STRIKE
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has promised to embark on further consultations with relevant stakeholders towards ending the protracted strike by university lecturers of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The President made this known in a meeting with the Chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the State House, Abuja The president […]
The National Industrial Court has adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government challenging the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to Monday, the 19th of September. Counsel to the Federal Government, JAMES IGWE at the resumed sitting earlier today, asked the court to give the suit an accelerated hearing due […]
The Federal Government says protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway violated the law. The Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA, said this while briefing newsmen shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. FASHOLA noted that the Nigerian […]
Members of the University of Lagos branch, Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have protested against the sudden suspension of its ongoing strike by their executives. The protesters who carried placards said they were not duly informed before the suspension, noting that a congress was supposed to […]
The meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government on Tuesday has again ended without an agreement. This means the six-month old strike by public university lecturers is set to continue. The striking lecturers had met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee on Tuesday at the National […]
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU will be resolved soon. The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige said this on Wednesday while briefing the press after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja. He said that the Federal […]
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