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ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benin Zone, has pleaded with Nigerians to join it to rescue the nation’s university system from dying. Zonal Coordinator, ASUU-Benin Zone, Prof. Fred Esumeh, made the appeal while addressing journalists in Benin City, yesterday. He said: “ASUU is calling on all-well meaning Nigerians to …

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the dismissal of no fewer than nine policemen over allegations that they were the ones demanding wage increase and planning to lead the rank and file into an industrial action. It was reported that the police headquarters had ‘sleepless nights’ in …

Over the decades threats of strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other sister unions are the bogeys that have continued to haunt our tertiary educational system. They started in the 1970s, and yet, no regime has found a lasting solution to them. The main cause of …

The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has said consultation is ongoing as regards the union’s response to the government offer of last Friday. On Friday, the Federal Government agreed to exempt ASUU from the IPPIS and also increased the academic earned allowance to N70bn. These and …