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Today, Sunday, August 7, 2022, marks 174 days since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced, on February 14, 2022, a four-week “comprehensive and total” nationwide strike, which has grounded the Nigeria University System (NUS) thereby keeping university students ...

The Federal Government has inaugurated a Presidential Steering Committee to review Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS), the Treasury Single Account(TSA) and Government Integrated Financial Management System( GIFMIS) over irregularities. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa ...

…Delta Second, Lagos Third Ogun, Delta and Osun States have topped the list of states with the highest number of universities in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. This is according to data obtained from the National Universities Commission. The NUC regulates ...

Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the government has not at any time indicated that it does not have money to fund the union’s demands and university education. The union was reacting to recent comments by the Minister ...

… Gives government cool-off period of 60 days to perfect the progress Nigerian lecturers under the aegis of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union have suspended their ongoing strike for a period of 60 days, The PUNCH reports. The ...

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has said despite the genuineness of the five-month industrial action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), it is unreasonable for the federal government to borrow N1.1 trillion to meet the lecturers’ ...

National Board For Technical Education (NBTE) has granted accreditation to 8 courses at Federal Polytechnic, Ukana in Akwa Ibom State. According to a statement issued by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Manasseh Umoette, the approval was contained in a ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, accused the Federal Government of misinforming Nigerians about their demands, just as it said that it never had it so bad with past administrations as far as negotiations are concerned. The ASUU ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has dared the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN), to list some of the actions taken by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), to end the ongoing strike by ...

ASUU Strike: We Receive Same Salary For 13 Years, Despite Promotions – Chairperson The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) embarked on a national protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to press home their long overdue demand ...