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ASUU Strike: Buhari Vows to Hold More Consultations

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President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, promised to extend the ongoing consultations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the seven-month strike. “I will make further consultations, and I’ll get back to you,” Buhari said to the chairman and Continue Reading

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Dissociate yourself from ASUU strike, Oyo Acting Gov tells LAUTECH

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Oyo State acting governor, Chief Bayo Lawal has called on the management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, ((LAUTECH), to dissociate itself from the ongoing strike action initiated by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU for the betterment of the students. He made the call during the stakeholders engagement forum on 2023 budget […]Continue Reading

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Strike: ASUU’s NEC to Meet by 4PM

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The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will commence its meeting by 4pm Today. The NEC is the highest decision-making body of ASUU. The outcome of the NEC meeting will determine whether ASUU will call off its strike which began on Monday, February 14, 2022. A member of the […]Continue Reading

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ASUU Strike: We’re not quacks – UniOsun VC

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The Osun State University has expressed displeasure with the comment credited to the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Shodeke describing Universities that do not join the ongoing strike as “Quacks”. The ASUU president had during a television programme taken on some universities who are not part of the […]Continue Reading

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Resolve ASUU Strike in Two Weeks, Buhari Directs Adamu

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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the prolonged strike embarked upon by the four university-based unions and report back to him in two weeks’ time. President Buhari gave the directive on Tuesday after he received briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Agencies and Departments involved in Continue Reading

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ASUU Strike: Aviation Unions to Join Solidarity Protest

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The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has called on the Federal Government to bring to an end the prolonged strike in the nation’s educational sector. A statement by its Deputy General Secretary, Comrade Umoh Ofonime, NAAPE on Monday expressed worry over the disagreement between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union […]Continue Reading

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ASUU strike: We are waiting for FG – Lecturers

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The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it is awaiting the response of the Federal Government on its demands. Federal Government’s renegotiation committee headed by Professor Nimi Briggs met with ASUU leadership on Monday, in continuation of the renegotiation of the FGN-ASUU 2009 agreements with the four university unions, which are all […]Continue Reading

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ASUU Strike: UI Students Unrelenting, Block Roads

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Students of the University of Ibadan have continued their protest with the blockage of the Sango-Ojoo, Bodija road axis.  The students were protesting the unresolved issues between the Academic Staff Union of universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government leading to the closure of federal universities in the country three months ago.  Speaking with Radio Nigeria, […]Continue Reading

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OAU Students Protest ASUU Strike

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Scores of students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, today converged on the entrance of the University to protest the extension of Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU’s strike by three-month. The students who trooped out in their large numbers marched along the Ife-Ibadan express way, a development which caused gridlock and hindered vehicular movement in Continue Reading

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Reactions Trail Suspension Of ASUU Strike

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On March 23 when the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began its industrial action, many students felt it was not going to last long but this was not the case as the strike lingered beyond earlier expectations. Several meetings and discussions between the federal government and ASUU deadlocked, a situation that caused most students […]Continue Reading

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ASUU Announces Suspension of Strike

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Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended its 9-month-old strike after exhaustive deliberations with the federal government. The union suspended the strike following its National Executive Council, NEC meeting, held at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat Complex on Tuesday, 22nd December, 2020. The National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Continue Reading

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As ASUU/FG Faceoff Continues…

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On March 23 2020, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began an indefinite strike over non-implementation of some of their demands. The industrial action has been having adverse effect and educational system. As the industrial action drags into the eight month, OkikiJesu Olugboyega examines the pains and gains of the strike action on students. Okikijesu […]Continue Reading

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UI Students Protest Lingering ASUU Strike In Ibadan

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Students of the University of Ibadan have staged a peaceful protest against the prolonged academic closure occasioned by the lingering face-off between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Correspondent Rotimi Famakin who was at the Federal Secretariat, Ikolaba where the students converged for the protest reported that the students Continue Reading