The Vice Chancellor, Afe Babalola University  Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Professor Smaranda Olarinde has declared that the”  institution does not produce mere regular graduates but those who can compete with their contemporaries at top -notch universities in the world . Speaking at the 15th ...

Students of Obafemi-Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, are considering taking action to shut down activities at the institution. This decision follows the announcement by the university's management of a 300 percent increase in tuition fees. According to Abiodun Olarewaju, ...

The best-graduating student for the 2021/2022 set in Lagos State University (LASU), Aminat Yusuf, says she settled for garri and groundnuts for a larger part of her undergraduate days. Yusuf said the right mentoring by lecturers, hard work, and God’s guidance were major factors for her success. ...

The National Industrial Court, has upheld the no work no pay policy by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to the court, the no work no pay rule enforced by the Federal Government against members of ASUU who went on strike ...

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) is set to confer honorary degrees on three distinguished Nigerians, including former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, at its 35th convocation ceremony. The Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, Prof. Florence Obi, stated that the recognition is in appreciation of the immense ...

By Francis Ugwu Famous Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma has accused Nigerians, especially the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of exhibiting wrong attitude, saying it hinders progress and development. Oluoma, in a video posted on his verified Facebook page ...

Aston University and University of Central Lancashire in partnership with ONCAMPUS based in the UK will be having a 4-city tour in Nigeria. The tour aimed at prospective students for the September 2023 start is slated to hold between the 24th and 30th January, 2023 in Benin, Abuja, Ibadan and ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Fresh strike is looming in the public universities over the alleged inability of the Federal Government to conclude re-negotiations with the university-based unions on the 2009 agreement. This came as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, ...

By  Grace Edema The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya, has said the institution will be admitting 1,850 pioneer students into its 37 approved programmes. Speaking on Tuesday at a press briefing, Odusanya explained that the university ...

By  Bola Bamigbola Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Tuesday awarded scholarships to 50 students selected from those that participated in the Christmas party he hosted for children in his palace. While receiving the children drawn from primary and secondary schools, as well as schools for ...

By Nwafor SundayFollowing the disagreement between the federal government and the Academic Union of the Universities, ASUU, FG on Tuesday said it would present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, a separate body of academic unions.This was disclosed in an ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The National Industrial Court has again adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government, challenging the ongoing strike by the university lecturers to September 19.Recall that the court had summoned the FG and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to appear before it ...

By Lovina AnthonyThere is still no end in sight to the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, especially with the case now before the National Industrial Court, Abuja division.DAILY POST enquiries showed that universities would soon be hit by brain drain as some ...

By Abdul Seye Mega Screen, a once bubbling area at the temporary site of the University of Abuja is currently like a ghost town, it has been like that since February.The students, who are the main lifeblood of this area, are currently at home waiting for news on when the strike will be over.Alhaji ...

By John Akinfehinwa The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah has slammed the Academic Staff Union University, (ASUU) over the lingering impasse between the union and the Federal Government.Opiah while expressing dismay at the 201 days old strike embarked upon by ASUU, said the ...

By Farooq KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogiASUU president Emmanuel Osodeke obviously didn’t know what “quack” really meant when he used it to refer to state universities that either weren’t a part of the ongoing strike from the get-go or that pulled out of it in response to pressures from state ...

By Don Silas The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has outlined fresh conditions the Nigerian government must take to end its six-month-long academic strike.Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the government must exhibit ...

Undoubtedly, virtually everyone will agree that the current situation in the country in the area of tertiary education is very worrisome. Hopes were raised prior to Monday, August 29, 2022; in fact many felt the long strike embarked upon by the Academic staff union of universities would be called ...

By Seun Opejobi Bashir El-Rufai, a son of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has called for the scrapping of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.Bashir, who called ASUU a “useless union,” said the body should be replaced with educators who care about the welfare of students.He ...

By Seun Opejobi The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended the ongoing strike.DAILY POST was reliably informed that ASUU extended the strike during its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Abuja.A lecturer with the University of Calabar, UNICAL, who disclosed this to our ...

By Olufemi Olaniyi  A federal lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa constituency at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has charged Nigerian students to leverage on their numerical strength and influence to elect good leaders, who will make the country for better.According ...

