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ASUU Strike Update: CBN Confirms Payment of N200bn By FG

Sack Threat To Plea, Jonathan Begs ASUU Again To Call Off Strike

ASUU Strike: NLC Offers To Intervene As ASUU defies FG’s Directive

Iyayi’s Death: Autopsy Shows No Bullets – Medical Source

ASUU Strike: FG Summons VCs, ASUU Members To Crucial Meeting

ASUU UNIBEN Chapter Disrupts Lectures Held [Photo]

ESUT 2nd Semester Exam Couldn’t Hold Due To Lecturers’ Absence

ASUU Strike Can’t Stop Sale of UTME Forms – JAMB Registrar

ASUU Strike Update: ASUU dares FG as Deadline Expires Today

The latest news update on the 2013 ASUU Strike is that sources have informed the media that the Federal Government is now under pressure to rescind the threat to sack lecturers who refuse to resume for academic activities. The federal government has earlier threatened to sack lecturers who refuse to resume back to school on […]

Iyayi’s Burial: Priest Booed For Urging ASUU To Suspend Strike

UI Pulls Out of ASUU Strike, Announces Resumption Date

Strike: ASUU Yet To Be Notified of N200bn Payment

ASUU Strike: 2 Million Parents Threaten Hunger Strike

ASUU Strike: FG Shifts ‘Back To Class’ Deadline From Dec 4 To Dec 9

UNIBEN Pulls Out of ASUU Strike, Calls Students Back To School

Education Minister Gives N30m To NANS To Mobilise Against ASUU

Joke of The Day: ASUU’s Message To Student

ASUU Shares Food, Cash Among Members To Survive Without Salary

University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has announced they are pulling out of ASUU Strike and 9th December 2013 as resumption date. Students and lecturers are directed to resume back for academic activities. Deputy Registrar of UNIPORT also said the Senate also decided to pay the backlog of salary areas of lecturers who resumed work on […]

The Truth About The Current State Of The ASUU Strike

ASUU Strike News Update: FG Provides Proof of N200bn Payment To ASUU

ASUU President’s Press Release – Presidency Lied Against Us

Strike: FG Bows To ASUU Pressure, Pays N200bn Into CBN

ASUU Strike: ESUT Lecturers, Students Back To School

ASUU Strike: Lecturers Shun Directives at UNIJOS, ABU, FUTMinna, Others

AAUA Begin Lectures As ASUU Strike Continues

ASUU Strike News: FUTO To Sack Entire Academic Staff !

Strike: Bad Advisers Will Ruin Your Govt., ASUU Tells Jonathan

Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has also pulled out of ASUU Strike and the management has recalled students back to school. FUTO Management announced that academic activities for 2012/2013 resumed December 2nd and all students are to come back to school. Here is the full press release announcing that FUTO Puled out of ASUU […]

STRIKE: ASUU Mobilise Members Against Resuming Lectures

ASUU Strike: JAMB Sells New Forms Despite Botched Admission Process

ASUU Strike: Why I Am Angry With ASUU – Jonathan

FG Resumption Directive: UNN To Pull Out of ASUU Strike Immediately

UNIZIK Pulls Out Of ASUU Strike, VC Orders Students Back To School

ASUU Strike: FG Threat Will Worsen The Strike – ASUU

ASUU Strike: Police Deployed To Campuses Nationwide

Non-academic employees in the universities are warming up for industrial action as a fall out of the resolution of the ASUU strike. They took the decision during the delegates conference in Owerri under the banner of the Non Academic Staff Union ((NASU). The communique was signed by Deputy President/Chairman of the Universities Trade Group, Comrade […]

The five-month-old face-off between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over non-implementation of the 2009 agreement assumed a dramatic dimension yesterday, as the government vowed to sack any lecturer who fails to return to class within seven days. The government has, therefore, directed all vice-chancellors of federal universities that are currently […]

