ASUU NEC decides on strike Sunday

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources among the…

578-day strikes: Angry lecturers dumping varsities, ASUU laments

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…

FG, ASUU meet today, strike enters 183 days

The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union will have a meeting with the Federal Government to address its ongoing strike action, today. The PUNCH had reported that since the end…

ASUU extends strike for 4 weeks

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a four weeks extension of the strike action embarked on by its members since February 2022. ASUU National Executive Council (NEC) reached this decision at a meeting held on Sunday, which…

NLC protest: Police, DSS beef up National Assembly security

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Security Service, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have beefed up security around the National Assembly complex, Abuja, over the ongoing protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress…

NLC/ASUU rally: CP orders Area Commanders, DPOs, others to personally lead patrols in Oyo

As a two-day solidarity rally of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in support of ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, commences this morning, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams has directed Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers,…

Resolve ASUU strike in 2 weeks, Buhari directs Adamu

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to end the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and industrial action by three other university-based unions. The President gave the directive during a meeting with some…

Ahmed Musa tackles politicians over ASUU strike

Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa has criticised politicians who celebrate sending their children abroad while universities remain shut due to academic strikes. In a comment on his verified Instagram page, Musa asked noted that such politicians are running a system…

Enough is enough, Buhari tells ASUU, urges lecturers to consider generational consequences

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, Katsina State, called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities to reconsider their position on the prolonged strike, expressing worry that the hiatus will have generational consequences on families, the educational system and future…

University unions turn down FG plea to re-open schools

The tripartite plus meeting convened by the Federal Government with the striking university-based unions last night ended without any concrete agreement for the workers to go back to work. In fact, the four university-based unions that are on strike rebuffed…

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