ASUU Set to Drag Obaseki to Court. All is not well at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma where the workers, both academic and non-academic, are protesting recent unpleasant developments in the university. On Tuesday, members of the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and their Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU)…
Niger Delta Varsity Owes N1bn, as ASUU Threatens Strike
The Niger Delta University, NDU, owned by the Bayelsa State Government is indebted to financial institutions to the tune of N1 billion, being loans it took to augment subventions given it by Bayelsa State Government to pay salaries. The branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, NDU, Dr. Tonbara Kingdom disclosed this on…
Governments Reopen Varsities, But Striking ASUU remain Adamant
The tango between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU started with a life drama Monday morning at the Lagos State University, Ojo. The local branch of ASUU in collaboration with the Nonacademic Staff Union, NASU had barricaded the entrance of the university preventing Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, the vice chancellor and students…
UNIBEN’s Second Female VC assumes Office
The inauguration ceremony of Lillian Imuetiyan Salami, professor of home economics and nutrition as the 10th vice-chancellor of the University of Benin came to an abrupt end Monday following an announcement that she had been invited by the state governor. No sooner a cultural dance by students of English and Literature studies finished their performance…
ASUU Vows Not To End Strike As Meeting With FG Ends In Deadlock
The meeting between the federal government delegation led by Education Minister, Adamu Adamu; and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Monday, which was aimed at ending the ongoing strike embarked upon by university lecturers ended in a deadlock. But ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told journalists at the end of the closed door…
ASUU Demands Unconditional Release of Kidnapped Lecturer
The Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State branch, has called for the unconditional release of Femi Omisore, a lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, who was abducted by some gunmen in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday. Caleb Aborisade, Chairman of ASUU, OAU chapter, said members…
FG Plans to Approve 9 More Universities
The Federal government has concluded plans to approve nine more universities. This was disclosed by Ibrahim Shekarau, Education Minister on February 2 in Abuja while reviewing the Nigerian Basic Education Sector 2011-2015. “If not for technical reason, another nine would have been approved before now. Soon, we shall sort out all the outstanding issues and…
ASUU chairman’s wife Abducted
Funmilayo Abiona, wife of the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Osun State University chapter, Oluseye Abiona, was on Friday kidnapped by Gunmen in Osogbo.She was abducted on her way home from her shop around Oke Bale area of Osogbo.Abiona, who was said to be driving a Lexus car, was with her two children…
Faggae, Falana, Others call for Socialist system in Nigeria
Nasir Faggae, president, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and Femi Falana, SAN, have called for the creation of international network for the adoption of socialist system of government in Nigeria. They also called for the popularisation of the Cuban experience as what they called a network base for the fight against imperialism. The duo…
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