Readers of my columns will recall that I was strident in my criticism of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in their recent eight-month strike, not because the strike action was not justified but because of what I considered as their hare-brained approach to a very important issue that could make or mar not just ASUU and their students …

Reactions have trailed Monday’s signing of the Student Loan Bill into law by President Bola Tinubu. The signing of the bill was in “fulfilment of one of his campaign promises to liberalise funding of education,” a member of the Presidential Strategic Team, Mr. Dele Alake, told State House correspondents on Monday evening. The Students Loan Act becomes Tinubu’s second piece …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that Nigeria has no subsidy. At the Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo in Ebonyi State yesterday, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke wondered why Nigeria would be exporting crude oil for the past 70 years and cannot refine the product at home. During his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu announced that “subsidy …

In the early hours of Monday, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) re-elected Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to pilot the affairs of the union for another two years. Apart from Osodeke, who is of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, the union members also re-elected as Vice President a Consultant …

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has tasked Nigerians and non-governmental bodies in the country to rise to the occasion of standing with and defending the cause of public education, saying the sector is in the state of near collapse. He spoke at the weekend while addressing his members at the 22nd …

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 …