Tag: ASUU
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NANS protest: We are just getting started – Chairman
Mr Abidemi Adeleke, Chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said they are just getting started after their protest paralysed vehicular movement on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
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BREAKING: Heavy traffic hits Lagos-Ibadan expressway as students protest over ASUU strike
Heavy traffic on Tuesday locked down the Lagos-Ibadan expressway as students took over the ever-busy expressway to protest over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
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ASUU: Protesting Nigerian students block Lagos-Ibadan expressway
NANS coordinator, South-West Zone, and National Public Relations Officer of NANS, Adegboye Emmanuel and Giwa Temitope, issued a statement on protest ground. According to them, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has failed in its promises and responsibility in revamping education in the country.
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“Pull out of ASUU strike”- Parents beg varsity
A group under the aegis, the Parents/Stakeholders Forum, PSF, of the Benue State University Makurdi, has appealed to its ASUU members to pull out of the national body of ASUU to enable them to catch up with accumulated academic calendar years. This appeal is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the…
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FG, ASUU fight dirty in court as undergraduates seek alternatives
The Federal government on Monday urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven months strike.
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FG asks court to order ASUU to end strike
The Federal government on Monday urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven months strike. Joined as a claimant in the matter is the Minster of Education, with the President of ASUU as the sole defendant.
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The University Campus without Students – By Hope Eghagha
The university campus, anywhere in the world, is virtually dead without students. The lecture halls miss them. Lecturers miss them. The porters and security personnel miss them. Food and petty vendors miss them the most. Food vendors have had their businesses paralyzed and so cannot meet their obligations to their wards or landlords. There are…
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FG meets ASUU in court Monday over prolonged strike
The Federal Government says it will meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) for adjudication on Monday over prolonged strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said this on Sunday in Abuja in a letter addressed to the Registrar of NICN, dated…
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ASUU: Strike claims first victim as Uniben lecturer commits suic*de
A member staff of the University of Benin, Prince Carter Oshodin, has committed suicide on Friday over his dire financial situation. Oshodin, who had not been paid his salary for months due to the strike action embarked by university unions, was a data entry personnel at the university. It was gathered that the Non-Academic…
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ASUU strike: Final year medical student turns food vendor
Mr. Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has turned to street food vendor due prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. In an interview with NAN on Friday in Sokoto, Abubakar-Rimi said he conceived the initiative in order to engage in productive living as the strike…