University students nationwide have welcomed the suspension of the two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), following a late-night National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. ASUU said it suspended the strike after renewed discussions with the Federal Government and commitments to address long-standing issues, including funding, welfare and implementation of
When university students began another two-week wait under the shadow of the latest Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, many Nigerians sighed in resignation: another disruption, another lost semester. But beneath the recurring labour disputes and the decay of the education system lies a deeper fracture — one that prominent jurist Chief Wole Olanipekun,
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its two-week warning strike. The union announced the suspension this morning at an emergency press briefing by the president, Prof. Chris Piwuna. The president mentioned that the suspension came after the Committee of the Senate on Tertiary Education and TETFund, the Committee of Labour, and
The Forum of Governing Council Members in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions (FOGOCOM) has encouraged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its two-week strike. The council asked ASUU to consider students’ interests, emphasising that strikes affect their growth and mental health. Hon. Aguele, the FOGOCOM’s National Publicity Secretary, stated that a developing country
The Senate has intervened in the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), moving to prevent a full-scale shutdown of academic activities across Nigeria’s public universities. Members of the Senate Committees on Labour, and on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, met behind closed doors with ASUU’s national leadership at the National
The President of the University of Lagos Alumni Association, Ifeoluwa Oyedele, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike and return to the classrooms. Mr Oyedele appealed the association’s 55th Anniversary Awards and Recognition Dinner held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, on Friday night. He urged the
Each Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is more than a pause in lectures; it reflects Nigeria’s recurring governance failure. The latest two-week warning strike, which began on October 13, has once again paralysed campuses across the country, sending thousands of students home and halting academic progress. At its core, this strike is a
Once again, the gates of Nigeria’s public universities are locked. Lecturers have downed tools, students are stranded, and another academic calendar hangs in the balance. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is on strike — again. This time, it is a two-week warning strike declared on October 13, 2025, but Nigerians have seen this
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the Federal Government’s enforcement of the “no work, no pay” policy against striking university lecturers, insisting instead on a “no pay, no work” stance. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made this known on Wednesday during a press briefing after visiting Abia State Governor Alex Otti in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa
