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University of Lagos has been shut down following the protest by students over tuition hike. We learnt the Students blocked entrances to the school this morning, preventing vehicle from moving in and outside of the campus in protest against the hike.

 Wednesday morning at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), was a bad for freshers in the school. It was gathered that scores of students sustained  injuries in the stampede, just as one of them was said to have died. However, there was no official confirmation about whether someone died. Students trying to enter into the hall Students trying to enter into the hall Eye witnesses said the stampede occurred when the students were attempting to force their way into the hall where the screening exercise was taking place, and UNIBEN security personnel closed the gate against them, forcing the surging students to fall, and hundreds of them stepping on those on the ground. When P.M.NEWS visited the university Wednesday morning, it was observed that thousands of the applicants who besieged the Akin Deko auditorium-venue of the screening were still at the two gates leading to the premises. It was observed that the iron barricade of the western gate was broken and students still he...

Hmmm, Nigeria youths are fond of posting everything about them on social media sad news for a 100-Level Covenant University student Bisi who was expelled after a video of her twerking naked has gone viral. In the clip, Bisi is seen completely naked, dancing and twerking with her fully clothed roommate who goes by the name MhiZ Jacklyn on Twitter. Bisi’s racy video is currently trending on Twitter. A few hours ago, the friend clarified that she didn’t leak the video. She claims that a male CU student took the video from the recycle bin on her laptop.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday released its 2013 November/December results with a total of 86,612 candidates, representing 29.17% of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics. Announcing the result at the WAEC office, Yaba, Lagos, Head of National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu said that a total of 308,217 candidates registered for the Nov/Dec 2013 WASSCE. 82 blind candidates registered and sat for the examination. From the figure, he noted, 17 candidates, representing 20.73% obtained credits in 5 subjects including English Language and Mathematics. According to him, 296,827 candidates, consisting of 163,659 male and 133,168 female candidates sat for the examination. Out of the total of candidates, 299,784 candidates, representing 97.26% have their results fully released, while 8,433 candidates, representing 2.74% have a few of their subjects still being...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), today, announced the suspension of its 6months old strike  - with immediate effect. The Union  suspended the strike after a marathon National Executive Committee meeting held in Minna, Niger State, yesterday. ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge The different chapters of ASUU are expected to hold congress meetings on Wednesday following which academic activities  will resume in the universities. The meeting was deliberate over the agreement signed Wednesday, last week, by union executives and the federal government. The NEC meeting, Vanguard gathered was attended by ASUU branch chairmen and secretaries, the national executive members of the Union, coordinators and past leaders, including members from 52 universities. Public universities lecturers have been on strike  since July 1, 2013

The government Government and the authority of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, commanded by its leader Dr. Nasir Fagge yesterday, signed Memoradum of understanding on the restructured 2009. affirmation. ASUU President, Dr. Nasir. Fagge said the article marked would be presented to the union to take an affirmative stand on the suspension of the 5 months vintage developed action. ASUU-strike-Cartoon He said with the signing of the MOU the 5month vintage strike would be suspended in a week’s time. According to Fagge, “This is the response to the note we composed to Mr. leader and this document would now be forwarded to our members and our members would give us main heading. We are hoping that we would be adept to rendezvous with our members in less than a week. I don’t have the power to call off the developed activity, it is only our constituents that can do that. And our constituents provided us a note to give to the government Government which we have finish...

Government’s deadline for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ends today, some lecturers of University of Lagos, have agreed to resume work today, five months after the strike. One of the lecturers, Dr Micheal Ogbeide, in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, said some of them have decided to resume against the union’s position. He said, “I, alongside other lecturers, who are ready to resume work will go back to work as directed by the government, who owns the school.” Nigerian Tribune, gathered that the lecturers agreed to resume work, whether ASUU called off the strike or not, while some of them agreed out of fear of losing their jobs as threatened by government and/or exhaustion from the longevity of the five month-old-strike. A law student at the Lagos State University (LASU), who pleaded anonymity, stated that as far as he knew, no student of the school had been prompted to resume school today. In the light of this, activities on the UNILAG and the Lagos State...

Briefing journalists on Monday, National President, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge said government was free to open all the federal universities in the country but all ASUU members would not go back to work unless the government met all their demands. Cross section of stakeholders at a meeting to review the ongoing strike by ASUU held at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan on Monday. Photo by Dare Fasube File: Cross section of stakeholders at a meeting to review the ongoing strike by ASUU held at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan. Photo by Dare Fasube “We shall bow only to what we as academics are convinced will serve the interest of Nigeria and its people, no matter their ethnic, religious or class origins. This is where we stand we shall never be cowed. “Since the issuance of the union’s response to the said letter, the salvos that have been coming out, allegedly from the Minister of Education, make one to wonder whether the person that is charged with the res...

President Goodluck responded to questions at the expanded caucus meeting of the Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party held  at Government House, Yenagoa,  he said, the Supervising Minister of Education only passed on the decision of  the Committee of Vice Chancellors. “We didn’t give them ultimatum; it was the Committee of Vice Chancellors that took that decision. The Supervising Minister of Education only passed on the decision.” He said, “What ASUU is doing is no longer trade union. I have intervened in other labour issues before now, once I invite them they respond and after the meeting they take decision and call off the strike. “At times we don’t even give them a long notice,unlike, in the case of ASUU that was given four days notice before the meeting. As you are meeting to resolve trade disputes, you expect the trade unions to get their officials ready. “What was expected having met with the highest authorities in the land for long hours, was for ASUU t...

