President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said there is no way the Federal Government could stop funding universities in the country. According to him, the funding of federal universities by government is constitutional. In a reaction to a statement credited to Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman that the Federal Government would grant …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri zone over the call for the resignation of the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti. It was reported on Friday that the zonal branch of ASUU called for the immediate resignation of Oti following allegations …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission. The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. A statement signed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Friday, explained that …