Economic Hardship: Students no longer attend regular lectures
Nigerian students no longer attend regular lectures due to hardship occasioned by high cost of food, transportation and other items in the country, the National President of Nigerian Association Of Science Students, Comrade Henry Enyinstede has said. Lamenting the economic crisis in the country, which he noted was also adversely affecting the Nigerian students, Enyinstede, […]
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP: I SPEND ONE-FIFTH OF MY SALARY ON WATER MONTHLY, LAW PROFESSOR LAMENTS
A Professor of Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Joy Ezeilo, has lamented the depreciation of her salary’s purchasing power coupled with inflation, stating that it costs her up to one-fifth of her salary to buy water for her compound monthly. Ezeilo revealed this on her X handle on Saturday, adding that the N1m […]
Economic hardship: 46 professors, others die in UNIABUJA, FUTMinna — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abuja zone, on Monday, lamented the death of some of its members owing to Economic hardship in the country alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions. The union said no fewer than 46 academics lost their lives in universities under the Abuja zone, namely the University of […]
Strike: Trouble looms in varsities as FG plans to pay ASUU withheld 4 months salaries
Another round of crisis that may disrupt academic activities is looming in the universities following the decision of the the Federal Government to pay the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the four months withheld salaries in exclusion of other three University based unions. Already, the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association […]
FG MOVES TO AVERT LOOMING ASUU STRIKE
THE Presidency on Wednesday said that the government was making frantic efforts to avert the planned strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Presidency also assured that no indigent students will be denied the government student loan to be launched in the next three weeks. Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. […]
FG promises to address nurses concerns on new guidelines
The Federal Government on Tuesday, promised to address the concerns of members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives in the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Health Matters, Salma Anas-Ibrahim, said this at a press briefing in Abuja while speaking on the state of healthcare, maternal and child health in […]
Strike: FG still paying lecturers with IPPIS, No demands has been fulfilled —ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the Federal Government is still using the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System to pay lecturers salaries. National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview, complained that the FG had yet to implement its promise to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System […]
CORP MEMBER SLUMPS AND DIES WATCHING NIGERIA AFCON SEMI-FINALS
A serving member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), simply identified as Samuel, slumped and d!ed while watching Nigeria’s Super Eagles clash with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana. According to the Nigerian Tribune, an eyewitness said that the corps member serving in Adamawa State died before the last shootout that progressed Nigeria to the final […]
UNIZIK RESCHEDULES MATRICULATION CEREMONY FOR 2023/2024 SESSION
The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka wishes to inform the public and stakeholders that the matriculation ceremony for the 2023/2024 Academic Session has been rescheduled. The Matriculation ceremony, originally scheduled for February 16th, 2024, will now take place on Friday, March 14, 2024. All relevant stakeholders are kindly requested to take note of this […]
NLC, TUC ISSUE NOTICE OF NATIONWIDE STRIKE, WARNS FG
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have sent a notice of a 14-day national strike to the federal government. The unions said that the 16-point agreement that was reached on October 2, 2023, between them and the federal government, has not been implemented. The national leadership of the […]