The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has scheduled a crucial National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to discuss issues affecting members’ welfare. The meeting, which would take place at ASUU Secretariat in Abuja, is expected to be attended by principal and national officers, zonal coordinators, and branch chairmen. Notifications have been sent out to those…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that there will be no further extension of 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration after the June 17, 2024 deadline.JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday, urged candidates to take advantage of the opportunity to register. JAMB recently announced the extension period for the…
Organised Labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following the criticism and…
The management of the Polytechnic Ibadan invites qualified candidates to the 2024/2025 academic session post UTME screening exercise for admission into its various National Diploma (ND) programmes Candidates applying for the National Diploma Programmes must have attempted the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and obtained scores not lower than 150. You will be required…
The Imo State University in Owerri, Imo State, has been under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board over an allegation of admission racketeering involving some staff members of the institution. We gathered that JAMB officials, after observing that its admission portal had been compromised,…
Due to the extension of the application period for 2023/2024 postgraduate programmes till June 30th, 2024. The Qualifying Exam earlier stated for 8th June,2024 is hereby postponed, a new date will be communicated later.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called off their industrial action. The TUC president Festus Osifo confirmed this in Abuja on Tuesday after a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting of the unions. “A joint NEC meeting of TUC/NLC has approved to relax the industrial action for one week…
The Federal Government has through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC, summoned a meeting of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage for tomorrow. Last meeting of the committee ended abruptly on May 31, after Organised Labour negotiating team walked out following government and organised private sector, OPS, refusal to go…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to organised labour to consider students sitting for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination as it plans an indefinite strike. The Head of National Office of WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut, appealed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He…
The NLC has declared an indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, 3rd June, 2024, as a result of the failure of Government to conclude the renegotiation of minimum wage for Nigerian workers and reversal of hike in electricity tariff. Our branches are hereby enjoined to join in the strike action as an affiliate member of…
