Many terrorists were killed, while their hideouts and vehicles were destroyed during United States airstrikes carried out in Sokoto State on December 25, footage sighted by Sunday PUNCH has revealed. The footage of the operation, which is yet to be declassified by the military but was sighted by our correspondent on Saturday, showed three separate…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has warned that it may return to strike soon. The union says the federal government has failed to meet key agreements and accused the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Maruf Alausa, of trying to mislead Nigerians about the situation. Speaking through its University of Jos branch on Tuesday,…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its ongoing two-week warning strike. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, made this known in an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Piwuna, the decision stemmed from the meeting of the National Executive Council meeting which was held…
Dr. Alausa, Minister of Education The federal government has told the Academic State of Universities (ASUU) that it would invoke the “no work no pay policy” if it proceeds on strike despite the offers made to the lecturers. The federal government said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday as the lecturers…
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a two-week warning strike. ASUU president, Chris Piwuna, announced the strike at a press conference held at the union’s national secretariat at the University of Abuja on Sunday He directed all its members across the country to withdraw their services effective midnight. The union accused the government…
Barely a week to the commencement of its planned industrial action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begun mobilising its members across public universities in preparation for a nationwide strike. The development follows what the union described as the federal government’s “continued silence” despite being formally notified of its grievances and demands. ASUU…
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) has announced a two-week extension to the strike ultimatum previously issued to the federal government. It will be recalled that both unions initially gave the government a seven-day ultimatum over…
Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has taken a dig at the activities of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), asking the president and secretary of the union to resign immediately. Tanker drivers called on the duo, Comrades Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawale as the president and secretary of NUPENG to immediately tender their…
To avert nationwide planned strike, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, has summoned the management of Dangote group and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to an emergency meeting today (Monday). This is in a frantic effort to halt the planned nationwide strike over alleged anti-union…
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government over its failure to constitute the governing board of the National Pension Commission. The Labour Centre also accused the government of diverting workers’ funds through the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund. According to a communiqué signed by its President, Joe Ajaero,…
