The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja Division has adjourned hearing to May 11 on the application brought by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), asking for the transfer of the suit it instituted against the Federal Government…
Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has ordered an investigation into the disengagement letters issued to workers at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) in Ekpoma. A statement issued on Tuesday by his special adviser on media, Crusoe Osagie disclaimed the letters. The…
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike immediately. The court, however, granted the application on the condition that the union obeys the lower court’s ruling and calls off the…
BY Deborah Onatunde The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will on Sunday night/Monday morning conclude whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not. Nigerian NewsDirect reports that ASUU embarked on…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advanced reasons why its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee of the Federal Government on Aug. 16 ended in deadlock. The union explained that the deadlock came into being because of…
The Royal Commonwealth Society, Nigeria Branch has pledged to mediate between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government using the instrument of ‘Academic Diplomacy’ to resolve the situation. The Country Director of the society, Mr Blackson…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is scheduled to meet with Federal Government representatives on Tuesday over its prolonged strike. President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ondo state have staged a protest in Akure in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The protesting labour movement joined the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to hike tuition fee in Nigerian universities. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of the union, made this known on…
