FG Advises ASUU To Obey Court Ruling First, While Negotiations Continue
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to conform to the National Industrial Court (NIC) ruling and call off its ongoing nationwide strike, while negotiations are ongoing. Ngige said this while responding to the industrial court ruling which restrained ASUU from going on with the […]
ASUU Appeal NIC Ruling Today
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, which is currently on strike, would file an appeal against the National Industrial Court ‘s ruling on Friday (today) which ordered its members to return to work. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), disclosed this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday. Since February 14, ASUU has been on […]
Court Orders ASUU To Call Off 7-Month Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was ordered to discontinue its seven-month strike by the National Industrial Court (NIC), sitting in Abuja yesterday. As the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, expressed happiness with the court’s ruling and claimed that students had been the strike’s primary victims, ASUU quickly responded by saying that it […]
NANS: We Won’t Limit Airport Siege To Lagos Alone
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has declared the blockade laid on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Monday will be replicated in other parts of the country soon. The Southwest Coordinator of the body, Comrade Stephen Tegbe, who spoke with newsmen, said after blocking major highways in some parts of the […]
Federal Govt’s Suit Against ASUU To Be Heard In Court Today
National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja will today hear a claim filed by the federal government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the union’s ongoing strike. The court had summoned the federal government and ASUU to appear before it on Monday, September 12th, 2022 over the seven-month-old strike. However, at the first […]
NANS Shut Down Lagos Airport
In response to the students’ plan to shut down the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, men from the Lagos State Police Command, the Lagos Airport Police Command, and students, operating under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Students, the proposed plan to shut it down has commenced as traffic […]
13,000 Nigerian Students Actively Pursues US Degrees In Universities, Colleges
Across 1000 US universities and colleges, nearly 13,000 Nigerian graduates and undergraduate students are actively pursuing US degrees. At the 21st Annual EducationUSA College and Career Fairs held in Abuja and Lagos, U.S. Consul General Will Stevens revealed this. The students, who were said to be considering the possibility of attending American higher education institutions […]
ASUU: Court Adjourns Lawsuit To September 19
The National Industry court has decided to adjourn the suit filed by the Federal Government questioning the ongoing strike by the university lecturers to September 19. Recall that the court had summoned the FG and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to appear before it on Monday, September 12 in Abuja over the seven-month-old strike […]
Delta Govt. Establishes 22 New Schools
The Delta State government has authorized the establishment of 22 new schools across the state. The schools comprise 9 primaries and 13 secondary schools. Apart from the approval for the establishment of the new schools, the state executive also supported the change of name and status of some of the existing primary and secondary schools […]
Federal Govt. Takes Over Ebonyi’s King David University
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday officially took over the ownership of King David University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi state according to a presidential promise by President Buhari in May this year. In a ceremony held in the conference room of the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to […]
