Category: News
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SSANU, NASU Differ Over Strike Suspension
Punch Newspaper Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities have said the executives did not inform them before it suspended the strike. On Saturday, The PUNCH reported that the JAC of NASU and SSANU embarked on a National Industrial Action on 27th March, 2022…
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NAF Bombs ISWAP Leader’s Enclave In Sambisa, Scores of Footsoldiers Killed
Airstrikes executed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on August 20, 2022, have destroyed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) leader, Fiya Ba Yuram’s enclave in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. While it was not clear if the ISWAP leader was killed or not, several of his foot soldiers were killed in the operation.…
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Man Arrested in Ogun For Allegedly Impregnating Own Daughter, Invites Five Men To Take Turn
A 49-year-old man, Amoda Bola, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his underage daughter which resulted in pregnancy. The suspect, a resident of Idi Oro street, Ode Remo in Remo North Local Government area of Ogun State was arrested on August 17, following a complaint…
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Strike: How I Will Manage Federal Varsities – Atiku Abubakar
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he will hand over Federal Government-owned universities to state governments. Atiku made the disclosure on Monday as a panelist at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference held at the Eko Hotel and Suites…
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Reactions Trail Alleged Plan To Ban ASUU
Reactions have greeted the alleged plan by the Federal Government to ban activities of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Reports claimed that FG is mulling a ban on ASUU for failing to suspend its lingering strike after several offers made to the academic union were rejected. Some Nigerians on social media have described…
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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…