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ASUU Extends Six Months’ Old Strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike
ASUU embarked on strike on February 14, 2022, over the government’s failure to meet its demands including improved university funding. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended itsRead More

Many University Lecturers Have Gone Into Farming, Other Jobs To Survive Protracted Strike – ASUU

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike
Since February 14, 2022, ASUU has been on strike in support of a number of demands, including greater welfare, the revitalisation of public universities, and academic autonomy. The Academic StaffRead More

NLC Meets Over Lingering ASUU Strike

Chris Ngige: the Federal Government vs the Nigeria Labour Congress
Says children of the poor suffering The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has slammed the federal government as well as the political class for abandoning university students to their fate toRead More

Ngige Appeals To ASUU To Return To Lecture Rooms

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has asked the striking university lecturers who are members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plightRead More

FG Faults NLC’s Demand For High-powered Panel On ASUU Strike

Chris Ngige: the Federal Government vs the Nigeria Labour Congress
The federal government has described the call by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the setting up of a high-powered committee to resolve the ongoing strike by university lecturers asRead More

NLC Seeks High-powered Panel To Resolve FG-ASUU Crisis Within 21 Days

NLC President, Ayuba Wabba
Union demands scrapping of NITDA over UTAS As concerns mount over continued closure of government-owned universities nationwide as a result of the strike embarked upon the Academic Staff Union ofRead More

FG, ASUU To Reconvene For Talks Tuesday

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike
The federal government’s negotiating team will meet again with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday. The meeting, which is a follow-up to anRead More

FG to Pay Varsity Staff N22.172bn Earned Allowances

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
The Federal Government has said that it will pay the sum of N22.172 billion earned allowances to all workers in the universities on or before October 30, 2021. It assuredRead More

FG Reviews Implementation Of Agreements With Varsity Workers

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige shakes hands with the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
Federal ministries and agencies have fixed a meeting for today to appraise the level of implementation of agreements reached with unions in federal universities. Those expected at the meeting areRead More

COVID-19: FG Commissions Researchers To Assess Efficacy Of With Ivermectin

COVID-19
Lecturers can’t enforce social distancing in schools, ASUU insists The Federal Government has commissioned some Nigerian scientists and scholars to investigate the efficacy of using Ivermectin drug in the treatmentRead More