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… Nigeria Risks Losing Out On Literate, Skilled Workforce As cases of out-of-school children in Nigeria increase by the day, stakeholders have expressed concern that the nation is at a great risk of losing out on a literate and skilled ...

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally. This was disclosed by a member of the Union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in the early hours of Friday. The union decided to suspend the strike ...

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will take a decision on its eight-month long strike on Thursday at an emergency meeting, even though the meeting may extend to Friday morning. Also, branches of the Union ...

With Mooh Shamsuddeen This week, Sen. Chris Ngige (MoLEP) categorically stated that Universities must be given full autonomy; he meant that universities must be generating enough revenues for their operations. He lamented that ASUU always makes demands to the FG, ...

…ASUU considering out-of-court settlement – Falana The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, said the eight-month strike by university lecturers will soon be called off. While Gbajabiamila said most ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the application for leave to appeal filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The leave so granted allows ASUU to formally challenge the interlocutory order issued by the National Industrial ...

A Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, has emerged the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Ogunsola’s announcement as UNILAG’s 13th substantive VC was made on Friday night. She emerged the favourite ...

Experts in the education sector have called for true university autonomy as one of the solutions to tackle the challenges facing higher education in Africa. This was at an international symposium convened to mark the birthday of the Executive Secretary ...

The Court of Appeal will, on Friday (today), deliver a ruling on an application by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, seeking permission to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court. The NICN had, on September 21, granted ...

… ASUU Sues FG Over CONUA, NAMDA Registration The newly-registered Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics has ruled out the use of industrial action to press for demands. This is just as the rival group of the Academic Staff Union of ...