By Our Reporter It was a gathering of great minds from all walks of life earlier today at Onyema Ugochukwu Auditorium, Town Campus University of Uyo, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital as great scholars assembled to mark this year’s ...
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Feed SubscriptionASUU Strike: NANS Draws Protest Timetable, Plans To Ground Abuja
The National Association of Nigerian Students has rolled out a new timetable for its nationwide protests. In the timetable, signed by the ‘President-Elect’ of the student body, Usman Barambu, dated Monday, obtained on Tuesday by The PUNCH, NANS scheduled the ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: Students Target Apapa Port After Airport Road Blockade
Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Monday made good their threat to ground activities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos when they defied early morning downpour to block access roads to both the ...
Read More »Respite, As Over 1000 Children Get Back- to-school Kits
While government at all levels are battling with sending out-of-school children back to classes in order to eradicate illiteracy in the country, particularly in the northern part of Nigeria, Philanthropic support, is no doubt growing in significance as many non-governmental ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: Lecturers, Students Risk Depression, Psychiatrists Warn
The Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria has decried the impact of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on lecturers and students, saying the unending industrial action can lead to emotional turmoil. It said though similar events ...
Read More »Court Declines FG’s Request For ASUU Resumption
The National Industrial Court in Abuja, on Friday, refused the prayers of the Federal Government to direct the striking Academic Staff Union of University, to resume classes pending the determination of a government suit challenging the strike. At the resumed ...
Read More »ASUU STRIKE: President Buhari Meets With Pro-Chancellors Of Varsities, Promises Further Consultations
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday at State House, Abuja, met with the Chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities, promising to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders, towards ending the protracted strike by university lecturers, under the aegis ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: Pro-Chancellors, VCs Intervene
The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has entered its seventh month, The PUNCH reports. The union, on February 14, 2022, embarked on a strike following what it described as the failure of the government to meet ...
Read More »JAMB Seeks Financial Autonomy, Wants Exam Fee Hike
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board have urged the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to grant it financial autonomy by removing it from the list of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the annual budget of the Federal Government. This ...
Read More »SSANU Rejects 23.5% Pay Rise, State Varsities Kick
The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of state universities on Tuesday said state governments would not implement any agreement between the Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities. The committee’s Chairman, Yusuf Ali (SAN), disclosed this to one of ...
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