Tag: Lecturers
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Boko Haram: Buhari receives rescued lecturers, police officers’ wives in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with lecturers of the University of Maiduguri and police officers’ wives who were abducted by Boko Haram last year. He received them at the presidential villa, Abuja. The rescued persons had been under the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja where they were examined by a…
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Families of freed lecturers, policewomen laud FG for their release
Mrs Hassana Ibrahim, a relative to one of the freed University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturers, Yusuf Ibrahim, has expressed joy over their release from Boko Haram captivity. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government, on Saturday, announced the release of Ibrahim and 12 other persons abducted by the insurgents in Borno,…
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MAPOLY lecturers suspend three-month strike
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta Chapter, on Wednesday suspended their strike, which is now over three months old. The suspension was announced by the chapter’s Chairman, Mr Kola Abiola, after a congress held at the institution’s campus to resolve the crisis between the Ogun State Government…
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Photo: UNILAG lecturers gang stab postgraduate student over parking spot
…we are still investigating – management A postgraduate student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Jimi Fatunbi, was allegedly stabbed by two lecturers at the university campus on Wednesday. The victim identified the lecturers as Dr. BabawaleTaiwo and Dr. Israel Abiala, who lecture at the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics; and Arts and Social Sciences…
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EXCLUSIVE: LAUTECH’s resumption uncertain as striking lecturers insist ‘no alert, no resumption’ [Photo]
By Adebayo Animasaun The proposed resumption of activities by the management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso on Tuesday has suffered another setback as the striking lecturers have vowed not to resume academic activities until their salary arrears are cleared and released to them. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the management had on Sunday,…
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ASUU crisis: FG set to release N23bn to university lecturers to end strike
As part of efforts to resolve the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has assured the release of N23 billion to the lecturers. This was revealed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Speaking before the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, led by Senator Jibrin…
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ASUU condemns compulsory sale of textbooks, handouts by lecturers
The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) has expressed displeasure at the mandatory sale of handouts by some lecturers in tertiary institutions. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the union, expressed this view in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. “ It is not wise for lecturers in our tertiary institutions to…
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70 lecturers quit UNIMAID over Boko Haram attacks
About 70 lecturers of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) have resigned since Boko Haram began terrorising the North-East, Punch reports. Chairman, UNIMAID chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Dani Mamman, said this in an interview with the newspaper. Mamman said, “About 70 lecturers left, about five died and three are held hostage…
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Boko Haram releases photo of 3 abducted UNIMAID staff
Boko Haram has released image of kidnapped staff of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID. The three staff were kidnapped during Tuesday’s ambush of oil exploration workers in the Lake Chad Basin by the terrorist group. Meanwhile, no fewer than 48 bodies of the victims of the attack have been deposited at the University of Maiduguri…
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Sokoto implements consolidated salary structure for lecturers
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has implemented the new consolidated salary structure for lecturers of tertiary institutions in state. The lecturers commended the governor for making true his words to implement the consolidated salary structure last month. Already, academic staff at the state-owned Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic and Shehu Shagari College of Education said…