ASUU: Earned allowances paid to varsities, Buhari insists

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday, insisted that the Federal Government had released funds for payment of earned allowances and revitalisation to universities. Buhari, who identified funding…

Lagos Police Conclude Autopsy, Release Body Of Dowen Student To Family For Burial

The police have released the corpse of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni, to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain…

Four Corps Members Die In Road Accident In Yobe After Leaving Orientation Camp

Afew days after concluding their three-week orientation course in Taraba State, four corps members from Yobe State have lost their lives in a road accident while others were left with…

ASUU kicks against indiscriminate establishment of varsities by govs

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called for the urgent amendment of the National Universities’ Commission Act to stop governors from indiscriminately establishing new universities without adequately funding them.…

PHOTO NEWS: Final year student dies in motorcycle accident shortly after her exam in Nasarawa

A final year student of the Department of Economics/Geography, College of Education (COE) Akwanga, Nasarawa State, Ruth Abraham, has died in a motorcycle accident.  It was gathered that the student was killed…

ASUU vows to sustain action till FG meets demands

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Akure Zone, Prof. Olufayo Olu-Olu, has said that members of the union would sustain any action they embark until the Federal Government meets…

PHOTO NEWS: Secondary school students arrested during alcohol-fuelled group s3x

16 Students of Gatitu Mixed Secondary School, Kenya, were on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, arrested after they got involved in a drinking spree and sexual orgy. The students were arrested in several…

ASUU meets Saturday, decides on planned strike over unfulfilled agreement

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Saturday with zonal leaders of the union over the Federal Government’s failure to  implement agreements it…

PHOTO NEWS: Plateau State University student commits suicide after positing note on Facebook

A student of Plateau State University has committed suicide after posting a suicide note on Facebook. Nanshak Christopher Moris, known simply as Chris among friends, posted on Facebook on Sunday evening.…

We won’t allow minister, govt officials scuttle 2021 agreement with FG, says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has flayed what it described as an attempt by some government officials including the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige and the Permanent…