ASUU Strike 2013 News Update — The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday described the threat by the federal government to sack lecturers if they don’t return to classroom as empty threat that could not hold water. The union said it is vindicated that the Federal government was not ready to implement resolutions […]

The management of Adekunke Ajasin University, Akungba has vowed to commence the replacement of striking lecturers who refuse to resume as from December 2nd. Information reaching us has it that Prof. Mimiko remains resolute about his decision to re-open the university on December 2, as he had ordered students ansd lecturers alike to resume on […]

ASUU has denied making fresh demands in order to call off strike. We reported to you after ASUU NEC Meeting in Kano that ASUU Decided Not To Call Off The Strike as they Seek FG Assurance. It was also widely reported that ASUU made some fresh demands which also including paying their salaries for the […]

The latest news on ASUU Strike is that the Federal Government has threatened to sack Lecturers if they fail to call off the strike. News reaching us has it that President Jonathan has ordered the immediate re-opening of Universities in the country. He further said that any lecturer who fails to resume work will be […]

Prof. Hayward Mafuyai, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos, on Tuesday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its strike in the interest of the nation. Mafuyai, said this, while exchanging views with newsmen in Jos. He said that the university lecturers should consider the plight of their students by […]

The latest 2013 ASUU Strike Update is that the Committee of Pro-chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities has ordered immediate re-opening of Universities in the Country. This is coming because they believe all efforts to resolve the crisis has failed. Do you think this would ever hold water? A university cannot resume academic activities without lecturers. […]

Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, EBSU, is also pulling out of the ongoing ASUU Strike. The management of the University has ordered lecturers and students alike to resume academic activities as the strike lingers. EBSU breaks ranks, pulls out of ASUU Strike, recalls students The management of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, EBSU, yesterday ordered lecturers and […]

The latest update on ASUU Strike (July 3013 – present) is the condemnation of new demands made by ASUU by the Federal Government. You will recall that ASUU announced another set of demands after their NEC meting in Kano. The said these demands must be met before they call of the strike. Read the full […]

The latest news on the 2013 ASUU Strike is that ASUU is planning to end the ongoing strike mid-January next year. This is according to faction of ASUU, UNILAG Chapter. According to the faction leader, Dr Adeyemi Daramola, the target of ASUU is to call off the strike by mid-January of 2014. Read the full […]

The Vice President of NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu said both the Federal Government and striking members of ASUU, were both losers in the ongoing strike action. The NLC Boss, Aremu spoke with journalists in Ilorin at the fidau for the late wife of the pioneer Chairman of ICPC , Hajia Akanbi. Comrade Issa Aremu yesterday […]

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Benin chapter, has called for the trial of the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Idris Wada and others connected to the accident that claimed one of their colleagues, Prof. Festus Iyayi. The union also blamed the government of the state for attempting to distort the facts about the […]

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala, weekend, appealed to the striking university lecturers to call off the strike and resume teaching. She said this after she and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi bagged doctorate honorary doctorate degrees at a private university, […]

The latest ASUU Strike news update is that the leadership of ASUU has decided not to call off the strike and continue until the four months salaries owed its members are paid. You will recall that the government invoked the “No work, no pay” policy when the strike started. The lecturers have not been paid […]

The latest news update on ASUU strike is that ASUU at the NEC Meeting held on Friday, 22nd November, 2013 decided not to call off the strike. So, the strike continues as earned allowance divides union opinions. In another report, it was gathered that ASUU is meeting the FG on Monday to seek assurance of […]

The latest news ASUU Strike news update is the outcome of ASUU NEC Meeting held on Friday, which  is one thing Nigerian students have been waiting for. This might lead to the end of the more than 4-month-old strike. Since ASUU National Executive Committee met in Kano, there have been speculations on what the outcome […]

The Joint Action Front (JAF) has accused the government of master-minding the killing of former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Festus Iyayi who died recently in a motor accident involving the convoy of Kogi State governor. Several people and organized bodies have commented on the death of Iyayi. President Goodluck […]

