The Federal Government has said that demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to be paid salaries for the six-month strike period is stalling its negotiations with the union. ASUU went on strike on 14 February, first as a warning; but it entered it seventh month last Sunday. It embarked on the action to press home some demands, …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Federal Government is not sincere about resolving the issues that led to its almost six-month strike. ASUU described as “unfortunate”, government’s belief that it could placate its members into calling off the strike with salary increment instead of holistically addressing the issues affecting university education in the country. The …

In a bid to ensure that Nigerian students who were displaced by the war in Ukraine return to class, a foremost Ukrainian University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, which established in 1804, has signed a cooperation agreement with Igbinedion University Okada, a premier private university, for the establishment of a joint transnational programme. A statement by the representative of …

The recent lowering of cut-off marks for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been received with mixed feelings by university lecturers in the South-South. While majority of them described the new decision as counter-productive and dangerous, others see it a welcome development and being inclusive. The university teachers expressed their feelings on …

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike action which affects public universities by four weeks. ASUU has been on its prolonged action since 14 February. A statement made available to The PUNCH in Abuja confirmed the development. It partly reads: “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of government’s past failures …

Nigerian students have received Cambridge Learners Awards in various categories for their outstanding performances in the 2021 June and November examination series. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the British Council, in Nigeria in collaboration with the Cambridge University Press and Assessment, recognised the 110 students from 45 Nigerian schools. Eleven students from eight schools who obtained the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and tertiary education stakeholders have fixed a minimum cut0ff mark of 140 for 2022 admission into the nation’s universities, while that of polytechnics and colleges of education is 100. The 2022 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Degree, Nigerian Certificate of Education and National Diploma in Abuja on Thursday, which was chaired by Education …

President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the five-month logjam in public universities within two weeks. This followed Tuesday’s briefing of the President by government institutions involved in the protracted negotiation between the Federal Government and the labour unions in the universities. But the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) responded that it would only …

Lectures of Nigeria’s public universities who have been on strike since 14 February will decide whether or not to go back to work at its National Executive Council meeting to be held between 30 July and 1 August. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) accused the Federal Government of failure to address their age-long demand for improved conditions of …

Lecturers and and students in the South East have indicated interest in resuming classes as soon as the Federal Government and striking unions in the academic environment resolved the perennial dispute, which has dragged on for five months. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on industrial action on 14 February and was joined later by other unions in …