ASUU declares continuation of strike, disowns breakaway faction. Hopes of undergraduates returning to the classroom anytime soon have again been dashed as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ruled out any possibility of suspending its six months old strike.Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Ministry of Labour and Employment, chaired by Chris Ngige as “Conciliator” for continuously creat...

After several months of legal process, the court has ruled on the case between FG Vs ASUU concerning the withheld salary that was meant to be paid wehn ASUU embarked on an industrial action last year.The court rules that ASUU members who participated in the strike of 14th Feb. 2022 till when it was called off are not entitled to salaries.The National Industrial Court held that it is legal not to pay salaries to striking members of during the period the strike lasted...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Abubakar, has said that repeated strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have done much harm to the university system and the young ones that the universities are meant to groom.The Sultan stated this on Saturday after he received a degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) from the Modibbo Adama University, MAU, Yola.The monarch, who was one of four prominent Nigerians awarded honorary degrees by MAU during its...