The Federal Government may explore out-of-court settlement to resolve the lingering dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) despite the National Industrial Court fixing 19 September for ruling on the matter. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders towards ending the seven-month-old action. The President told a delegation …

The Federal Road Safety Corps in Osun State said it has cleared a gridlock on Gbongan-Ibadan Expressway, which was caused by the ongoing protest on that axis by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The road links Oyo and Osun States in the South West. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

The Federal Government’s suit challenging the seven-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been rescheduled by the National Industrial Court in Abuja for hearing on on Friday. Justice Polycarp Hamman explained on Monday that this would to allow parties time to file their papers. He declined the application for joinder filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and …

The Federal Government can only afford a 23.5 percent salary increase for university workers, while professors will have a 35 percent raise, according to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. At a meeting with Pro-Chancellors, Vice Chancellors and other stakeholders in the university system on Tuesday, the Minister said that President Muhammadu Buhari warned against signing agreements which the …

Despite the intractable crisis in the university system, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife has commenced to process of resuming academic work. It announced the 2022 admission screening exercise for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry candidates on Monday through a statement by the Registrar and Secretary to Council of the institution, Mrs Margaret Omosule. Omosule said the …

In my upcoming debut book, ‘Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics’, which will go on sale in October 2022 (you heard it here first), you will find a familiar thread in my contributions to the debate on the Nigerian project over the past two decades: that the progress of the country is hardly at the heart of leadership. Although the most …

The strike continues! That is the verdict of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it extended the suspension of work, which started on 14 February – six months and 15 days ago. ASUU’s NEC meeting was held at its headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning. Both the Federal Government and …

There is no doubt that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has become the most popular, even notorious, trade union in Nigeria. Its power is far-reaching and its influence is unquantifiable. The ASUU strike of many months now has rendered many young Nigerians helpless. Some weeks ago, some young people in Ile-Ife, home of the historic Obafemi Awolowo University, …

The lawmaker representing Jos South/Jos East at the House of Representatives, Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos has advised that the recovered $23 million Abacha loot should be channelled into settling the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). On Tuesday, the Federal Government and the US reached an agreement to repatriate a new batch of funds looted by General …

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on Sunday, to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. Sources among the union’s NEC members told The PUNCH that the meeting would hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of Abuja. The council is expected to …