Author: News Agency Report

Four labour unions of public universities said in a statement that the decision followed the variation of their conditions of service by the government. According to them, their leadership has made several efforts to get the government to address issues related to their fuel, vehicle maintenance, and off-campus allowances since April. They said this was…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Monday, said the Federal Government did not take the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to court over the prolonged strike by the union. The Minister stated this in Abuja at the public presentation of the NLC at 40 publication, titled, ‘Contemporary History of Working Class…

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the union is willing to end its seven-month-old strike. Mr Osodeke, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements were reached with the Federal Government. Mr Osodeke gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday at a National…

The West African Examinations Council has restated that all withheld results in its examinations were as a result of alleged malpractices. The Head, National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. Areghan was speaking against the backdrop of reports in some sections of…

Some parents in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have expressed mixed reactions as the Federal Government referred the dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN. Some parents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday said that it was unnecessary for the Federal…