The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) on Wednesday urged vice-chancellors of public universities to re-open the institutions for academic activities to resume. CONUA is a splinter group of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not in agreement with the union’s on-going strike which began since Feb. 14....
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The Federal Government says it will continue to negotiate with ASUU in spite of Wednesday’s court ruling restraining the union from continuing with its seventh month strike. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja ordered the striking lecturers to return to the classroom following a suit...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the lecturers to call off their ongoing strike. Mr Femi Falana, who is the counsel to the union, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday hours after the ruling of the...
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the N10 billion earmarked in 2020 by the Federal Government for local production of vaccines, is still intact. The minister gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja, during the Ministerial bi-weekly update meeting on COVID-19 response. Ehanire said that the country had...
The Federal Government has recovered a total of N2.6 Trillion revenue from oil firms following the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) National Assembly intervention. NEITI said a total of 2.6 billion dollars remained outstanding in the hands of companies as at March 2022. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has reserved judgment on an appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to quash the terrorism and treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him. The IPOB leader, who is currently facing trial before the...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the Federal Government is working to ensure that the country’s Intellectual Property (IP) law and administration are in line with current realities. Malami said this on Monday when the Senior Counsellor, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO),...
Some undergraduates have resorted to learning different kinds of skills following the continuous Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja reports that ASUU had continued to extend the strike over what its alleged Federal Government’s failure to implement the...
The Federal government on Monday urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven months strike. Joined as a claimant in the matter is the Minster of Education, with the President of ASUU as sole defendant. The matter which...
The Presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr Adewole Adebayo, says funding of tertiary education in Nigeria should be put under the Tertiary Education Fund (Tetfund) and not government. Adebayo made the assertions on Sunday shortly after the inauguration of the party’s South-West Zonal Office in Ibadan. The...
The Federal Government says it will meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) for adjudication on Monday over prolong strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said this on Sunday in Abuja in a letter addressed...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Federal Government has finally wielded the big stick by officially ordering the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to withdraw the licence issued to the League Management Company (LMC) to manage the Nigerian premier football league. This was contained in a statement signed by Ismaila...
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE READY TO LET THE LAWS OF ITS UNIVERSITIES TO WORK WITHOUT INTEREFERENCE: The Governing Council of each federal university is the appropriate agency to engage its staff on ALL matters affecting them, not “Government”. Furthermore, the Public Service Rule (PSR) provides that all...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Federal Government to ensure payment of the newly approved hazard allowance to its members within the next two months. A communique issued at the end of the association’s August National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Sunday in Gombe. The communique which...
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has said the Federal Government is considering an upward review of the salary of tertiary institutions’ lecturers to 23.5 per cent. The minister said salaries of professors would also be reviewed by 35 per cent. Adamu disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja...
Introduction Just over a week ago, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) the union of teaching and research staff at Nigeria’s universities declared an indefinite strike action to protest the non-implementation of agreements earlier signed with the Federal Government of Nigeria. The strike action according to the Union...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its members remained resolute 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 assertions on Monday in Ibadan. Akinwole said that lecturers...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has inaugurated four Technical Working (TWGs) Groups to review and implement a strategic roadmap for the resuscitation of ailing enterprises in the country. They are for the Automobile, Housing (Bricks and Clay), Mines and Steel as well as Oil Palm sectors....
Some stakeholders in the South East have called on the Federal and state governments to treat terrorists and their sponsors as enemies of the state and stop granting them pardon. The stakeholders made the call while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on consequences of granting...
The Federal Government is poised to deworm 10 million primary school pupils enrolled into the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSF). The deworming is designed to boost the health status of the pupils. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development will conduct the deworming. The minister,...