The latest ASUU Strike update is that ASUU NEC Meeting will now hold on Friday, 22nd November, 2013 with a view to calling off the strike after being postponed initially. The postponement was due to the death of Former ASUU President, Prof. Festus Iyayi in a car accident. He met his untimely end while on […]

University of Lagos (UNILAG) pulling out of the ongoing ASUU Strike has been called a mere rumour by UNILAG ASUU leadership. They claim that ASUU UNILAG Branch is a strong and active one and they will not disappoint. Academic activities will resume only after he strike has been called off. University of Lagos has denied […]

ASUU As a political party is an article written by Emmanuel Ayodeji and published on a column on Guardian Nigeria. Enjoy it and drop your comments. FOR over four months now, academic activities have been non-existent in universities all over the country. This is borne out of the fact that the Academic Staff Union of […]

The latest ASUU Strike news update is that four Professors of ESUT have been queried by ASUU for sabotaging the ongoing strike. Recall that we informed you of the attempt by ESUT to resume academic activities even as the strike continues. ASUU later came out to dissociate itself from this. Read the latest ASUU Strike […]

The ASUU Strike 2013 latest news update is that the Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Aloysius Etok has made it known that the negotiations between the Federal Government and ASUU would amount to nothing if the National Income, Salaries and Wages Commission is not involved. Read the full details of the […]

The Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has started 7 Days of Fasting and Prayer to End ASUU Strike- The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday began seven days fasting and prayer for an end to the lingering Academic Staff of Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) strike. This is contained in a statement issued […]

THE Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youths and Student Affairs, Mr. Jude Imagwe, weekend, described as unfair and untrue, allegations that the Federal Government killed the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi. Imagwu, shortly after he paid a condolence visit to the Iyayi family, […]

ASUU will now hold her NEC meeting on Friday after postponing it due to the tragic death of former President, Prof. Festus Iyayi. He died in a ghastly car accident on his way to ASUU NEC meeting in Kano. Several reactions have trailed the loss of Prof. Iyayi, including this one from Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon. […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday dissociated itself from the planned resumption of academic activities at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. Recall that we informed you of the plan by ESUT to resume academic activities which came along with IBBU pulling out of the ongoing ASUU Strike. The leadership of […]

THE family of the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Festus Iyayi, yesterday, disassociated themselves from the N50billion demand from the Kogi State government over the death of their son, saying that no amount of money can compensate for the loss. Meanwhile the Coalition to Save Nigeria (CSN) has […]

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBU) is pulling out of the ongoing ASUU Strike. Students of the school are expected to resume for academic activities on Monday, 18th November, 2013. The general public and students of IIBU should take note. The statement released by IBBU announcing the pulling out of the strike goes thus: The […]

University of Ibadan (UI) 2013 Convocation has been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing ASUU Strike. No new date has been announced for the 65th Convocation ceremony. A statement released on the University of Ibadan’s website about the postponement of the convocation goes thus: Due to the industrial action by members of the Academic Staff […]

The latest ASUU strike 2013 update,  on voting amongst ASUU Chapters to vote for against calling of the strike is this. ASUU, UNN Branch voted to call off the strike but insists that the Federal Government must pay them the salaries accrued during the strike. Recollect that, Government instructed the Governing Councils of Universities to […]

Lagos State House of Assembly has appealed to the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider putting immediate end to the over four-month old strike to honour Professor Festus Iyayi, who died in a ghastly motor accident on the Lokoja-Abuja road on Tuesday. Iyayi, who was a former president of ASUU, was on […]

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has disclosed that convoy of Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, had crashed three times within three months. The FRSC Corps Marshal and Chief Executive, Osita Chidoka, disclosed this yesterday while fielding questions from journalists during this year’s Africa Road Safety Day/ World Day for Remembrance of Road Traffic Crash […]

