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OPINION – CAMP CHRONICLE: Dutse by road
By Rilwan Muhammad Graduating from the university comes with its unique pleasure and happiness, especially in Nigeria where ASUU strike is part of the erratic academic calendars of our universities. So, knowing that you have now put university behind your back is, in itself, a source of joy and a thing to take, nay […]
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ASUU agrees to go back to class.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight-month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities. The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on Friday. The government also […]
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ASUU/FG TUSSLE: No future for Nigerian students
By Mahmud Yahaya During my pupilage in primary school, I could remember a song which we often sang while in assembly. Even though as at that time, I could not sing the song well but, I was able to grasp the core message that ‘children are the leaders of tomorrow’. My thought was the […]
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FG moves to merge ASUU, SSANU, NASU
The Federal Government has started the process of bringing all unions within the university system under one single entity. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed while speaking at the 2nd Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) in Abuja. […]
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OPINION: ASUUÂ Strike: A battle between the Elites and Elitists.
By Abdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik I was reflecting over the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the response of the Government and I remembered the slogan of University of Leicester while I was there as a PhD student. “Elite without being elitist – University of Leicester”. The University picked up the slogan […]
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OPINION: Understanding the misconceptions about ASUU
By Sulaiman Maijama’a If not because of the dogged determination and great perseverance by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) in defense of education in Nigeria over the years, public universities in the country would have since been in dilapidated condition with poor infrastructure, poor remuneration of staff_ moreso universities would have been […]
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OPINION: Nigeria: Like the leaders, like the led
By Rilwan Muhammad Events unfolding in the country lately are not, in any way, what anyone will appreciate. Of course, some may say that the looting of warehouses in many states in Nigeria by hoodlums – as the media will call them, partly because of their actions of carting away properties not possessed by […]
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ASUU calls for resignation of Education Minister.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for the immediate resignation of State Minister for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, for it described as incompetence for him occupy the sensitive position of Minister. This is contained in a page statement by Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria branch Chairman of the Union, Professor Rabi’u Nasiru […]
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