All efforts to resolve their differences outside of a court action having come to nought between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), both parties are now in court. On Monday the Federal government urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call Read More…
Education
We will get what we want from FG – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its members have remained unyielding to get what public universities need from the Federal Government to survive and compete globally. Prof. Ayo Akinwole, the Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, made the avowals on Monday in Ibadan. Akinwole said that lecturers in public universities in Nigeria have Read More…
Lagos to set up tertiary education trust fund
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday said that the Lagos State Government will establish the State Tertiary Education Trust Fund to create a financial model that will sustain its universities, on Thursday. He stated this when the Visitation Panel to the Lagos State University (LASU) tendered its report to him at the State House in Marina. Read More…
Lagos has the best higher education policy in Nigeria – Hamzat
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has declared that the state enjoys the pride of employing the best higher education policy in Nigeria. He made this assertion while delivering the keynote address of the Maiden Edition of the Lagos State University Post Graduate Students’ Association of Human Resources and Industrial Relations (LASUPGSAHRIR) Read More…
Buhari organisation excited as population of Nigeria’s out-of-school children drops
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has applauded the drop in the figure of out-of-school children in Nigeria from 10.5 million to 6.9 million under President Muhammadu Buhari. The group noted that the current figure was contrary to various figures circulating the media space. The BMO Chairman, Mr. Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Mr. Cassidy Madueke, said Read More…
400 Makoko pupils get learning materials from Korean IDA
Pupils of Mawumadoka Children’s Waterfront School in Makoko, Lagos Nigeria have received school materials from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) office in Nigeria and its alumni association, SKICAN. Mr Minjae Kang, the Deputy Country Director representing the Country Director KOICA in a statement on Monday disclosed that the donation was aimed at encouraging and Read More…
[Updated] SSANU, NASU suspend national strike for 60 days
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) on Saturday suspended their strike actions after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja. The suspension is expected to take effect from Wednesday. According to the education minister, the Federal Government Read More…
FG plays hardball, says ASUU Members won’t be paid for strike period
The Nigerian Federal Government has chosen to go tough on striking university lecturers, saying they would not be paid for the duration of their strike. The Nigerian Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu announced on Thursday that the government will not yield to pressure by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for their members Read More…
Royal Commonwealth Society pledges to mediate in ASUU/FG impasse
The Royal Commonwealth Society, Nigeria Branch has pledged to mediate between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government using the instrument of ‘Academic Diplomacy’ to resolve the situation. The Country Director of the society, Mr Blackson Bayewumi, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Bayewumi appealed to ASUU to Read More…
Lagos public, private schools get same calendar
Lagos State Government has declared September 5, the resumption date for the first term of the 2022/2023 academic session in an effort to harmonise the calendar of public and private schools.The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance in Lagos State Ministry of Education, on Thursday Read More…