Angry leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities allegedly chased away the Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada (retd.) from the emergency ward of the  Lokoja General Hospital on Tuesday. We reported to you when the news of Prof. Iyayi’s death broke. He died in an auto crash on his way to ASUU […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commiserated with the leadership and members of ASUU on the tragic death of its former President, Dr Festus Iyayi. This is disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati. The president extended his sincere condolences to the family, friends […]

Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon’s has commented on the death of Former ASUU President in an auto crash on Tuesday. He made the following comment on his Facebook page: Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon made the following update on his personal Facebook profile; “We have lost another stentorian voice in the rugged and pertinacious fight against retrograde and prebendal forces of […]

The latest news update on ASUU Strike is that ASUU has postponed her National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting as a result of Iyayi’s death. Hopes of calling off the strike this week are now lost. We reported to you that ASUU chapters all over the country started voting for or against calling off the strike […]

The latest news update on ASUU Strike voting is that UNIJOS Lecturers have voted against calling off the strike. ASUU Chapters have started voting since Monday. Some chapters have voted for ASUU Strike to be called off, some like UNILAG are divided. While some UNILAG lecturers want the strike to be called off, some want […]

Chapters of ASUU ha started voting on Monday to end or continue the strike. The latest news update is that some ASUU Chapters have voted to end the strike, some are divided on whether to end the strike or suspend it while other are against calling off the strike. Here is the latest update on […]

Here is the latest ASUU Strike news update – As ASUU Chapters vote to end the ongoing strike, there has been diverse opinion and divisions over the move to end the strike. Some ASUU chapters have voted for the ongoing strike to be called off while others are against it. Some voted to just suspend […]

The latest ASUU strike news update is that branches of ASUU all over the country will meet today to discuss on the new Federal Government offer. They will convey their decisions to ASUU National Executive Committee (NEC) which will meet on Wednesday to decide on the strike. This is where it would be decided unanimously […]

There are strong indications ASUU is set to call off the ongoing strike this week after it emerged that some members are already being paid their earned allowances. Zonal branches of ASUU have met and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night. They will consider the position of the congresses […]

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have given the Federal Government certain conditions to be met before the union could call off its four-month old strike. Part of this condition is that all federal parastatals in charge of fund, labour, and education must sign the agreement purportedly reached between its leadership and the […]

The latest news update on ASUU strike is that the leadership of ASUU will meet with the Federal Government next week, including president Jonathan. ASUU are expected to inform the president about the resolution amongst their members an if they are accepting the new offers. ASUU is expected to call off the strike next week. […]

Following last Monday’s meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU), the later has come under mounting pressure to call off its four-month-old strike. The federal government had promised to inject N1.1 trillion into public varsities in the next five years. A zonal chairman of the union who spoke on condition […]

The leadership of ASUU present at the meeting with the Federeal Government is currently discussing the President Jonathan’s offer with other members of the Union. Hours ago we reported to you a demand made by ASUU that we haven’t heard before. ASUU at the meeting, demanded a slash in the salaries of public office holders […]

The latest news update on ASUU Strike we are able to gather is that the strike may be called off next week. We also understand that ASUU is demanding that salaries of Lawmakers, ministers and other political office holders in Nigeria be slashed by 2014. Sometimes in June, we published and shared with you the […]

ASUU Strike may be called off soon as more details of the Monday meeting between ASUU and President Goodluck Jonathan have begun to come out. We understand that both FG  and ASUU have shifted grounds and we might get to see the end of the strike sooner than later. Read more details of the FG/ASUU […]

Nigeria students seeking admission now running to Ghana due to ASUU Strike. Ghana’s public universities are facing a boom in applications, but do not have sufficient facilities to meet growing demand that has been exacerbated by an influx of students from neighbouring countries and a double cohort leaving school this year. As a result, admission […]

