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    Metro Why We Suspended Strike – ASUU

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it suspended its strike after the federal government agreed to fulfil its promises by end of October. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, addressed a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat to announce the union’s “conditional...
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    Metro ASUU May Call Off Strike This Week

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off its one-month old strike this week. President of the Union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has disclosed the industrial action has not ended yet, because ASUU was still ironing out some grey areas in the agreement with the federal government...
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    Metro ASUU's Proposed Solution to End Ongoing Strike is Unrealistic- Ezekwesili

    Nigeria's former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili believes the solution tendered by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve the ongoing strike it embarked on, is unrealistic given the current state of the economy. Speaking on a Channels TV program, Ezekwesili said the...
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    Politics Strike: FG, ASUU Holds Crucial Reconciliation Meeting

    The Federal Government is holding another reconciliation meeting with officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Abuja. According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the meeting started 1:00 pm. ASUU has been on strike since August 14, over unpaid arrears and demands...
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    Metro NANS Factions Exchange Blows In Abuja Over ASUU Strike

    Two NANS factions had earlier clashed at the Unity Fountain , Maitama, Abuja, following the leadership tussle rocking the association. Some of the NANS members threw caution to the wind and engaged one another in fisticuffs on the busy Shehu Shagari Way while policemen struggled to break up the...
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    Metro ASUU Agrees to Meet FG on Thursday to Resolve Ongoing Strike

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and representatives of the federal government will on Thursday resume talks on implementing of the 2009 agreement in a bid to end the ongoing nationwide strike. According to ASUU National president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the union would attend...
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    Politics ASUU Strike: I Am Not Leading FG's Negotiation Team - Osinbajo

    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has dismissed reports that he will head the Federal Government’s negotiation team, who would meet with the representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and put an end to the strike. Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice...
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    Metro ASUU Makes 6 New Demands To End Strike [SEE LIST]

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has listed six new conditions as part of the its request from the Federal government in order to call off the lingering strike. This is coming as President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Executive Council will, at its meeting, today, decide on the...
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    Metro Strike Continues! ASUU Boycotts Planned Meeting With FG

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will be shunning the planned meeting with the Federal Government to resolve its strike action, Channels reports. This is according to ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi. He said the union will not be attending the meeting. The ASUU President said...
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    Metro ASUU Meets FG Today to Resolve Ongoing Strike

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to meet with the federal government today, Tuesday, to resolve the body's nationwide strike which has crippled academic activities at universities across the country. This is according to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris...
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    Metro ASUU Might Call Off Nationwide Strike on Saturday

    Executives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, are set to hold a National Executive Council meeting on Friday to determine the direction of the ongoing national strike. National branches of the union equally held meetings on Wednesday to decide on whether the strike should...
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    Metro Only Corrupt Civil Servants Can Afford Private Universities For Their Children - ASUU

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has noted that civil servants who send their children to Nigeria’s private universities are corrupt. ASUU chairman, University of Ibadan chapter, Dr Deji Omole, who spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Sunday stated that civil servants with...
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    Metro Nigerian Labour Union to Embark on Solidarity Strike With ASUU in 2 Weeks

    Nigeria's United Labour Congress has threatened to embark on a solidarity strike with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the government fails to meet their demands in two weeks. The leadership of the union, after its Central Working Committee meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, also...
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    Metro Ezekwsili Comments on ASUU Strike, Says Lecturers’ Demands Are Unrealistic

    A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Sunday said that the demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were unrealistic in light of the current economic situation in Nigeria. Ezekwesili said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan...
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    Metro Ex Education Minister Ezekwesili: How to Get Rid of ASUU Strikes

    According to the former Education Minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, from the federal government are unrealistic with the current condition of the country. Speaking with newsmen on Sunday, she said the lasting solution to the crisis...
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    Metro ASUU Strike Will Cause Increase in Prostitution - Nigerian Sex Workers Association

    According to the Nigerian Sex Workers Association, the strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will increase prostitution among female students. The national coordinator of the association, Amaka Enemo, said even without the strike, many female students...
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    Metro Obasanjo Blames Late Yar'Adua For ASUU Strike

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday bared his mind on the ongoing indefinite strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He blamed the then government of late president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for agreeing to certain demands made by ASUU. Speaking at a book launch in...
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    Metro Outcome of Latest Meeting Between ASUU and FG

    The latest meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ended in a deadlock on Thursday. In his opening remark, Labour Minister, Chris Ngige, accused ASUU of not following the proper procedure before starting the strike. “There must be a mandatory...
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    Metro ASUU Strike Will Be Called Off Next Week- Education Minister Adamu

    Nigeria's Education Minister Adamu Adamu has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will call off its strike next week. He said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND on Thursday. He said executive arm of government has...
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    Metro ASUU: Niger Delta University Joins Strike

    The Niger Delta University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has joined the ongoing nationwide strike declared by the union. Dr Stanley Oguon, Chairman of the chapter, revealed that the decision was made during the local union emergency congress ASUU had on Monday directed...
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