The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday finally agreed to call off its strike which has lasted for 8 months. The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Friday, Nov 27, in Abuja. The FG also
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the alleged attempt to use the military in the conduct of students’ examinations in the school by management of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT). The ASUU Coordinator in Nsukka Zone, Dr. Igbana Ajir, who bared his mind on the alleged move by the
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The Federal Government on Friday gave an additional sum of N15 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), making it a cumulative sum of N65 billion for the revitalization of the university system and settlement of the controversial Earned Allowances. This was disclosed after several hours of deliberations between the Federal Government team,
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of feeding the Nigerian populace with lies over its non implementation of 2009 FG-ASUU agreement which has led to the lingering strike by the union. The Union accused the federal government of claiming to have reached an agreement with it on virtually all
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has approved Monday, November 23, as date for the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the state. This was contained in a statement signed and issued on Monday by Sir Chidi Adiele on behalf of the Commissioner of Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, which advised Head Teachers, Proprietors and
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination Results pegging the national cut off marks at 142. Presenting the results to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Godswill Obioma, said a total of 70,580 candidates sat for the examination nationwide, out of which
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The Federal Government has said that it might consider adopting the University General Peculiar Payroll Payment System (UGPPPS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) in order to take a definite position on the crisis in the university system. This was disclosed by the
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) branch has raised the alarm over possible collapse of the institution due to underfunding under Governor of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu . According to them, the budgetary allocation to the institution the academic staff increased from 382 in the 2015/2016 academic session to 456 with
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The chairman of the federal government’s special Visitation Panel to probe the leadership crisis at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has on Thursday faulted the government’s decision to reinstate the embattled vice chancellor of the university, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. It could be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari reinstated the embattled Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos
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The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, on Thursday, said that the management of the institution remained committed to working for and maintaining peaceful coexistence among staff members. Ogundipe spoke shortly after his arrival from Abuja, to a jubilant crowd that had besieged the institution’s main gate. The university community was agog as
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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Oyo State, yesterday, has been told by its head body to boycott the 2020 convocation and foundation laying ceremonies of the university in view of the ongoing strike. ASUU, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, stated that the
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday disclosed that the Federal Government has employed blackmail strategy in order to send lecturers back to classroom because they are engrossed with the fear that youths might take to the streets in protest against the ongoing industrial action. This was disclosed by the union at the campus
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The West African Examination Council has announced that it has again extended registration of private candidates for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a tweet via its Twitter handle, @waecnigeria The examination body said that the new registration deadline is Friday, November 13, 2020. It tweeted, “WASSCE for
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The Federal Government on Tuesday assured that the perennial crisis in the nation’s university system, which has resulted in the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would soon be permanently laid to rest as they expressed their hope for university lectures to go back to lecture room on Wednesday. The Minister
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has on Monday, announced the resumption of this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in the states of the federation and Abuja to be on November 9. It could be recalled that the examinations were suspended indefinitely last month over the #EndSARS protest in several parts of the country. The
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