Month: December 2025
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Pay Rise: ASUU Shelves Planned Strike, ‘Reveals Agreements Reached ‘ With FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to accept the Federal Government’s revised offer of a 40 per cent salary increase for its members, effectively ending months of deadlock in the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement. Sources familiar with the talks disclosed that during the final negotiation session held in Abuja on…
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Varsity Commission Gets £3Million To Support ICT Drive
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said it received €3 million as the first tranche of the $40 million loan secured from the French Development Agency to support Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) projects. The Executive Secretary, NUC, Abdullahi Ribadu, who disclosed this during the inaugural meeting of the 13th NUC Board on Wednesday in Abuja,…
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BREAKING: Tinubu nominates Ex-CDS, Christopher Musa, as new Defence MinisterGeneral Christopher Gwabin Musa
The Nation Newspaper … Senate receives nomination following Badaru’s resignation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. His nomination was transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The President’s communication with…
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FG, ASUU enter talks on 40% pay rise
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has reportedly proposed a 40 per cent salary increase for lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities, sources familiar with the development told our correspondent in Abuja. The proposal comes as ASUU leadership prepares to return to the negotiation table with the Federal Government delegation headed by Yayale Ahmed.…