The meeting between ASUU and President Jonathan on Monday, 4th November 2013 might just be the beginning of the end of the ongoing strike. The outcome of the meeting between the two parties was not divulged to the public. We understand that President Jonathan has made some new offers. The President of ASUU will not […]

The outcome of the meeting between ASUU leadership and the Federal Government was good. The meeting was successful and there are rumours from some quarters that the strike may be called off soon. It was also reported that both parties were smiling after the meeting. They however declined comments and refused to respond to questions […]

The ongoing ASUU Strike may be called off soon as the leadership of the Union is meeting with the Federal Government today. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Sunday expressed reservations over the planned meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the top leadership of the union, which is scheduled for today in Abuja, in […]

The latest ASUU Strike news update is that the leadership of ASUU has issued a warning to the Federal Government over the reported plan to re-open Universities forcefully (with or without ASUU). Recall that we informed you of that development last week, when we informed you that FG may resolve to plan B (click here […]

The latest ASUU strike news update is that other University Unions – NASU, SSANU and NAAT, have asked FG to ignore the MoU signed with ASUU. This, they claim is to avoid further crisis in the education sub-sector. The Unions also claim that the Memorandum of Understanding is to the selfish interests of ASUU and […]

Despite claims by the Federal government that the sum of N100billion had been disbursed to 59 public universities to improve infrastructure in the benefitting institutions, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has alleged that none of the universities had received the said sum. This is just as former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon […]

The latest news coming your way on ASUU strike is that the FG is set to open Nigerian Universities with or without ASUU, according to ScanNews Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa. An official of the Vice President’s office who pleaded anonymity […]

The latest ASUU strike update coming your way is that NLC President has stated that the ongoing ASUU Strike would be called off soon and the crisis rocking the education sector wil come to an end. The National President of Nigeria Labour Congress Abdulwaheed Omar has stated that the ongoing Academic Staff Union of University […]

The ongoing ASUU Strike is taking an interesting turn. The latest update is that students are now turning their backs on ASUU. They have now asked ASUU to call off the strike – giving a 7-day ultimatum. Frustrated by over four months of strike that has kept their future in the balance leadership of the […]

Have you been looking for the outcome of the meeting between ASUU and the Minister of Education? Well, we can reliably inform you that the meeting lasted for less than an hour and the conclusion reached at the meeting was not disclosed to the public. It has also been reported that the Minister of Education […]

As the ongoing ASUU strike enters day 121, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has commended members of the union for their conduct since the strike began on July 1. Fagge commended the efforts of ASUU principal leaders at ensuring that ‘there is no going back’ until their demands […]

The Federal Government has rejected the suggestion to involve past Presidents/Heads of States, governors and traditional rulers in its current face-off with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. National President of Nigerian Union of Teachers, Michael Olukoya, had after a palliative meeting with the Minister of Education, Nyeson Wike; and the Minister of Labour and […]

The latest news update on ASUU strike is that ASUU is meeting with FG today with a view to resolving the lingering striking action by University lecturers. THE Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet today in a last ditch efforts to resolve the lingering crisis in the University System. […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University, ASUU, of Ibadan has asked the Senate President, David Mark to apologise to the leader of Government negotiation with ASUU, Deacon Gamaliel Onosode over alleged disparaging comments. This formed part of the resolutions of the union at the end of a congress in the institution, weekend. The resolution […]

Clement Chup is the zonal coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Abuja. Chup, in this interview, hints that there is no end in sight to the four months old strike by the university teachers which has kept students at home. By Laide Akinboade The Minister of Education recently said ASUU strike […]

This is an interesting news on ASUU Strike. The latest we have heard apart from this is that the Senate has passed a resolution to put an end to the strike. Now, we have this interesting one about a Lawyer taking ASUU and FG to court. Recall that a group also reportedly dragged ASUU to […]

