EDUCATION

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reportedly finalised plans for a one-day nationwide protest over the partial salary paid by the Federal Government. A member of ASUU National Executive Council confirmed the development on Sunday. The protest will reportedly involve members boycotting classes for one day. This is …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally over the implementation by the Federal Government of a “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers in the country.The protest will be organised at the branch levels of the union across public university campuses nationwide and …

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is considering approaching the courts to challenge the Federal Government’s decision to pay its members half salaries for the month of October. Recall that the striking lecturers called off their eight-month-old strike on October 14 and went back to the classrooms. By the end …

Thirteen-year-old Nigerian-born Emmanuella Mayaki has set a new record as one of the youngest persons to be accepted into a university in the United States. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mayaki was accepted into the Programme for the Exceptionally Gifted at the Mary Baldwin University, US, to study …

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-NEC) has said that it will meet on Monday, November 7, to debate whether or not to resume its eight-month strike. ASUU had temporarily suspended its strike on October 14 after extensive discussions with federal government representatives led by …

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has reacted to reports claiming it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) half-salaries for the month of October.  Recall that the lecturers on October 14, called off their eight-month-old strike. As the month of November began, some of them granted …

The Federal Government on Saturday explained why it failed to pay full salaries to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement, by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the government noted that members of ASUU were paid their October salary pro-rata. According …

The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has exclusively gathered. Lecturers and senior members of ASUU, who spoke to our correspondent under strict confidence noted that the government only paid half …

Professor Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, has been kidnapped, FIJ can exclusively report. FIJ understands that Agbaje, who is currently on sabbatical at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), was on his way to Ibadan at about 6pm on Friday when kidnappers blocked his way …