The National Industrial Court on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven-month-old strike. Delivering a ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government, Justice Polycarp Hamman, who is a vacation judge,…
FG breaks silence, says we didn’t take ASUU to court
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment on Monday disclosed that contrary to the news-making round, the Federal Government did not take the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to court over its prolonged strike. Ngige made the clarification…
Protest: Ex-NBA president stranded at airport, backs students
The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has thrown his weight behind the ongoing protest by Nigerian students against the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students on Monday barricaded the…
Gbajabiamila’s intervention won’t stop airport protest, NANS insists
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said that the planned meeting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, will not stop its Monday protest. NANS, in…
FG Vs ASUU: Court adjourns case to September 19
The National Industrial Court has adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government challenging the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to Monday, September 19 for a hearing of the interlocutory application of the Federal Government.…
ASUU: Court adjourns proceedings till Friday
The suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities which was filed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been adjourned, The PUNCH reports. The matter came up before Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria…
ASUU Rejected FG’s 23.5 % salary increase offer – Adamu
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Tuesday outlined the Federal Government’s efforts to resolve the industrial action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities on February 14. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Adamu said the government…
ASUU Strike: Gombe Varsity lecturers reject management’s call for resumption
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University Branch, has rejected call for resumption of academic programmes by the management of the university. At a press conference on Monday, ASUU Chairman in the university, Suleiman Jauro, said the institution…
Strike: I’m in internal turmoil – Education minister
The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said he had been in a dark period of personal anguish and internal turmoil following the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was made known during the meeting…
ASUU: How I tackled 4 month strike in one night – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has revealed how his administration resolved a four-month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one night. He made this disclosure at the 70th birthday celebration of Matthew Hassan Kukah, the…