The latest news about ASUU Strike is that the House of Reps has promised to approve a supplementary budget to put an end to ASUU Strike. Recall that we informed you that the senate has passed a resolution to put an end to the ongoing ASUU Strike. The House of Representatives said on Thursday that […]

Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) may join the ongoing ASUU Strike if the news in the electronic media is anything to go by. The Labour Union has sounded out a warning that they might call for a solidarity strike action if Government do not act to resolve the issue quickly. Read the full details of the […]

The latest news on ASUU Strike is that about now, we can inform you that the Nigerian Senate has passed a resolution to end ASUU Strike. The Senate yesterday passed a resolution asking Senate President David Mark to engage President Goodluck Jonathan and ASUU officials to end the strike. Read the full details about this […]

University administrators in the country on Monday expressed concern over the four-month old face-off between the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government. The administrators appealed to both ASUU and the FG to urgently reach a compromise and quickly bring the strike to an end in the interest of the […]

This is the latest news update on ASUU Strike and it’s also interesting. Senate President, David Mark has claimed that Government negotiators are ignorant. He further stated that the negotiators entered into an agreement that could not be implemented. This is really interesting considering he fact that President Goodluck Jonathan was part of the agreement […]

The latest update on ASUU strike is that the Union has said that the ongoing strike may last for 10 years if Government remains unyielding to their demands. President Jonathan recently appealed to ASUU to call off the strike but the Union first responded that begging will not solve the issue. Now, they have responded […]

Two hundred and sixteen Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora have signed an online petition asking the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the industrial dispute which has kept public universities shut for four months. The petition launched on change.org, a go-to site for web protests, is asking President Goodluck […]

The Minister of Education says ASUU strike will be over in few months. I asked myself, few months? The strike is near four months in duration already. Why would the Minister think Nigerian students can stay at home for extra few months? How many month is even few? I’d say 3, 4 months. The Federal […]

PRESS RELEASE: Contrary to some recent media reports, the Federal government has not adopted a take-it-or-leave-it approach in its negotiations with ASUU. Rather, the approach is focused on positive engagement and achieving sustainable solutions to the challenges facing higher education in the country. That is why President Goodluck Jonathan recently appealed to ASUU to respond […]

The latest news update on ASUU strike is that ASUU has turned down President Jonathan’s plea to end the strike. Recall that the President pleaded with the leadership of ASUU to call of the strike which has gone into it’s fourth month. Read the full details of the latest news on ASUU Strike as reported […]

Students have called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities not to betray them in the on-going strike. They said they would not like a situation when the strike would be called off without achieving anything. This came as herbalists in Oyo State pledged their support for ASUU. According to the President of the herbalists […]

The ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU took a different turn on Saturday at the Dutse-Alhaji area of Abuja when a female student of the University of Abuja made to hang herself in protest of the nearly four months old strike. The female student identified as Jane Okoro had already hanged […]

The latest development on ASUU Strike is that President Goodluck Jonathan begged members of ASUU to go back to call of the ongoing strike and go back to work. This is coming days after it was reported that ASUU rejected a fresh N600bn offered by the FG. We also reported that NANS barricaded Niger Bridge […]

COALITION of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike  by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased prostitution in the country. The group which noted that the strike was […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours. The action, which was jointly carried out by some university students and their polytechnic counterparts, was in protest against the protracted strike by ASUU. The aggrieved students blocked the bridge at about 1 […]

The latest update on ASUU Strike is that the Union is meeting on Saturday (Today). THE National Strike Coordinating Committee, NSCC, comprising of principal officers and Zonal Coordinators of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will be meeting Saturday to take stock of the ongoing strike embarked by the union that is entering the fourth […]

The latest on ASUU Strike is that the leadership of the Union has rejected FG Fresh N600b Offer from the FG, insisting that the strike must continue. University teachers remained adamant last night, saying their strike would go on, despite the government’s shifting of its position. The strike has been on for four months. More […]

