In a bid to reposition the education sector, the Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has appointed a 20-member team to serve in the Anambra State Education Advisory Council. A statement issued by Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to the Governor, Read more…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old strike with effect from 12:01am on Friday, October 14, 2022, however, saying that issues at stake have not been addressed satisfactorily. The decision was taken at the emergency National Read more…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will announce a deal reached with the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday. Mr Gbajabiamila disclosed this on Monday after a closed-door meeting between Read more…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed optimism in the ongoing talks between the Presidency and the House of Representatives leadership, stating that it may call off its eight-month-long strike soon. Counsel for ASUU Femi Falana stated this Read more…
The governing council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has officially announced Folasade Ogunsola, a professor of Medical Microbiology, as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the institution. The announcement was made in a bulletin issued by the Communication Unit of Read more…
Following the Court of Appeal ruling ordering the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work within seven days, the leadership of the union says it is consulting with lawyers and members to decide next Read more…
Federal Government has said that it will issue certificate of registration to splinter group of university teachers, under the auspices of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). CONUA has been lobbying for federal government’s recognition as a union in the university Read more…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday evening received the House of Representatives’ report on its intervention in the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), promising to study and meet the legislators again. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Read more…
The Anambra State Government has ordered the immediate shutting down of primary and secondary schools in areas ravaged by flood. This is following the devastating effects of flood in some parts of the state, which had also submerged communities and Read more…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West Zone, has said that it is ready to conduct a funeral for public education, accusing the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of burying public education in the country. The students, in a Read more…
The leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to remain on strike until its struggle is brought to a logical conclusion, declaring that the lecturers are not in violation of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria order Read more…
A coalition of over 70 civil society organisations working in support of credible and transparent elections in Nigeria on Friday raised concern over the face-off between the Federal Government band Academic Staff Union of Universities which had led to about Read more…