The Federal Government has commenced the payment of salary arrears to lecturers in the faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Basic Clinical Sciences and Medicine across some federal universities. The lecturers are under the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, one of the two splinter groups licensed by the government to reduce the influence of the Academic Staff Union of …

The Court of Appeal will decide on the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government on 26th January. Last September, the government dragged ASUU before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the failure of the union to call off protracted its strike, which eventually last nine months. Although the NICN ruled …

The House of Representatives on Wednesday accused the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke of misleading the public on the intervention of Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila in the union’s faceoff with the Federal Government. It said that Osedeke’s approach to negotiations and his penchant for political brinkmanship were the main reasons ASUU’s strike lingered for …

Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the mint-fresh governor of Ekiti State, was quoted on Monday, after taking office from his immediate predecessor and god-father, Dr Kayode Fayemi, as saying he has “handed Ekiti over to God”. Pray, in whose hand was Ekiti State before now – Satan’s? How time flies and nothing lasts forever – good or bad! It looked like yesterday …

Government-owned universities are gearing up for resumption of classes following the suspension of the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which last eight months. On Friday, the University of Port Harcourt released the reviewed academic calendar for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 sessions, which indicated that the first semester 2021/22 examinations for full time students will run for …

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere – Martin Luther King The struggle for the soul of the Nigerian university system between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues into the eighth month. It has come with a series of fireworks ranging from taking ASUU to the Industrial Court; to the threat of proscribing …

Decades ago, I remember reading a piece by a writer lamenting the sudden but astronomical shooting up in the price of garri, which used to be the staple food of poor and down-trodden Nigerians. For reasons which need not detain us here, garri shrugged off its beggarly position in the hierarchy of staple foods and began to rub shoulders with …

All through the past two decades and half of following the trajectory of former President Goodluck Jonathan, I’ve come to identify him as a gentleman par excellence. He rapidly overcame his erstwhile provincial naivete to become the national leader and global statesman he is today, with his signature bowler hat, an integral component of men’s regalia in his seaward section …

University students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have begun to make good their threat to shut down the country over the intransigence of the Muhammadu Buhari administration on the strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which is more than  seven months old already!  The students’ action can be …

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 …