Tag: ASUU

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October 15, 2013

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 ...

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October 15, 2013

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 ...

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October 14, 2013

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 ...

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October 12, 2013

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, ...

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October 12, 2013

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 ...

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October 11, 2013

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 ...

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October 9, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Corruption as Commander-in-Chief and 100 days of ASUU strike (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa   There will be no fight against corruption under this government. Nigeria will not win the war against ...

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October 7, 2013

‘Solidarity forever’ – NUPENG accuses government of being insensitive to ASUU, gears up for solidarity strike

by ‘Jola Sotubo  The wave of strikes that has hit the country might just assume tidal status as yet another ...

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October 4, 2013

Opinion: ASUU strike – UNILORIN and RSUST need to answer these questions

by Solanke Abiola Another issue that calls for concern is the situation at the University of Ilorin. UNILORIN has over ...

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October 1, 2013

A rejoinder to Pa Ikhide’s piece, ‘ASUU is on strike. Who cares?’

by ‘Lakunle Jaiyesinmi To allow the death of the public universities just like the public primary and secondary schools died ...

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October 1, 2013

Ikhide Ikheloa: ASUU is on strike again. Who cares?

by Ikhide Ikheloa If you think I am being harsh, ASUU is a body that works really hard to be ...

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October 1, 2013

ASUU strike: Students to stage Independence Day protests

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following the more than 3-month old academic strike undertaken by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ...

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September 30, 2013

Opinion: ASUU and the culture of impunity

by Onyekachi Eni First, because the Federal government has never found the courage to enforce section 42 of the Trade ...

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September 29, 2013

ASUU strike: Lecturers are only fighting for allowances, not better education – FG

by ‘Jola Sotubo   The rift between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ...

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September 27, 2013

#OurNASS: Youth visit Assembly Complex, demand a pay cut for Nigerian lawmakers (WATCH)

by Oge Okonkwo Several Nigerian youth in a peaceful protest on Thursday marched from the parking lot of Eagles Square, ...

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September 27, 2013

Opinion: The lamentations of a ‘mama-put’ addict

by Omar Nelson I am a twenty-something year old woma…err babe, and I do not like cooking. Yes yes, I ...

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September 27, 2013

No end in sight: The strike is far from over – ASUU

by ‘Jola Sotubo Contrary to optimistic reports that it might soon come to an end, the management of the Academic ...

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September 26, 2013

ASUU strike will end soon – Prof. Okojie

by Tutu Akinlabi Perhaps in a bid to assert the relevance of the National Universities Commission (NUC) after it was ...

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September 23, 2013

“Nigerians should be proud of ASUU”: Lecturers say NUC is irrelevant, continue strike

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities said the existence of the National Universities Commission has not brought improvement to ...

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September 22, 2013

Damilola Kenku: My favourite soap opera (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Damilola Kenku  “Now I wonder, who directs this soap, which gives us hilarious comedy in one moment and  bone chilling horror ...

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September 20, 2013

ASUU strike: Students, lecturers, activists protest in Ogun

Scores of human right activists, lecturers and tertiary students Thursday staged a protest in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over ...

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September 18, 2013

ASUU Strike back: Pensioner, 71, sues ASUU for delaying daughter’s education

by Adeola Balogun Apparently fed up with the more than two month long Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, ...

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September 18, 2013

Opinion: An open letter to ASUU – Call off this strike!

by Adesina David Adeyemi Dr. Fagge, it is not wise, humanly speaking to subject other people’s children to untold and ...

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September 16, 2013

Opinion: The grave consequences of the lingering ASUU strike

by Awopeju Idowu …Imagine a scenario where Wole Olanipekun SAN in his full regalia leads Unilag alumni with pastor Tunde ...

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September 15, 2013

Demola Rewaju: It’s time for ASUU to call off this strike

by Demola Rewaju Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s first graduate president broke with tradition in his first budgetary allocation where ...

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September 14, 2013

ASUU strike: ‘We cannot continue to suffer in silence’ – NANS cries out

The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has passed a vote of no confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan ...

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September 14, 2013

It gets worse: Colleges of Education lecturers set to begin strike on Monday

by Akan Ido The academic staff of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have threatened to stay off ...

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September 13, 2013

Hounge: What’s the value of your degree? (Y! Superblogger)

by Seun Hunge The Nigerian environment has made things pretty difficult for the youth. First, you are equipped with zero entrepreneurial ...

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September 11, 2013

Levi Obijiofor: ASUU’s latest absurd exercise

by Levi Obijiofor Rather than continue the game of hide-and-seek, ASUU leaders need to show more maturity. The union does ...

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September 11, 2013

Ife Adebayo: Security in Nigeria – Of powerless guns and gated communities (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo In spite of the increase in guns, gated communities… insecurity continues to increase. This is because the ...

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