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ASUU Strike Update: FG Stops Lecturersâ Salary (No Work, No Pay)
Update on ASUU Strike is that FG has stopped striking lecturersâ salary – The Federal Government has invoked the âno work, no payâ labour rule against striking university lecturers as their industrial action enters the 93rd day with no end…
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Distribution Of Opon Imo To Be Completed By 1st Week Of November
Osun State Government has said that it will complete the distribution of Opon Imo (iPad-like device) to all secondary school pupils in the state by the first week of November. The device, which is loaded with 17 subjects, is being …
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SSANU Begins Nationwide Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday 30th September, 2013 began indefinite strike. Recall that we reported to you last week that the association has threatened to go on an indefinite strike. They have now commenced the strike…
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Why Should State Varsities Join ASUU Strike — President Jonathan
The President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, during the Live Media chat yesterday, boldly described the strike as unfortunate declaring that that the action has serious political undertone. âWhy should a state university lecturer go on strike for a…
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President Jonathan Offers No Solution To ASUU Strike, Says Strike Politicized
There are strong indications that the ongoing ASUU Strike will continue for long as the President refused to offer any plan for resolving the issue. The president claimed that ASUU’s demands that led to the strike are politicized in the…
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Boko Haram Kill Over 70 Students In Yobe State, Nigeria
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members yesterday went on rampage in Gujba community, Yobe state where they opened fire on the students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, at 3a.m. as they slept in their hostels. They later moved…
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ASUP Strike Update: ASUP Resumes Strike On Friday
ASUP is going back on strike on Friday, 4th October, 2013. This was made known by the Chairman of ASUP, Mr. Clement Chirman in Jos. Read the full details as reported by PunchNG: The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics is…
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Reasons Why FG Wants ASUU Strike to Continue
Nigerian universities have been buffeted with agonising months of strikes for over a decade and until now, the story is pretty much the same. Government is still unwilling to give the education sector a shot in the arm. The Academic…
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ASUU Strike Update: Students Protest In Kano
Tired of staying at home, hundreds of Bayero University, BUK, students in Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest, and gave the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, one week to resolve their issues or…
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SSANU Threatens To Join ASUU Strike By Monday
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members are not paid their salaries. Mr Promise Adewusi, the associationâs General Secretary, said this at a press briefing in Abuja…
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Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) Issue FG 60-day Ultimatum
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Federal Government a 60-day ultimatum to meet its demands. The President of the Union, Mr. Asagha Okoro, said âthe nation would regret looking down on the teaching education sector…
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ASUU Strike: Primary, Secondary School Teachers To Join, Give 2 Weeks Ultimatum
The latest update on the 2013 ASUU Strike is that Primary and Secondary school teachers have threatened a solidarity strike. They also gave two weeks ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve issues with ASUU Strike or risk primary school…
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