The Federal Government-ASUU Agreement of 2009 has been detailed in this post for the purpose of people who have questions about it. The 2009 FG-ASUU Agreement has been a subject of discussions and questions from many Nigerians. Many students who are tired of staying at home now want to know the details of the agreement […]

Seven weeks after the Federal Government announced that it has commenced implementation of the agreement signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, by disbursing N100 billion to each of the 59 public universities, the affected tertiary institutions have raised alarm that they are yet to receive the fund. The Governor Gabriel Suswan-led Presidential […]

The Coalition of Students’ Activists (COSA) has given the Federal Government a month’s ultimatum to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as laid out in its 2009 agreement with the union. The students urged labour unions and civil society groups to join the university teachers’ strike to ensure proper funding…[Continue reading]

Education stakeholders are divided on the decision taken by the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, to commence a solidarity strike in support of striking university lecturers. While those in support of the solidarity strike are of the view that it would draw the attention of the international community to the state of Nigerian education, those…[Continue reading]

The latest on ASUU Strike is that ASUU has vowed to continue the strike they embarked upon in July even as the Federal Government invokes the “No work, no pay” policy. We informed you when we got information that Federal Government has ordered Lecturers’ salaries to be stopped by Governing Councils. The striking lecturers have...[Continue reading]

The latest update on ASUU Strike is that the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has threatened to go on a solidarity strike with ASUU. They have issues the Federal Government a 7-day ultimatum to resolve the ongoing ASUU Strike of face a NUEE shutting down with a consequence of nationwide blackout. Read the full…[Continue reading]

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has made it clear to President Goodluck Jonathan that the ongoing ASUU Strike is not politically motivated. This is in reaction to the claim by the president that the strike was a political action against his government. He also offered no solution to resolve the strike in the recently-held presidential media…[Continue reading]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said that because of the importance his administration attached to the medical and educational sectors, he was determined to do all within his powers to resolve all issues that currently lead to labour disputes and strikes in both sectors. Resident doctors and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities …[Continue reading]

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend, threatened stop distribution of petroleum products across the country if the Federal Government failed to implement the agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Though no specific date was fixed for the commencement of the soliarity strike, the union said the strike …[Continue reading]

The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge has said that although the Union has begun consultations among its members following discussions with Vice President, Namadi Sambo, it cannot confirm when it will call off the ongoing strike. Fagge spoke with journalists in Makurdi shortly after the Union’s congress meeting…[Continue reading]

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), has refuted the statement made by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Student Matters, Mr. Jude Imagwe, that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is being economical with the truth on the issues of contention in the on-going strike. In a press statement, the ERC…[Continue reading]

Hope of final year students in Nigeria public universities getting call-up letters to participate in the batch ‘C’  National Youth Service Corps will be dashed, due to the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU. A reliable source close to the NYSC authority who pleaded anonymity, yesterday said: “Presently, the  potential  graduates…[Continue reading]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its stance that the federal government has not shown any commitment or seriousness towards the implementation of the 2009 agreement as a way of resolving the ongoing strike which commenced on June 30. The union also said the government has not given Nigerians much reasons to …[Continue reading]

Update on ASUU Strike is that FG has stopped striking lecturers’ salary – The Federal Government has invoked the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rule against striking university lecturers as their industrial action enters the 93rd day with no end in sight. Some of the federal university vice chancellors have not paid the Academic Staff …[Continue reading]

The President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, during the Live Media chat yesterday, boldly described the strike as unfortunate declaring that that the action has serious political undertone. “Why should a state university lecturer go on strike for a federal problem?” the president queried. President Goodluck noted that the strike had political colouration giving …[Continue reading]

There are strong indications that the ongoing ASUU Strike will continue for long as the President refused to offer any plan for resolving the issue. The president claimed that ASUU’s demands that led to the strike are politicized in the presidential media chat broadcast on 29th September, 2013 on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. ASUU …[Continue reading]

