ASUU
11 Mar
Keni is a 300-level student of the University of Abuja. As the first of a five-child family to gain admission into the university, the Chemical Engineering undergraduate is on the verge of not registering for the current first semester except a miracle happens. This is because her reliance on the federal government’s student loan to pay tuition fees, which the university authorities have increased by 75 per cent, may not see the light of the day.
5 Mar
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma Chapter, yesterday, expressed worry over the continuous withholding of salaries of staff over ASUU’s national strike action between February 14, 2022, and October 16, 2022
4 Mar
There is tension in Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) insists that the Vice Chancellor, Prof Tor Iorapuu, must be sacked.
3 Mar
As I wrote here on Sunday May 10, 2020, the report of the 2012 Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies also known as the Oronsaye Panel Report..
1 Mar
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, yesterday, attributed the deaths of scores of its members to the non-payment of salaries for 26 months to many academic staff of the Edo State owned university since January 2022 by the state government. The union said the sordid reality of pains,…
27 Feb
Failed agreements, claims and counter-claims by university teachers and the Federal Government, incessant strikes, and lately, threats of industrial action, form the odious sequence that has characterised the nation’s public university system for several years.
24 Feb
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, on Thursday, urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to work harder and provide effective measures that would cushion the effect of its anti-poor policies that has pushed Nigerians and the Nigerian academics down the intolerable abyss of abject poverty and hardship.
22 Feb
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has blamed the Nigerian government, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the severe economic hardship in Nigeria.
20 Feb
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has demanded the full payment of all entitlements of its members, while reminding the Federal Government that its ‘no work, no pay’ policy remains a breach of international labour laws.
19 Feb
The Federal Government has begun paying the withheld salaries of academics under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
15 Feb
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has again, urged the Federal Government to yield to the last agreement reached with university teachers to avert another round of industrial crisis in tertiary institutions.
15 Feb
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has renewed its call for the reconstitution of the long dissolved governing councils of universities ahead of the expiration of their statutory tenure.
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Despite the exodus of university teachers and attendant shortage of manpower in public universities nationwide, the non-retention policy of the Federal Government has caused over 5,032 first-class graduates to languish in the job market and far away from the tertiary institutions that erstwhile retained them.
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As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
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Data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suggest the economy may be relapsing to cash hoarding again a year after the chronic currency scarcity even as the proportion of currency in circulation that is held outside the banking system has returned to the pre-naira redesign level.
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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day, the progress in national malaria control is being threatened by the continued rising cost of anti-malaria drugs, which have gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians.
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African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth.
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Ahead of May Day next week, workers are demanding a country that works for all and not just for some privileged few.
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The NPFL has fined Kwara United N6 million for allegedly thwarting the live broadcast of their week 31 game against Akwa United.
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To achieve the global malaria targets 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Malaria Programme has launched a new operational strategy that will change the trajectory of malaria trends.
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.