The Academic Staff Union of Colleges of Agriculture has announced a three-day warning strike in protest against the appointment of a university professor, Prof. Jeremiah Atumgwu, as the Provost of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State. Addressing journalists in Jos, Plateau State, today, ASUCA National President, Williams Mangg...
•UTME candidates Following widespread technical glitches during the 2025 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams, candidates, lecturers, and educationists in Rivers State are calling for the abolition of the unified examination system. Many students expressed frustration over the disruptions and the short notice given for the res...
•LASUSTECH No fewer than 50 lecturers across Nigerian public tertiary institutions have been indicted for sexual misconduct between April 2021 and April 2025, it has been found. While some of the indicted academics, including professors, have been dismissed, others are currently facing disciplinary panels, reports The PUNCH. The cases span uni...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, today, announced the release of N50 billion by the federal government to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities for the settlement of earned allowances, as promised by President Bola Tinubu. This development was disclosed in a statement...
•Prof Niniola Akinwande Professor Niniola Ife Oluwa Akinwande of the Department of Mathematics Federal University of Technology, Minna, is a Fellow of the Nigerian Mathematical Society. The father of three children speaks in this interview on the advocacy he has engaged by organising international conferences to propose mathematical modelling ...
As economic hardship continues to bite harder on most Nigerians, the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has again called on the federal government to, without further delay, pay the three and half months salaries of members withheld due to the nationwide industrial action embarked upon by the public university lecturers in 2022. The sala...
The 15-day ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics to the federal government to meet its demands is set to expire on today, October 23. The group had threatened to embark on strike should the government fail to address the contentious new scheme of service for polytechnic lecturers across the country, reports NAN. [&hellip...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government to attend to numerous issues affecting the smooth operations of polytechnics and mono-technics in the country, or face a prolonged industrial action. Addressing journalists at the Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi in Plateau State Zonal...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is holding a rally today, Tuesday, against the dismissal of five lecturers at Lagos State University, Ojo. A statement released by ASUU Owerri Zone said the lecturers were illegally dismissed. The rally commenced at 10 am. According to the letter, the union also listed other institutions where its membe...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) Branch, has resolved to embark on two weeks warning strike over unresolved issues bothering on welfare. The union stated this in a notification letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdullahi Musa, signed by its Chairman, Dr Peter Adamu a...
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