Category: Education

  By Miracle Ogunde   President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards addressing the root causes of recurrent strikes in higher institutions and ensuring uninterrupted academic calendars.   Tinubu who acknowledged the challenges faced by Nigerian universities due to frequent strikes, pledged to foster an environment conducive to dialogue to end the recurrent…

    By: Ade Philips   The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU, NASU and NAAT in the three Ondo state-owned universities – Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, and University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, will, on Monday, begin indefinite strike.   This is contained in a release…

PRESS RELEASE NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF AN INDEFINITE INDUSTRIAL ACTION IN ALL THE ONDO STATE OWNED UNIVERSITIES Notice is hereby given to the general public especially parents and students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko; Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa and University of Medical Sciences, Ondo that the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of…

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities has appealed to the Federal Government to honour and implement the agreement the union entered with it to forestall industrial action. ASUU Coordinator in charge of Kano Zone, Abdulqadir Muhammad, stated this at a news conference at the end of a zonal meeting on Wednesday in Kano. He…

  The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has said it will ground activities in universities across the country if the withheld salaries of its members are not paid.   This was in reaction to the exclusion of members of SSANU from the payment of the withheld salaries by the Federal Government which only commenced…

  Authorities of the University of Ilorin have expelled 14 institution students, including five 500 Level students, over various offences.   In a statement by the university’s director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, on Monday, the students were expelled for examination malpractices.   The statement also said that the Vice Chancellor approved their expulsion after…

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reacted to the federal government’s partial payment of withheld salaries, revealing that members received only two out of the seven months owed.   The announcement was made by Comrade Salahu Mohammed Lawal, ASUU Abuja zonal coordinator, during a press conference in Abuja on Monday.   President…

    The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.   Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday.   The chairperson, ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan…

The National Association of Academic Technologists has expressed concerns over its exclusion from the N630 billion released by the Federal Government as intervention fund to universities and other tertiary institutions.   The NAAT President, Ideji Nwokoma, said this in a statement to journalists on Sunday in Abuja.   In a statement signed by Abubakar Yusuf,…