Parents, students appeal to ASUU to call strike off

As the indefinite strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities entered its second week on Monday, parents and students have appealed to the union to call it off. Some of the parents and students who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja called on the […]

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ASUU Strike: One week after, FG yet to dialogue with union – President

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the federal government is yet to begin any dialogue with the union over the ongoing strike. The national president of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, said this in a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES Sunday evening. The union embarked on strike one week ago over the poor […]

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ASUU strike: DSS detains Bauchi chapter chairman

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, chapters of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) and Bauchi State University, Gadau, had decried the detention of ATBU chapter Chairman, Dr Adamu Babayo, by the Department of State Services, DSS. The Vice Chairman of the association, Dr Ibrahim Maina, condemned the action at a joint press conference […]

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Students Union backs ASUU strike

The National Union of Nigerian Students, NUNS, has sided the ongoing ASUU strike, saying that’s the only action the Federal Government respects. Speaking with Vanguard yesterday (Sunday), its Chief Press Secretary, Amb Ibrahim Olawale Seriki said: “Since our government understands no diplomacy but radical approach , then let the ASUU strike press home the repositioning […]

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ASUU strike disrupts UI

As the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began its strike yesterday, academic activities at the University of Ibadan were totally paralysed. The strike will no doubt cripple the second semester examinations which is fixed for November 26, 2018. Students who should have resumed lectures as from 7am were seen in their halls of residence […]

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Strike will be comprehensive and indefinite – ASUU President

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday said that the strike by the union would be comprehensive, total and indefinite. “I want to say that government has once again forced us into this strike as the last option. It will be comprehensive, total and indefinite. “ASUU […]

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Breaking: ASUU commences strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has commenced strike. Also the organised labour Sunday night shunned meeting organised by the Federal Government to resolve the impasse on the new minimum wage. Non of the labour leaders attended the meeting at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. One of […]

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ASUU urges Nigerians to resist proposed rise in tuition-fee across varsities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Tuesday, advised Nigerians to resist the proposed decision of Federal Government to hike tuition fees in public universities across the country to ₦350,000. This call was made by the Ibadan zonal leadership of the union comprising academic unions in University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, […]

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ASUU may showdown LAUTECH over long-standing crisis

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos zone has threatened a showdown with the management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso over lingering crisis in the institution. The ASUU Lagos zone , which comprises public Universities in South Western states, said the union should not be held responsible for any eventual protracted crisis in […]

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ASUU says Bad politics is killing LAUTECH

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos Zone, says the current crisis rocking the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, is steeped in bad politics between its owners, the Oyo and Osun state governments. The union spoke through the Coordinator, ASUU Lagos Zone, Prof. Olusiji Sowande, on Friday at a briefing with journalists at the […]

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ASUU threatens to commence indefinite strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Ibadan Chapter, says it is awaiting the approval of its national body to embark on a one-week warning strike. The union, at an emergency meeting presided over by its Chairman, Dr Deji Omole, on Wednesday in Ibadan, threatened to proceed on an indefinite strike to protest […]

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ASUU condemned change of JAMB Act

The board Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the ongoing change of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Act, describing the process as erroneous and capable of hindering the development of the universities. In a report according to ChannelsTv, the union also described the application of the Treasury Single Account on the universities as inimical […]

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