Category: News
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N1.1tn revitalisation fund no longer applicable to economic reality – ASUU
Vanguard The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has described the N1.1 trillion outstanding revitalisation fund for the nation’s universities as no longer applicable going by the current economic realities. The chairman of the Ebonyi State University chapter of the Union, Dr. Ikechukwu Igwenyi made this statement on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki, the…
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Buhari Arrives Imo on One Day Working Visit
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday arrived Imo state where he is on a one day working visit to commission projects that have been completed by Governor Hope Uzodimma-led administration. The roads to be commissioned is the first phase of 56km Orlu-Okigwe road and the Orlu -Owerri road. Upon his arrival, the governor Uzodinma and…
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ASUU Strike: Nigeria May Not Produce Medical Doctors in 2022- Osibogun
President of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, NPMCN, Prof. Akin Osibogun, is of the opinion that Nigeria may not produce new medical doctors in 2022 as a result of the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Warning of the consequnces of such development, Osibogun, who spoke to journalists in…
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ASUU Strike: NANS To Occupy Lagos-Shagamu Expressway Way Tuesday
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West zone, on Monday, announced the occupation of Lagos-Shagamu Expressway in protest of the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU . According to the association, the protest was organised as a result of the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.…
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JAMB Abolishes Mop-up UTME, Takes Position on Bio-metric Capturing
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will no longer conduct mop-up examinations for candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who are not bio-metrically verified. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. It said the move was to further…
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ASUU Strike: Nigerians React To FG’s Court Involvement
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…
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Two Children Killed After Fence Collapses in Lagos School
A fence collapsed at a Lagos school, Covenant Point Academy at Ajose Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos State has left two children, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl dead. Vanguard gathered that the nine-year-old girl was walking past the front of the school to link her destination in the area while three-year-old Samat…
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Strike: 46 Lawyers Set To Defend ASUU Against FG in Court
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is battle ready for the Federal Government as no fewer that 46 senior lawyers have indicated interest to defend the union at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN). As the legal action start on Monday, ASUU says if the federal government fails to get judgment, it next…
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Strike: Court summons FG, ASUU to appear Monday
The National Industrial Court, NIC, has summoned the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to appear before it tomorrow, Monday, in Abuja, over the protracted strike by members of ASUU that has shut the nation’s university system since February. The summon followed the referral of the protracted dispute between the Federal…
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UNILAG Breaks Silence Over Fire Incident on Campus
The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG has broken its silence over fire incident that affected the Alumni Association Building in the school premises. Viral videos which emerged on the Internet showed a fire incident close to the Guaranteed Trust Bank building in the school. But according to a statement by the school’s communication…