The Committee of Pro-chancellors of state universities on Monday said state universities could not be coerced to implement the agreement reached between the Federal Government and lecturers in Federal Universities under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The pro-chancellors also stated that there was a need for the democratisation of memberships of
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After a series of heated discussions, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has decided to extend its ongoing strike. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning. ASUU had declared the commencement of a strike on Monday, February 14, 2022, at the
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Parents in Osun State have decried the low ranking of the state in the recently released ranking for the 2021 West African Examination Council (WAEC). A 2021 poll ranked Osun State number 36 out of 37 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. A parent, Seyi Adeniyi in a message said the 36th
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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has announced a comprehensive, total and indefinite strike action over what it termed government’s intransigence and lack of commitment to reaching agreement with the Union. The body, in a statement issued by its Chairperson, Stephen Ufoaroh said the decision was in agreement with
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has told Nigerians that the ongoing strike will continue because the Federal Government is yet to call the union for discussion. The ASUU’s branch chairman, Dr Kassim Umaru, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at the end of its Congress, held at the
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The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. Sources among the union’s NEC members claimed that the meeting will hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of Abuja.
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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has hailed the sterling performances of the three South-East States in the recently released West African Examinations Council (WAEC) 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE, results. According to the data, Edo came first in the national tally with 92.8 percent of students passing the exams with five credits,
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The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to resolve the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU). PFN said the Federal Government should pay striking lecturers because the industrial action is avoidable. Cosmas Ilechukwu, PFN National Secretary, made the appeal in Lagos while addressing journalists. Ilechukwu said the
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The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU, on Saturday said it would suspend its ongoing strike on Wednesday. Peters Adeyemi, the JAC’s spokesman, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. Recall that the
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The National Universities Commission on Friday revealed that a total of 33 private universities were approved by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari within 16 months. The period under review is January 2021 and April 2022. Sources claimed that while 21 of the private universities were approved in 2021; 12 were approved during the present
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,Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has disclosed that the 5000 teachers who had gone through the processes of recruitment would commence work in September, 2022. Soludo dropped the hint while addressing some youths at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka during an interactive forum organized by the State’s Chapter of the National
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates. This is as the council announced that it has recorded 6,465 exam malpractice cases against 17,004 cases rocorded in 2019. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof Godswill Obioma disclosed this at the Council Headquarters in Minna,
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) on Monday announced that candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now send their NIN from any SIM of their choice provided the SIM has not been used by another candidate to register for UTME/DE in the past. This new position was contrary to JAMB’s
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Banks have been instructed not to sell ePins above N3,500. The order was given by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. The ePins are for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning on Tuesday while meeting with representatives of financial institutions ahead of the sales
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Academic activities in the nation’s Polytechnics may be disrupted from April 6, if the government fails to meet some demands by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechincs, ASUP, the union said on Friday. Rising from their National Executive Council meeting in Katsina, the union, in a communique, accused the government of failure to fulfil its
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