooms for centres not using laptops to conduct the examination. He noted that the step is to safe candidates…
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Salary: FG Begins Plans To Pay Breakaway ASUU Faction, CONUA
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has commenced plans to pay the Congress of University Academics their withheld salaries and rectify the “half salaries” paid to all lecturers under the newly registered union for the month of October 2022, Sunday PUNCH has reliably gathered. Sources familiar with the matter made it known to our correspondent on…
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Why Deductions of ASUU Salaries is Illegal – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for October 2022.” SERAP…
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Half Salaries: ASUU NEC To Meet Monday
Daily Post Less than one month after the Academic Staff Union of Staff Universities, ASUU, suspended its 8-month industrial action, the union and the Federal Government are back on a warpath. Already, the National Executive Council of the ASUU is set to meet on Monday (tomorrow) to decide whether to embark on another strike or…
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NITDA Launches Blockchain Scholarship, To Train 30,000 Nigerians (Apply Here)
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Domineum Blockchain Solutions is announcing the launch of NITDA Blockchain Scholarship, 2022 Scheme. According to a statement jointly signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head Corporate Affairs and External Relations, NITDA and Mohammed Jega Co-founder, Domineum Blockchain Solutions, the programme is aimed at training 30,000 Nigerians…
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Why ASUU Members Receive ‘Amputated Salaries’ – FG Clears Air
The Federal Government on Saturday gave reasons why members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, received “amputated salaries” . In a statement, by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the government noted that members of ASUU were paid their October salary pro-rata. According to the ministry, pro-rata was done because they cannot…
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Police Speak on Autopsy Report Conducted on Davido’s Son, Ifeanyi
The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said the autopsy conducted on the corpse of Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of Davido and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, revealed that he died as a result of drowning. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a chat with our correspondent. Hundeyin said, “Autopsy has…
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ASUU Accuses Ngige of Masterminding Amputated Salaries
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday accused the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige of masterminding the amputated salaries received by members of the union adding that the scholars in the nation’s ivory towers are being treated like common casual workers. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke stated this in an interview with The…
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Polytechnic Lecturers Send Strong Message To FG Over Withheld Varsity Lecturers’ Salaries
Tribune Online The polytechnic lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, have faulted the Federal Government’s position to withhold the unpaid salaries of public university lecturers now that they have suspended their eight months old industrial action and backed at work in their various campuses, saying the application of “no…