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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. The meeting held at its Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, on Saturday, December …

Chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have voted to continue the ongoing strike. The decision was reached after a nationwide referendum conducted by the chapters of the union on Tuesday to decide whether to suspend the strike or not. The leadership of the union had on Monday …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday conducted a referendum to decide whether to suspend its three-month strike or not. The national leaders of the union on Monday directed its zonal coordinators to meet and conduct the referendum. PUNCH report’s that over 200 members of the University of Ibadan …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that it would consider millions of students that maybe disenfranchised from the upcoming general elections while consulting with its zonal chapters on strike update. The union pointed out that it was consulting with its zonal chapters amid the lingering industrial action. …

The Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU), on Sunday dismissed claims that it had called off the ongoing strike. The Union stated this while urging the public to “ignore any announcement” that the industrial action had been called off. This response from ASUU is coming after Minister for Education, Mallam Adamu …

Following the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), more than one million students of federal and state universities across the country may not vote during the forthcoming general elections. This is because most of the students registered to vote in and around their various institutions and …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed that he will end incessant strikes by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on his first day is office if elected as next president of Nigeria. “I am aghast that as I speak, our students across the nation are not …

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has revealed that the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would end in a couple of days, as according to him, the Federal Government had met the demands of the lecturers. He disclosed this during the “Sixth Edition of the …

Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, has expressed optimism that the date students would return to school would be known by Thursday next week. The Minister said this while addressing the press after an emergency meeting held Friday between the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) …

The emergency meeting held Friday between the federal government and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended without a resolution of the strike by the university lecturers. The meeting was then adjourned to February 7. The lecturers embarked on an indefinite strike on November 4. They are …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to chase away voters on election day if lecturers did not call off their strike. The students’ association yesterday, threatened to boycott and disrupt the 2019 general elections should the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and its Academic Staff Union …

The cause of incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has been identified by an elder statesman, who believes that except the source of this problem is addressed, strikes may never stop in the country’s education sector. Junaid Mohammed, Second Republic lawmaker has revealed those behind the …

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened that it would sanction some university Vice-Chancellors who may have been “uncooperative” in the ongoing strike by the lecturers. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. …

The Obafemi Awolowo University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has questioned the integrity of the examinations being conducted by the institution, as well as the certificates that will be awarded to its graduates. The ASUU Chairman at OAU, Dr Adeola Egbedokun, in an interview with PUNCH correspondent …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed one major thing the Federal Government must do before the Union could call off it’s nationwide strike action. The Union has asked for a 15% allocation from the national budget for education to stop continuous strike in the country. The union …