Following The ruling of the Court of Appeal ordering ASUU to suspend its strike, the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, a member of the union’s National Executive Committee told Channels TV on Friday. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week. The Court of Appeal had…
Author: Patron Akindele
Its been a round full of drama and excitement past the halfway stage of as a number of top teams have cemented their place in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League while few other teams continue to stutter with the prospect of dropping to the Europa league while elimination has already been confirmed for some. As it stands, Bayern Munich, Club Brugge, Manchester City, Napoli, Real Madrid. The two Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers as well as Viktoria Plzen dropping out entirely. Perhaps most impressive in the round has been Napoli who turned on the style…
The speaker of the house of representative, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has met with the leadership of ASUU in a bid to end the over 7 months strike and find a lasting solution to lingering issues bedivling the Union and the general education system in Nigeria. Read below the content of Press statement issued from the “Office of the speaker, House of representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria” ¤
It was a fruitful weekend for Nigeria teams in the CAF Champions Leage and CAF Confederations cup as Rivers, Plateau and Kwara United all secured wins. Champions of Nigerian professional footbal league, Rivers United beat holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco 2-1 in the first leg of their CAF Champions League first round tie in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Wydad Casablanca had taken the lead in the 32nd minute through Senegal forward Bouly Junior Sambou. Just two minutes later though, Malachi Ohawume equalised for Rivers United but that was never going to be end if their comeback. Ghanaian, Paul Acquah…
Enock Mwepu has been forced to end his playing career following the diagnosis a hereditary heart condition. This was confirmed in an official statement released via the club official website and twitter handle. According to experts, the condition could potentially worsen overtime and thereby put Enock at an extremely high risk of suffering a potentially fatal cardiac event, if he were to continue playing competitive football. Club chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion, Tony Bloom said, “We are all absolutely devastated for Enock. He and his family have had a traumatic few weeks and while we are just…
The Federal Court of appeal has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume work immediately… Following the appeal of the industrial court judgement ruling against ASUU regarding the over 7 months old strike, the Penultimate Court in the hierarchy of Courts in Nigeria has now reaffirmed that members of ASUU should resume with the judgement seemingly the final straw in having an end to the strike. The court gave the order today while granting leave to ASUU to appeal the interlocutory injunction of Justice Polycarp Hamman of the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court…
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) in Benin, Edo State, through its registrar Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, has announced the release of the results of 2022 in-school May/June National Business Certificate/National Technical Certificate (NBC/NTC) examinations. She informed that 58,659 of the 84,147 candidates scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English Language, representing 69.60 percent. Isiugo-Abanihe also made it known that 75,221 candidates obtained five credits and above, with or without English Language and Mathematics, representing 89.39 percent. Conversely though, She noted that the performance was slightly lower than that of 2021 performance with 300 candidates found…
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) chapter of the newly inaugurated Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) has ordered lecturers to resume academic activities. The resolution came on the back of an emergency meeting held on the 4th of October 2022 at the UNIBEN sports complex car park. The following are the resolutions made at the end of the meeting; Members should resume work unfailingly tomorrow Wednesday 5th October, 2022. Any attack, physical or verbal by any member(s) of the striking asuu should be promptly reported to the university management. Members should commence teaching and project supervision immediately. Members were…
The Federal Government will on Tuesday present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige will make the presentation. Invitation sent to reporters on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Oshundun Olajide contains the information. The message reads; “The Honorable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige cordially invites you to the recognition and presentation of Certificate of Registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). “The Programme is scheduled to…
Leicester earned their first win of the season with Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi starting at the base of the midfield as they hammered Nottingham Forest to dump their local rivals on the bottom of the Premier League and pile the pressure on manager Steve Cooper. James Maddison scored two excellent goals and created another for substitute Patson Daka, while Harvey Barnes curling home a superb effort as Brendan Rodgers’ side recorded their biggest home win since December. It was a big enough night for Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha to fly in from Thailand to watch the team his family bankrolled to…