You will all agree with me that every one is weary of the on going ASUU strike, the students are tired of staying at home, FG is tired of negotiation, even some of the lecturers are tired. so, FG can no longer keep quite.The Acedemic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been given one week ultimatum to call off the ongoing strike. The directive was granted today, in Abuja by the acting Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike while talking with journalists. The negotiations has been on hit since July 1 over the non Implementation of a 2009 agreement with the federal government. According to reports, the lecturers at their NEC gathering last week in Kano, demanded that government should pay the four-month wages arrears being was obliged varsity lecturers while there should be immediate implementation of the N1.2tn offerred by the goverment to public varsities, starting with the issue of N100bn this year, before the strike can be called off. A demand the portraying Minister Wi...

ACADEMIC staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Benin chapter, has called for the trial of the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Idris Wada and other ones attached to the misfortune that claimed one of their colleagues, Prof. Festus Iyayi. The group also accused the government of the state for trying to distort the details about the misfortune. meantime, civil society organisations in Edo State have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to set up a section of investigation to enquire the death of Prof. Iyayi, or face obnoxious reactions from Nigerians. The organisations, made up of lawful practitioners, scholars, work unions and lecturers, made their position renowned, weekend, at a symposium and street protest organised by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and nationwide Human privileges Commission and Citizens riches Platform to assess 2013 International Day to End Impunity. boss controller of ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, said ...

LEADERS of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, suspended indefinitely the union’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting planned to hold in Kano over the tragic auto-crash that claimed the life of ASUU former President, Professor Festus Iyayi, on Tuesday morning. Thousands of students who had kept vigil, waiting for the outcome of ASUU NEC meeting, therefore went home disappointed following the announcement of the suspension of the meeting. The accident which involved the convoy of Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State on Lokoja-Abuja Road also left two other officials of ASUU – Dr. Ngozi Ilo, National Welfare Officer, University of Benin, UNIBEN; branch chairman, Dr. Anthony Emina, and their driver, critically injured. President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, who announced the suspension of the NEC meeting in Kano, explained that the union had to suspend the meeting following the sudden and tragic death of Professor Festus Iyayi. The NEC meeting was widely e...

There might be hope of an end to the long over due strike by ASUU after over 13 hours meeting held by President Goodluck Jonathan with executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended at 3.35am on Tuesday morning. The ASUU executives told reporters who had kept vigil at the State House that they would take the president's message back to their members. Though they came out smiling, the president, Dr. Nasir Fagge, did not say what the message was when he spoke with the correspondents. The Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu, who also spoke with the press, just said what was discussed did not go beyond the 2009 agreement.

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National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2013 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations results, a breakdown of the results shows that about 69.57% of the candidate had credit generally while most of the students also came out with good results in both English Language and Mathematics, according to the registrar Professor Promise Nwachukwu Okpala, one million, fifty two thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight, 1,052,898 candidates registered for the examinations.

  Governor Adams Oshiomole became a Teacher when he paid an unscheduled visit to the state Staff Training Centre, venue of the Teacher verification exercise, He said “if you can’t read, what do you teach the pupils, what do you write on the board?” Chairman of the state Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr. Patrick Ikosimi, who was also at the screening to monitor the exercise, said that the woman’s failure was “an embarrassment.” Please Just take your Time and watch this video again!  Oh, this reminds me of when i use to teach my niece in Nursery school, but Comrade why all these questioning? This is not just an embarrassment, this calls for investigation , the comrade governor seems to be enjoying the fun, how did she get here? on whose government didn't she get this teaching job? Verify her credential if they are genuine. But before you go ahead, get an optician to examine her eyes; it seems she cannot see properly, may be its difficult for her to s...

Oh i weep for our Education, the standard keeps falling, day by day, who will intervene? The standard has fallen from the university to the primary schools, students are no longer ready to learn, those that are ready are been discouraged by incessant strikes, this is a serious threat to our economic development, no wonder the products from these schools cannot proffer solutions to Nigeria unending problems. Half baked products, half baked Teachers will always produce  quarter baked students Check out this story on Vanguard Newspaper about a Teacher who found it difficult to read: It all happened at the venue of the verification of certificates of primary school teachers in Edo State, as a teacher in Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state, Mrs. Augusta Odemwinge could not read a sworn affidavit she purportedly tendered as part of her credentials. The state governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, who paid an unscheduled visit to the state Sr taff Train...

Just as it may sound funny, Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala declared, yesterday, that the nation’s economy cannot accommodate the demands of the lecturers for now. ASUU  Versus FG, who will win this fight hmm, "when two elephants fight.......", for the sake of the ground, our future leaders, let this fight come to reasonable end: The minister who was delivering her keynote address at the opening ceremony of this year’s National Council on Finance and Economic Development, NACOFED, in Minna, Niger State, yesterday said that “at present, ASUU wants government to pay N92 billion in extra allowances over and above their salaries. Though we are in discussion with them, the problem is that the resources to take care of the demands are simply not there. She said: “People are supportive when there is agitation to increase salaries, pensions among others. “But on the other hand, people also turn around to say the recurrent budget is too high and there is no w...

Senator Anyim Pius Anyim the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), to meet with ASUU on Monday to address earned allowance and general university funding for infrastructure development. This was made known to newsmen by the Governor of Benue, Gabriel Suswam in Abuja after a meeting of ASUU with members of the committee on implementation of Needs Assessment Report to Nigerian Universities chaired by Suswan inaugurated earlier in the day by Anyim. According to Suswan! “These are the outstanding issues, otherwise other issues have been agreed on and we believe that by next week we should be able to agree on all the issues and, probably, ASUU will call off the strike,’’ he said “If you go into our universities you will agreed with me that there are a lot of infrastructure deficit; so, we have agreed that all the funding agencies will meet with ASUU.’’

Polytechnic students can now go back to school, after 81 days of sitting at home, as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. Though they only suspended the strike as the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. Good news i think? but what about ASUU?