The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has revealed that the federal government may consider 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers and a 35% increment for professors. According to Punch, Adamu made the revelation on Tuesday. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) warned against signing agreements which the government will…
The committee is expected to look into ASUU demands and areas where there seems to be no concensus between the parties involved. President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a committee to look into the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This was revealed by the Nigerian Minister for Education, Malam Adamu Adamu…
The federal government has been urged to pay university professors N800,000 as against the N1.2 million negotiated by the Nimi Briggs committee. The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) made the recommendation during a meeting with the federal government on Tuesday. This will represent a 50% salary increase offer as against the 23%…
The management of Kaduna State University has ordered the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume work or face sanctions. In a circular signed by the university’s Registrar, Samuel Manshop, on Monday September 5, the university said it would be forced to invoke Section 2(2) of the Staff Conditions of Service if…
The billionaire businessman has been granted the post after his philanthropic extensions to the University. Nigerian business Mogul, Femi Otedola has been appointed the Chancellor of Augustine University- a Catholic University of Lagos Archdiocese. According to an official statement issued by the university’s spokesman, Nicholas Obayi, the appointment took effect on April 7 following the…
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of the Academic Union of Universities ASUU, has stated that the government should have used the $23 million Abacha loot to meet the demands of the striking lecturers so students can return to school. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 this year. The striking lecturers are seeking improved…
The higher institution of learning confirmed this via an official statement. The management of the Tai Solanrin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State has suspended one of its lecturers, Dr Olaniran Balogun over ‘sex-for-marks’ allegations levelled against him. Dr Balogun, who was the Head of the Department of Religious Studies, is currently declared wanted by…
At least 200 Nigerians have benefitted from the EU-Erasmus Plus Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by the European Union. The 200 Nigerians who just benefitted are set to study in 20 countries in Europe under the Erasmus plus scholarship, according to the EU ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, Samuela…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has denied receiving N100 billion from the federal government. ASUU, University of Abuja branch, denied receiving such money as it blamed the government for its ongoing strike. According to ASUU, FG has frustrated all genuine efforts it had made to end the industrial action. The University of Abuja branch…
Saturday PUNCH reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions have suspended their strike. The unions on Saturday announced the suspension of their ongoing strike for a period of two months. SSANU’s national president, Muhammed Ibrahim disclosed this in an interview with journalists in…
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities will have to compensate students for wasting their time for the past six months. Recall that ASUU has been on strike for 6 months. He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments…
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has put an end to its six-monthly old strikes. The institution announced this today August 16 in a circular titled: “Release to Staff and Students: Continuation of the First Semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Session”, and signed by the Registrar of the University, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye. The institution…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked parents whose wards are in government-owned tertiary institutions to appeal to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the lingering strike. The academic union declared a nationwide strike on Monday, February 14, 2022 ,and the strike has lingered till date. The lecturers are…
Professor Ibrahim Wushishi, the Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), has disclosed when the results will be released. He has promised that the results of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) would be released no later than 45 days after the conduct of the last paper. Wushishi disclosed this while monitoring the conduct of…
The management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, has expelled and suspended 90 students over examination misconduct. Acting Rector of MAPOLY, Dr Adeoye Odedeji who made the announcement during the Matriculation and Oath-Taking Ceremony held on Thursday August 4, said 30 students were summarily expelled, while 60 others were suspended. Odedeji reiterated that the…
Universities in the country have been on strike for over 5 months, while a resolution remains in impasse. Nigerians on the microblogging platform Twitter, have expressed their displeasure over a picture posted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, confirming his resumption of a program at a university in the United States…
Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the ongoing strike which they started on February 14, wouldn’t have lasted this long if politicians’ children attend public universities in the country. Osodeke who reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the strike to be resolved in two weeks in an interview on…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to make sure all issues that caused the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and industrial action by three other university-based unions are resolved in two weeks. TheNation reported that the directive was given by Buhari during a meeting with some Ministers…
Following the continued closure of the public universities in Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has revolved to protest on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. This came as it faulted the Federal Government’s purported rejection of the Nimi-Briggs Committee on the premise of alleged disparity between the pay rise allocated to the academic and non-academic…
A Nigerian woman, Mrs Yekemi Otaru (née Awoseyin) has been hailed after she was appointed as the chancellor of the University of West Scotland in the United Kingdom. Mrs Otaru is popular for supporting women in many third-world countries. She’s also known for her mentorship programme. She is the daughter of Dr Raphael Sunday Awoseyin…
