asuu strike

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Samson Ayokunle has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to dialogue with the Federal Government and quickly resolve their outstanding dispute. Ayokunle, who spoke in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital said both...