ASUU Strike: Education Minister Walks Out Of Meeting Over Comments
The minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, angrily stormed out of a meeting with University students, who were protesting over the incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday. The minister had scheduled an impromptu meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), who had barricaded the […]
ASUU Denies Requesting N1tr From Nigerian Govt To End Ongoing Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied asking a new N1tr from the federal government as a condition for ending its ongoing strike action. Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the National Chairman of ASUU, refuted the report of a huge cash demand on Sunday. According to sources, Osodeke made the statement in response to claims […]
NANS Gives FG, ASUU One Week To End Strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to comply with the requests of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to enable students to return to class. If the government fails to end the strike by doing what is required, the student organization has vowed to stage a statewide […]
Five Students Hospitalized As Fire Guts Lagos Law School
No less than five people have been sent to the hospital after a fire broke out on Wednesday night, destroying a part of the Nigeria Law School’s Lagos campus on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street in Victoria Island, Lagos. According to reports, the incident created a commotion among the occupants, who fled in different directions to avoid […]
Colleges Of Education Lecturers Threaten To Join ASUU Strike
Merely 48 hours after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a one-month strike, lecturers across Colleges of Education in the country, have professed that they would not waver to join their counterparts in the universities on their ongoing strike. The lecturers, under auspices of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said […]
Ekiti 400-Level Student Is Facing Charges Of N4.7 Million Fraud In Court
Ayodeji Aderobaki, a 400-level student at Ekiti State University’s Department of Philosophy in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has been arraigned before a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly defrauding one Tobbena Okolo of N4.7 million. In August 2021, Aderobaki was accused of defrauding Okolo of the sum. The 22-year-old was charged with three counts […]
ASUU Issues A One-month Strike Notice
ASUU, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has decided to go on a one-month warning strike to see if the federal government responds to its demands before taking further action. The decision was made after extensive discussions between the academic union and the National Executive Council, or NEC. It previously reported that ASUU began a […]
Senate Approved Six Additional Law School Campuses
The creation of six additional campuses for the Nigerian Law School was approved by the Senate on Tuesday, as part of a bill that seeks to increase the country’s Law School campus count from six to twelve. This follows the adoption of the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, […]
ASUU Starts Mobilization Of Members For Likely Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has started a nationwide mobilization of its members to update them on the discussions between the union and the Federal Government, before deciding its next line of action. Although the national body of ASUU has kept mum to inquiries regarding its directives to have a lecture-free day in […]
ASUU, Tired Of FG’s Delayed Decision, Embarks On An Indefinite Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday threatened to embark on a planned strike in response to the Federal Government’s delayed decision to address the lingering university issue. The IPPIS defense, according to ASUU, was shameful, stating that it was implemented fraudulently, as indicated in the 2021 report submitted by the Auditor General […]
