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Ikhide Ikheloa: 10 things ASUU should learn from Nigerian prosperity churches

by Ikhide Ikheloa I will also concede that in that respect, coming from a different culture, I would be at sea in Nigeria, and with my imported ideas, I would…

No deal: ASUU rejects FG’s N200 billion offer, to continue with strike

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the offer of N200 billion by the Federal Government. The government had earlier offered N130 to the union in order to…

End ASUU strike now – TUC urges FG

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday called on the Federal Government to take measures to end the four-month-old strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The call is…

Opinion: Dear students, ASUU is only fighting for its own pocket

by Sola Olawunmi The pathetic tale of this sad phenomenon can be seen in a recent report about a Nigerian undergraduate called Jane Okoro who attempted suicide because of the…

Olusegun Adeniyi: Where common sense is NOT common

by Olusegun Adeniyi Tomorrow will mark the beginning of the fifth month that students of our public universities have been out of their campuses following the strike by the Academic…

ASUU strike: Police disperse protesting UniAbuja lecturers with tear gas

The Nigerian Police Force Wednesday, tear-gassed members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch as they mobilise for their protest into the streets of…

YNaija Newsletter: ASUU strike, Davido’s official ‘Skelewu’ release and Stella Oduah’s bullet-proof car purchase

Hi all, It's been another busy week with news headlines swirling around and becoming almost too numerous to keep up with but here we are again with the major highlights…

ASUU Strike: Beg government not lecturers – ASUU tells Nigerians

The president of the lecturers’ union said appeals should rather go to the government. Nasir Fagge, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged Nigerians to prevail on…

Tonnie Iredia: With whom is ASUU fighting?

by Tonnie Iredia Why won’t ASUU employ strike to induce implementation? Notwithstanding this reality and the provocative way the police has been stopping pro- ASUU rallies while protecting pro-government ones,…

Opinion: ASUU strike – Try ignorance if you think education is expensive

by Clare Ofodile What has our president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan done, as the president of a developing country, about this horrible event in the past years? . The parties involved…

ASUU ‘wants N1.5 trillion’ to end strike – Senate reveals

The Senate on Wednesday said that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) wants N1.5 trillion to end its ongoing strike. The Chairman of the Senate Committee…

Opinion: ASUU, FG stalemate – It’s like the pretender fighting the deceiver

by Fisayo Soyombo More than three years into the Presidency of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, I am still unconvinced that he is the man. At his last media chat, for example,…

ASUU strike will be over in a few months – Education minister

by 'Jola Sotubo In a bid to quell rising tensions and give reassurance , the Federal Government has said that the ongoing 4-month old Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) …

ASUU takes grievances to the streets with protests in Osun, Oyo and Calabar (PHOTO)

by 'Jola Sotubo Perhaps perceiving that their previous approach was too lax to convey their agitation at the state of the education sector, striking lecturers have taken to the…

Sonala Olumhense: Students, let me tell you how to end the ASUU strike without violence

by Sonala Olumhense To begin with, there are two people in Abuja who are answering your name. The first answers the title of Senator; the other, Representative, powerful titles in…

ASUU strike: Return to class, the students are suffering – Ribadu appeals to lecturers

by 'Jola Sotubo Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu has expressed sadness at the current Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Mallam Ribadu…

ASUU strike: Please, return to the classrooms – Jonathan begs lecturers

by Oge Okonkwo President Goodluck Jonathan has made an appeal to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to classrooms in the interest of their students. Making the…

ASUU strike: UNIABUJA students to raise funds to pay striking lecturers

by 'Jola Sotubo Staying true to the expression "Desperate times call for desperate measures", the students of the University of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decided to…

ASUU strike, Stella Oduah’s bullet-proof cars, Iyanya’s dancers, and more on YNaija’s weekly newsletter

Hi all, It’s been a full week and we’ve mostly been kept busy by news and updates about the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, though it’s unfortunately…

ASUU strike: NANS protest in Delta, barricade Niger Bridge for hours

File photo The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours. The action, which was jointly…

No, thank you: ASUU strike continues as lecturers refuse FG’s N600 billion offer

by Adeola Balogun Despite continued efforts and promises of more financing made by the Federal Government, striking lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have…

Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: When 89 per cent of corps members cannot write a letter

by Is'haq Modibbo Kawu And because this trend has been with us for a very long time, there is a gradual erosion of ability to communicate all around us. In…

Olusegun Adeniyi: ASUU and the Nigerian dilemma

by Olusegun Adeniyi What I deplore is the hypocritical posturing by those who speak ill of our country without accepting the fact that the Nigeria of today is the product of…

Opinion: ASUU’s unyielding stance – A step taken too far?

by Clem Khena Ogbena Besides, the government has released N100 billion to cater for the infrastructural needs of the public universities, and yet ASUU has not considered it necessary to…

ASUU strike: Market women stage protest at the National Assembly, blame lecturers for stalemate (PHOTO)

by 'Jola Sotubo In a bid to demand an end to the ongoing three month old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a group of market…

Opinion: This is the season of strikes in Nigeria

by Ifeoluwa Adedeji ASUU sent students home so as to discipline FG who cares less to pull out of the negotiation. It seems to me that the students are the…

They want to kill us – ASUU leaders allege threat to their lives

by 'Jola Sotubo The standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has taken a dramatic twist after the academic body has alleged that…

Started from a strike, now we’re here: How ASUU pushed me to Project Fame victory – Olawale Ojo

by Oge Okonkwo Winner of MTN Project Fame season 6, Olawale Ojo in an interview with Bayo Adetu of PM News, tells it all on how he emerged winner against all…

Good news: SSANU suspends strike, urges members to return to work

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the suspension of its week-long strike. The suspension of the strike is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on…

ASUU strike: FG stops payment of lecturers’ salaries

by 'Jola Sotubo The Federal Government may have decided to utilize a fire-for-fire approach in its dealings with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it has now…