Nigerian universities have been buffeted with agonising months of strikes for over a decade and until now, the story is pretty much the same. Government is still unwilling to give the education sector a shot in the arm. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on strike since June 30 and has engaged in…[Continue reading]

Tired of staying at home, hundreds of Bayero University, BUK, students in Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest, and gave the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, one week to resolve their issues or face the wrath of Nigerian students. The students also called on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan…[Continue reading]

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members are not paid their salaries. Mr Promise Adewusi, the association’s General Secretary, said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the strike was being considered to protest against the stoppage …[Continue reading]

The latest Update on ASUU Strike is that Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State has threatened to pull out of the ongoing strike. We all thought the strike would come to an end soon after Vice President Sambo took over the … [Continue reading]

A rift that has torn students of Nigerian institutions of higher learning manifested itself at the University of Lagos when protesters organized by the Joint Campus Committee (JCC) of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) were yesterday barred from gaining entrance into the University of Lagos. The protesters made good on their threat to [Continue Reading]

 As 2013 ASUU Strike continues, President Goodluck Jonathan took to Facebook to tell us about the improvements he has seen in the Education Sector since his administration took steps to address the general decay in education. He attributed the improvements he perceived to those achieved by students in the 2013 NECO results. Here is President… [Continue Reading]

The Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, speaks on the nation’s university system, especially with regard to the ongoing strike embarked upon by lecturers in public universities How has the journey been at the Al-Hikmah University? I am grateful to God that things are working out well in… [Continue Reading]

THE strike action embarked upon by university lecturers has assumed another dimension as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been dragged before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the lingering strike action. The suit, with the number NICW/Abj/242/2013 which also has ministers of labour and productivity, education, finance and justice, as… [Continue Reading]

The latest update on ASUU Strike as at morning of 24th September, 2013 is that the striking lecturers have now made a statement, saying that they would not call off the strike even if the Federal Government adopts the “No Work, No Pay” policy. When the Vice President took over the negotiations with ASUU, hopes… [Continue Reading]

Latest on ASUU Strike is that Strike continues just like we reported to you yesterday. There was widespread information in the media that ASUU might call off the ongoing strike after the Vice President of the nation took over the overseeing of negotiations between FG and ASUU. From all indications now the strike continues. Here…[Continue Reading]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has blamed the rot in the Nigerian university system on the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, Julius Okojie, saying his failure to insist on quality has bastardised Nigerian universities. The lecturers also vowed to continue their strike unless the federal government honours the 2009 agreement it… [Continue Reading]

NANS has come out to implore to well meaning Nigerians to intervene in the the tug of war between ASUU and the Federal Government to put an end to the ongoing strike. The Government sacked the Gov. Suswan-led negotiation committee and the Vice President of the nation, Namadi Sambo took over the negotiations with ASUU… [Continue Reading]

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) struck a new deal last night. This happened at a three-hour close-door meeting at the State House in Abuja between Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo and the leadership of the union.Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, ASUU President Nasir Isa Fagge said… [Continue Reading]

The Vice President Namadi Sambo has, in a bid to end the continuous gridlock in the dialogue between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and federal government, taken over the negotiation process. The government’s negotiation team was formerly headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim. For the first time… [Continue Reading]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the comment of the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, calling for the ban of the university lecturers’ union. Okoh, had, last week called on the Federal Government to disband ASUU owing to the unresolved industrial face-off between the government and… [Continue reading]

Benue State governor, Mr Gabriel Suswam, has vowed to get tough on striking lecturers of Benue State University, Makurdi, by evoking Meanwhile, Benue State governor, Mr Gabriel Suswam, has vowed to get tough on striking lecturers of Benue State … [Continue reading]

The latest update on ASUU Strike is that FG has called and re-opened negotiations with ASUU. This has brought renewed hopes for students, parents, transporters and traders who have complained about collapse of economic activities as a result of the … [Continue reading]