Amaechi demands relocation of ex-militants’ camp – The Nation
November 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday demanded the relocation of the former militants’ rehabilitation camp at Aluu, near the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), over reported cases of assault, rape, looting and disruption of academic activities.
NASU, SSANU may suspend strike Friday – NAAT calls off strike for 2 weeks – Tribune
October 12, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Two of the three striking non-academic staff unions in the country’s universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have hinted that they may suspend their industrial action on Friday.
Strike: Oshiomhole is a traitor – Varsity worker – As ASUU calls off strike for 2 weeks – Tribune
October 9, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
The 111-day-old strike declared by unions in the nation’s tertiary institutions, which has now been called off for two weeks by one of the unions —Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) — took a new twist on Thursday when former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress and governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was disowned by three of the four unions involved in the strike.
ASUU strike…Chancellors hit brickwall – Daily Trust
September 4, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
Last-ditch efforts by the Chancellors of Federal Universities in the country to break the impasse in the 8-week old strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] hit another brick wall yesterday as it failed to make appreciable progress. The chancellors, who are all first class traditional rulers, were joined by university Pro-Chancellors and Vice Chancellors for a meeting in Abuja with the leaders of ASUU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (NASU), but the meeting failed to yield any fruits.
UNILAG ASUU, SSANU, Rally Against Exams – Daily Independent
August 28, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
Lecturers, workers and students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Thursday protested against the school authority’s proposed examinations for students of the institution.
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), National Association of Academic Technology (NAAT), and students of the institution staged the peaceful rally, which started at the university’s main gate to the Senate building.
