Category: Education
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Release Withheld Salaries- NLC To FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to release the withheld salaries of the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The union made this known in a communique made available at the National Executive Council meeting held in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. It was earlier reported how the Federal Government…
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ASUU Suspends Eight Months Strike
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after…
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Court Of Appeal Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike.
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume work immediately. The appellate court gave the order today while granting leave to ASUU to appeal the interlocutory injunction of Justice Polycarp Hamman of the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on September 21,…
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Appeal Court To Deliver Ruling FG vs ASUU Case On Friday
The Court of Appeal will on Friday, October 7, deliver ruling in an application by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, seeking permission to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court. The NICN had on September 21, granted interlocutory order in favour of the federal government, ordering the university lecturers to resume work…
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FG, ASUU Fail To Reach Out Of Court Settlement
The lawyers for the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, told the Court of Appeal that both parties could not resolve the eight months old strike, despite the out-of-court settlement as advised by the Appellate Court. The FG’s lawyer, James Igwe, and lead counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN),…
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Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the…
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FG Constitute Committee To Review Nimi- Briggs Report
The Federal Government has constituted another committee to look into the recommendations of the Emeritus Professor Nimi Briggs’ committee in charge of the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement between the government and the university-based staff unions. The unions include the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, among others,…
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Barambu Declared NANS President Elect
The Convention Planning Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students has released the list of the winners of the Saturday elections of the student body. The election results had gone controversial on Saturday following the emergence of two factional presidents. The controversy has finally been cleared as the committee declared Usman Barambu the President-elect…
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Just In: ASUU Extends Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has decided to extend its ongoing strike, this is coming after series of discussions. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning. More details later…. 120
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ASUU Laments Over Lecturers Opting For Other Source Of Livelihood
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has raised the alarm over the exodus of lecturers from the nation’s universities for greener pastures abroad. The union attributed the development to the Federal Government’s poor treatment of its members which it said had forced many to venture into other sources of livelihood. Speaking in an interview with…