The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off the ongoing Strike. Delivering a ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal government , Justice Polycarp Hamman restrained ASUU from continuing with the industrial action pending the determination of the suit. Justice Polycap who is a vacation … [Read more…]
Commuters were yesterday stranded on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as students protesting the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) blocked the road. The students in their hundreds under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) brought traffic flow to a halt. Led by the chairman of NANS, Ogun … [Read more…]
There are strong indications that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may have declared an indefinite strike following the federal government’s failure to meet their demands. It was learnt that the lecturers made the resolution during their National Executive Council meeting, which began at about 12:15am on Monday and lasted for hours … [Read more…]
Amid unresolved issues between the federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Minister of education, Adamu Adamu has jetted out of Nigeria. According to reports, Adamu is expected back on 2 September. Adamu is said to have been mandated by President Muhammadu Buhari to lead talks with a view to … [Read more…]
The National Bureau of Statistics has released a breakdown of the results of West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from 2019 to 2021 in Nigeria. According to NBS, a total of 1.53 million candidates sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in 2020, indicating a decline of 3.25% compared to 1.58 million … [Read more…]
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union,(COEASU) lecturers have suspended their ongoing strike for a period of 60 days. The suspension is contained in a state signed by COEASU President, Dr Smart Olugbeko and Dr Ahmed Bazza, General Secretary of the union on Friday in Abuja. The union said the suspension followed “enormous progress” made … [Read more…]
Members of the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, have reminded the local government council authorities that they were still on strike, which they embarked upon on July 28. The strike was embarked upon after two years of failure to include local government workers and primary school … [Read more…]
Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Ibrahim Wushishi, has promised that results of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) would be released not later than 45 days after the conduct of the last paper. Wushishi disclosed this while monitoring the conduct of the ongoing SSCE in some centres in Lagos. The exams … [Read more…]
The Plateau Government has revoked the licence of all Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools operating in the state. The State Commissioner of Education, (secondary), Elizabeth Wampum, disclosed this at a press conference on Thursday. According to the commissioner, the decision was taken after the realisation that over 5000 private schools were operating without license. She … [Read more…]
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is worried about the ongoing ASUU strike, promising Nigerian youths students’ loans if elected president in 2023. He also called for increased collaboration between the UK and Nigeria on issues of mutual benefits. He made the call on Monday in Abuja … [Read more…]
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and heads of tertiary education institutions in the country have pegged the minimum cut-off mark for admissions in the 2022/2023 academic session. The minimum cut-off mark for universities is 140 while that of polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively, were pegged at 100. These were announced at the … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ruled out any possibility of suspending its six months old strike. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made the call at a news conference at the University of Abuja, on Tuesday, Osodeke accused the Ministry of Labour and Employment, headed by Dr. Chris Ngige, as “Conciliator” for … [Read more…]