The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that the union has extended its strike by another three months. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke who confirmed the extension on Monday in Abuja attributed the government’s failure to keep to agreements reached. He said ASUU was extending its action because the government had refused to address its issues, and accused the minister of labour and employment of stopping the salaries of ASUU members, but approved...
ENUGU — Candidates writing the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Enugu were on Monday stranded following the weekly sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East. The examination which commenced on Friday, May 6, ought to have ended on Monday, May 9, but was shifted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to Tuesday, May 10. A JAMB official who spoke to journalists on the condition of anonymity...
MAIDUGURI — The school feeding programme introduced by the Federal Government has helped reduce the number of out-of-school children, particularly among the internally displaced children in Borno State. Fatima Abba Mali, Borno State Programme Manager of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in the state stated this during a one-day training organised by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development with the theme: “Train Master Cook”, in Maiduguri. “We have...
A centre conducting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) in Anambra state says it will not open on Monday in observance of the weekly sit-at-home foisted by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) across the South-East region. IPOB enforced the Monday lockdown across the South-East since its leader, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu was abducted from Kenya in June 2021. Ngozi Nwude-Nduka, the administrator at Integral Development Consult, Awka, said it took the decision on the ongoing...
ABUJA — A total number of 1.7 million candidates who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examination are expected to sit for the examination which commenced on Friday nationwide. The examination being conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and held in over 755 Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres, would end on May 16. According to JAMB, a total of 1,761,338 candidates that successfully registered for the examination in 755...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the 102nd meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) has reached a decision to extend by another 30 days, the ultimatum given to the federal government to address their outstanding issues. The Chairman of the Kaduna Polytechnic chapter, Mohammed Mohammed, who revealed this at a press conference on Thursday, said failure to do this, the union might be forced to resume its suspended industrial action. Mohammed...
JOS — The University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has launched a bottled water and beverage factory in Jos. The University of Jos Academic Staff Cooperative Investment company Limited (UJASCICL) bottled water and beverage factory located at Dong community of Jos North Local Government Area of the state was commissioned by ASUU National President, Prof. Victor Osodeke on Thursday. Speaking at the commissioning, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, chairman of the...
The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has written to the University of Jos (UNIJOS), demanding the probe and the recall of the doctorate degree of the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba. This came as students of different tertiary institutions in Edo State protested in Benin, the state capital over the lingering strike of ASUU. ASUU commenced a warning strike on February 14, 2022, and has yet to call off the industrial action....
IBADAN — The organized students union body on Wednesday had protested at the main gate of the University of Ibadan (UI) against the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) The security operatives were strategically positioned at the main gate of the University to forestall the breakdown of law and order as protesters moved around with placards, calling for an end to the face-off between the Federal Government and...
ABUJA — The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to disrupt the planned presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. In a statement titled, “End ASUU Strike or Forget Political Activities in Abuja”, signed by its President, Sunday Asefon, the association condemned the rush for party tickets by politicians while the universities have been shut for almost three months. The...
