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Sack Threat To Plea, Jonathan Begs ASUU Again To Call Off Strike
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday again urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its strike action. The President, who spoke in an address at the opening session of the All Nigerian Judges Conference in Abuja, which was organised by…
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ASUU Strike: NLC Offers To Intervene As ASUU defies FG’s Directive
The latest news update on the 2013 ASUU Strike is that the NLC has moved and offered to intervene in the deadlock between ASUU and FG. The Federal Government has directed ASUU to go back to work or lose their…
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Iyayi’s Death: Autopsy Shows No Bullets – Medical Source
The result of autopsy carried out on the body of late Former ASUU President, Festus Iyayi showed no evidence of bullets. You will recall that Prof. Iyayi died in a ghastly motor accident on his way to attending the ASUU…
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Admission Crisis Hits Universities, Only Two Schools Met JAMB Deadline
Forty days after the deadline set by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s to tertiary institutions to complete the 2013/2014 admission, only two universities have fully complied with the directive. The schools are the University of Benin, Edo State and…
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ASUU Strike: FG Summons VCs, ASUU Members To Crucial Meeting
The latest ASUU Strike Update is that the Federal Government has now summoned members of ASUU and Vice Chancellors of Universities to a crucial meeting. ASUU has refused to call off the strike following the ultimatum issued by the FG…
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AAUA Recruits New Lecturers To Replace Those On Strike?
An unconfirmed report has it that the Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) Akungba has employed new lecturers to replace the striking ones. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Femi Mimiko, advised the new lecturers to follow the work ethics of the Institution…
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ASUU Strike: AAUA VC, DVC Return To Lecture Rooms
Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, have commended the leadership of the institution for exhibiting exemplary leadership even as the Vice Chancellor, Professor Femi Mimiko and the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Rotimi Ajayi, returned to lecture rooms apparently to make…
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ASUU Strike Update: ASUU dares FG as Deadline Expires Today
The latest ASUU Strike news update is that members of ASUU have vowed to continue the ongoing strike. The federal Government has earlier threatened to sack all lecturers who refused to resume on 4th December 2013. The ultimatum was later…
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Federal Government To Recruit 441,000 Teachers
FG is planning is planning to recruit 441,000 teachers before 2015 all over the country. This is in line with the expectations of the United Nations (UN) on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG-2) on Universal Primary Education. This will surely…
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ASUU Strike Update: FG Under Pressure To Rescind Sack Threat
The latest news update on the 2013 ASUU Strike is that sources have informed the media that the Federal Government is now under pressure to rescind the threat to sack lecturers who refuse to resume for academic activities. The federal…
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Iyayi’s Burial: Priest Booed For Urging ASUU To Suspend Strike
At about 9.35am, his body was carried by pall bearers into a waiting hearse with registration number FG 63-U50 while his wife, Mrs. Grace Iyayi was conveyed in a black Toyota Prado SUV with registration number NUC 07U-37 FG, followed…
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Strike: ASUU Yet To Be Notified of N200bn Payment
Three days after the federal government announced that it had paid the N200billion university infrastructure renewal fund into an account in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as demanded by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the union is…
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