Category: News
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It’s Impossible To Run Campuses Without ASUU Members – Committee of Vice-Chancellors
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities in Nigeria, on Sunday, said it was simply impossible for their schools to run without the academic staff on the ground working. The committee said this was because universities are primarily meant anywhere in the world to teach students and it is only the teachers who can perform…
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ASUU strike: FG’S Proposal May Lead to Reduction in lecturers’ Salaries
Punch Newspaper The offer made by the Federal Government to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities may lead to a reduction in the salaries of entry level lecturers under the graduate assistant cadre, investigations by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. Punch correspondent also gathered that the Federal Government’s offer had been…
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Heavyweight Boxer, Anthony Joshua Reacts After Defeat (Video)
Nigerian born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has given reasons he was beaten again on Saturday by Oleksandr Usyk, saying he is not a twelve round fighter. Joshua further explained that Usyk must have worked so hard to defeat him for a second time, while calling on the crowd to cheer his opponent. Usyk beat Joshua…
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Police Constables Protest Non-Payment Of Salaries In Kwara, Authorities React (Video)
Some police constables on Saturday protested the non-payment of their salaries for almost a year. While the protest was underway in Kwara State , some of the protesters held branches of trees. Kwara State special police constabularies are are free to honourably disengage from the service if they so wish, the state Police Commissioner, Tuesday…
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How 302 Bandits Were Arrested in Niger – NHFSS
Commander-General, Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services, Joshua Osatimehin, Thursday, said that native intelligence was the strategy deployed by their agency to arrest 302 bandits with sophisticated weapons in Niger State. He said that Nigerian hunters had been well trained and therefore in a position to guard the forests and rid them of bandits and…
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Immigration Service To Recruit 5000 Personnel into NIS
The acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Idris Jere, has said plans are underway to recruit additional 5,000 personnel into the service. Mr Jere, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Dutse on Saturday, said the gesture was aimed at addressing manpower deficit in the NIS. “With regards to inadequate personnel…
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Just In: SSANU, NASU Suspend Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) on Saturday suspended their strike actions after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja. The suspension is expected to take effect from Wednesday. According to the education minister, the Federal Government…
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Strike:Nigerian Varsities Suspend Admission Of 461,745 Candidates
A total of 36,947 candidates of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations processed their admissions in private institutions. The suspension of admissions in Nigerian universities has led to the failure of the universities to process a total of 461,745 admissions, PUNCH reports. The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board in the statistics provided, however, blamed the…
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Strike: Lawyers Back FG’s ‘No-Work, No-Pay’ For ASUU Members
Some legal practitioners have backed the no-work-no-pay stance of the federal government against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, during the deadlocked federal government and ASUU meeting, said workers would lose their salaries for the period they were on strike. But reacting in…
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How Buhari rejected ASUU’s demand for six months salaries
The Nation Newspaper President Muhammadu Buhari opted to invoke the no work, no pay policy against striking university lecturers on Thursday after receiving the status report on the negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from Education Minister Adamu Adamu. The President was shocked that the lecturers have reduced their demands to only…