adminWe will no longer register CBT centres not using laptops – Oloyede, JAMB registrar
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, has said the Board will no longer register centres that are not using laptops to conduct…
SERAP To Buhari: Direct Ngige To Immediately Reverse Deduction Of Lecturers’ Salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to direct the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige to immediately reverse the deduction in the salaries of university lecturers. The Federal Government paid…
Why we paid varsity lecturers half salaries – FG
The Federal Government on Saturday explained why it failed to pay full salaries to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement, by…
Half Salary: Fresh Strike Looms As ASUU NEC Meets Monday
Members of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday hold a crucial meeting to decide on whether to go on a fresh…
Angry Lecturers: Students Who Resumed After ASUU Strike Will Wait Indefinitely
Students who resumed after the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) called off its strike will wait without being taught, some lecturers have said. This is as a result…
Why we ignored ASUU strike – Medical lecturers
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, UDUTH, Sokoto Chapter, has justified the action of members not to join the eight month…
ASUU fumes as FG pays half salaries for October
The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has exclusively…
Fees controversy: We’ll not impose arbitrary fees on students – PolyNek Rector
By Ibe Pascal Sequel to the rumours making the rounds on social media that management of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri has increased prices for textbooks and other sundry fees, the…
Pay Our 4-Month Salaries, Varsity Workers Tell FG
Senior members of staff in the Nigerian universities yesterday called on the Federal Government to pay them their four-month salaries withheld. The union, under the aegis of the Senior…
No admission offer has been cancelled – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday allayed fears of candidates whose admission fate had been kept in the balance because of the prolonged strike by the…
ASUU: Release withheld salaries, NLC urges FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to release the withheld salaries of the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The union made…
We called off strike on trust, acceptance of IPPIS interim measure — ASUU
President of the Academic Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke yesterday said that it called off the 8-month-old strike action on trust. It said that the acceptance of…
Strike: We’re still interested in court case — and we will never accept IPPIS, says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will “never” accept the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) for the payment of lecturers’ entitlements. Chris Piwuna, the union’s…
Nigerian students, dependants contribute £1.9bn to UK – Report
Nigerian students and their dependants in the United Kingdom have contributed an estimated £1.9bn to the economy of the UK in one year, according to an analysis by SBM…
FG Provides N470bn For Upward Adjustment Of Lecturers’ Salaries
The Federal Government has provided N470bn Special Fund in the 2023 budget for university revitalisation and upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, who made…
