The Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Alausa, has assured academic-based unions that the government of President Bola Tinubu will honour agreements made with them, including the payment of the remaining 50 percent of withheld salaries. He called for a constructive…
…Demands urgent renegotiation of 2009 agreement as members face continued persecution By Sodiq Adelakun The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday raised alarms over what it called a coordinated plot by international organisations to destabilise Nigeria’s public university…
The Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, has called on the public to disregard the letter purportedly emanating from the Federal Ministry of Education, claiming it had annulled the appointment of Prof Bernard Odoh as the…
Ecobank Plc has reported its 2024 third-quarter results showing pre-tax profits grew by 136.94 percent year on year, reaching N265.029 billion. These results brought the bank’s nine-month 2024 pre-tax profit to N708.542 billion, compared to N262.171 billion for the same…
The Lagos State Executive Council has approved the transformation of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) into the University of Medicine & Health Sciences (U.M.H). The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Tolani Sule, during…
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has dragged the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, and others to court over who becomes the lawful vice chancellor (VC) of the institution. The claimants; the Incorporated Trustees of Medical and Dental…
…Defers industrial action to December …Urge FG to implement agreed action plan on pending issues By Sodiq Adelakun The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced a postponement of its planned nationwide strike, providing the federal government a two-month…
…Say despite multiple notices, FG’s sincerity is in doubt By Sodiq Adelakun Anxiety grips universities across Nigeria as members of the National Association of Academic Technologists (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) commence a nationwide strike…
The Federal Government plans to upgrade the Federal Colleges of Forestry in Ibadan and Jos to degree-awarding institutes, the Minister of Environment, Malam Lawal Balarabe, disclosed on Thursday. Balarabe, while speaking at the Federal College of Forestry in Ibadan during…
The 15-day ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) to the Federal Government to meet its demands is set to expire on Oct. 23. The group had threatened to embark on strike should the government fail to…