By Grace Edema, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Damilola Aina, and Daniel Igoni  A meeting of the National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities started in Abuja on Sunday, The PUNCH reports.The union is expected to take a final decision on whether to continue its industrial ...

By Ifreke Inyang  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan in resolving the ongoing strike.Lecturers embarked on the industrial action on February 14, 2022, over the government’s inability to ...

By Don Silas The Kwara State University (KWASU) on Friday said the institution is founded on the vision of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the good of society and not a quack university.The KWASU Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement in ...

By Sikiru Obarayese The Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye has described the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Emmanuel Osodeke as a careless talker by saying universities that are not on strike are ‘quacks’.Professor ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has described state-owned universities as quacks.Professor Osodeke, who appeared on Arise Television on Friday morning, was reacting to the resolve of some of the state universities to call ...

By Amos Tauna The Parents Teachers’ Association of Nigeria has debunked the statement that it will contribute 10, 000 naira each for Nigerian students, for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the 6 months strike.Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, the National President of the association, in ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole  The President, National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Ashefon, on Thursday, described strike actions in the tertiary education sector in Nigeria as a challenge that administrations of the student body will not be able to resolve.Ashefon disclosed this during the ...

By Williams Anuku The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its nationwide strike for three months.This action follows the earlier suspension of strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of University and ...

By Seun Opejobi The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Thursday said the Federal Government could resolve the ongoing strike in one day.National President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, said the Federal Government could resolve the strike if they prioritized the demands of the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has rejected the proposal by the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria to pay the union a minimum of N10,000 per parent in every academic section in an effort to end the lingering industrial action.DAILY POST recalls that ...

By Grace Edema and Daniel Ayantoye Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, University of Lagos, branch, booed and threw sachets of pure water at their leaders who addressed them during a protest on Wednesday.The PUNCH ...

By Don Silas Dachung Musa Bagos, a member of the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to use part of the recently returned $23,439,724million Abacha loot to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).Recall that Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) on ...

By Don Silas The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has told Nigerians that the ongoing strike will continue because the Federal Government is yet to call the union for discussion.The ASUU’s branch chairman, Dr Kassim Umaru, disclosed this in an interview with ...

By Gbenga Oloniniran  The Socialist Workers & Youth League has knocked the Federal Government over what it described as the failure of the government to prioritise the funding of education and causing the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to linger on.The PUNCH reports ...

By Wale Odunsi The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been accused of attempting to hold the nation and citizens to ransom.The leadership already declared that their industrial action would continue until the federal government commits to the payment of salaries from February till ...

By Grace Edema,Stephen Angbulu, Deborah Tolu-KolawoleThe Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said it would not call off its strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid.The university lecturers also said they would not teach students to make up for the six months they had ...

By Grace Edema The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it rejected the Federal Government’s offer because it is “miserable”.ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in a statement on Thursday and made available to The PUNCH. The statement was titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects ...

By Ifreke Inyang The meeting between the federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday ended without an agreement.As a result of this, the six-month old strike embarked on by public university lecturers is set to continue.The lecturers met with ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation, following his latest ‘enough is enough’ comments. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede, said this in an interview with the News Agency of ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA THE Federal Government has started processing the withheld salaries of some medical lecturers in various federal universities who opted out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The development is sequel to a letter by the medical ...

A member of the Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, LAUTECH, Mrs. Titilayomi Ahmadu, yesterday, urged multinational companies operating in Nigeria to put substantial funds into public education to develop the sector, instead of showbiz. Mrs. Ahmadu said this ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that he will not release the subvention of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, if the lecturers in the institution fail to pull out of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Makinde made this ...

  Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Despite the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has announced the continuation of academic activities for the 2021/2022 academic ...

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• Says infrastructure face-lift, grants products of struggle • End strike or we shut down airports, S’West NANS, NAUS tell FG The Ibadan Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, in Ogbomoso, said that Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, remained steadfast and ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the arrest of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has buttressed its notion that IPPIS is fraud. The union said this while reacting to Idris’s ...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has explained why the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government are yet to reach an agreement regarding the lingering industrial action. ASUU on Monday resolved to continue its ongoing ...

Former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has insisted that his two children are affected by the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Nwajiuba said this while apologizing to Nigerians, adding that he takes responsibility for the lingering strike ...

As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on ...