THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch, has said contrary to the claim by the federal government, the union did not receive N100 billion from the federal government. The union blamed the government for its ongoing strike, saying it frustrated all genuine efforts it had made to end the industrial action. […]
INDICATIONS emerged on Tuesday that the Federal government has referred an application from a splinter group of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, seeking registration to stand as a separate union to a committee to look into. Recall that the rival ASUU group with the name, Congress of University Academics, CONUA, recently called on […]
THE National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources among the union’s NEC members told our correspondent on Monday that the meeting will hold at the […]
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said there is no uniform minimum national Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score for any of the tiers of tertiary institutions and neither does JAMB decide any such requirement for any institution. The board made this known in Abuja on Monday by the board Head, Public […]
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THE Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Charles Igwe, on Sunday bemoaned the absence of budget in research institutions for efficient environmental research in the country. Igwe said this at the Environmental stakeholders’ review on Resources and Environmental Policy Research Centre, Environment for Development (REPRC-EfD), for five years strategic plan on environmental issues […]