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ASUU Strike: Govt Negotiators Are Ignorant – Senate President
This is the latest news update on ASUU Strike and it’s also interesting. Senate President, David Mark has claimed that Government negotiators are ignorant. He further stated that the negotiators entered into an agreement that could not be implemented. This…
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Strike May Last for 10 Years if FG Remains Unyielding – ASUU
The latest update on ASUU strike is that the Union has said that the ongoing strike may last for 10 years if Government remains unyielding to their demands. President Jonathan recently appealed to ASUU to call off the strike but…
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Atiku Abubakar, 215 Others Sign Petition To End ASUU Strike
Two hundred and sixteen Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora have signed an online petition asking the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the industrial dispute which has kept public universities shut for four…
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ASUU Strike Will Be Over In Few Months – Education Minister…Few Months?
The Minister of Education says ASUU strike will be over in few months. I asked myself, few months? The strike is near four months in duration already. Why would the Minister think Nigerian students can stay at home for extra…
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The Truth About Government’s Position On ASUU Strike – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
PRESS RELEASE: Contrary to some recent media reports, the Federal government has not adopted a take-it-or-leave-it approach in its negotiations with ASUU. Rather, the approach is focused on positive engagement and achieving sustainable solutions to the challenges facing higher education…
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ASUU Strike: Begging Will Not End Strike, ASUU Tells Jonathan
The latest news update on ASUU strike is that ASUU has turned down President Jonathan’s plea to end the strike. Recall that the President pleaded with the leadership of ASUU to call of the strike which has gone into it’s…
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ASUU Strike: Herbalists Back ASUU As Students kick
Students have called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities not to betray them in the on-going strike. They said they would not like a situation when the strike would be called off without achieving anything. This came as herbalists…
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ASUU Strike: UNIABUJA Student Attempts Suicide, Says It Was A Better Option
The ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU took a different turn on Saturday at the Dutse-Alhaji area of Abuja when a female student of the University of Abuja made to hang herself in protest of the…
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Education Minister Faults Critics of First Lady’s Honorary Degree Award
Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, faulted critics of Nigeria’s first lady, Patience Jonathan over the honorary doctorate degree conferred on her by a university in South Korea. The minister, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti, said that the criticism…
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ASUP Strike: Wike Meet Polytechnic Lecturers To End Strike
Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on Thursday met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, to resolve pending issues that led to the strike by the polytechnic lecturers. The closed-door meeting which lasted…
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ASUU Strike: Jonathan Begs ASUU To Call Off Strike
The latest development on ASUU Strike is that President Goodluck Jonathan begged members of ASUU to go back to call of the ongoing strike and go back to work. This is coming days after it was reported that ASUU rejected…
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ASUU Strike Has Increased Prostitution, Group Alleges
COALITION of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the…
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