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ASUU Halts Warning Strike, Says Talks on 2009 Agreement Finally Gaining Ground

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ASUU Halts Warning Strike, Says Talks on 2009 Agreement Finally Gaining Ground

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its two-week nationwide warning strike after what it described as “encouraging progress” in ongoing negotiations with the Federal Government over the long-standing 2009 agreement. The decision was reached after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) held in Abuja on…

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House of Reps Moves to End ASUU–FG Standoff After Union Declares Two-Week Strike

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House of Reps Moves to End ASUU–FG Standoff After Union Declares Two-Week Strike

The House of Representatives has announced plans to intervene in the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the union’s decision to embark on a two-week warning strike. The development came after ASUU declared the strike on Monday, citing the government’s failure to fulfill previous agreements and…

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ASUU Strike: Lecturers Down Tools as Salary Stalemate Deepens

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ASUU Strike: Lecturers Down Tools as Salary Stalemate Deepens

By Olatunde Rex Oyez | July 8, 2025 In a move that sent ripples through Nigeria’s higher education sector, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has once again downed tools—this time, over unpaid salaries and broken promises. The scene across many Nigerian universities this week is eerily familiar: deserted lecture halls, confused students, and…

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ASUU Strike Looms As National Leadership Holds Crucial Meeting Today

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ASUU Strike Looms As National Leadership Holds Crucial Meeting Today

Tension is high within Nigeria’s university community as the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) prepares to meet today in Abuja. The union is expected to deliver a “State of the Nation” address during the meeting scheduled for this morning, fueling uncertainty, especially among students, as many fear the possibility of…

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ASUU to call off 8-month-old strike – National President

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ASUU to call off 8-month-old strike – National President

By NAN. The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the union will soon call off its eight-month-old strike. Osodeke said this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja. He said that from what the union had seen at…

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ASUU STRIKE: FG Withdraws Circular Ordering VCs To Open Varsities

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ASUU STRIKE: FG Withdraws Circular Ordering VCs To Open Varsities

The Federal Government has withdrawn its circular which directed vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open Federal Universities for students to resume academic activities. It was reported earlier that a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was addressed to all vice-chancellors; Pro-Chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities ordering them to re-open federal universities. But in…

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ASUU Declares When To End Ongoing Strike

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ASUU Declares When To End Ongoing Strike

Following the recent court order and moved by the federal government, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have declared that not even the Federal Government, can cajole them to return to the classrooms when their reasons for the seven-months old nationwide strike have not been met. ASUU reactions was in response to…

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BREAKING: Court orders ASUU to end strike

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BREAKING: Court orders ASUU to end strike

Today, a National Industrial Court in Abuja has directed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its ongoing nationwide strike, which began on February 14. This order was handed down to the union by the Justice Polycarp Hamman, in a ruling on Wednesday. According to the trial judge, he was invoking Section 18…

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ASUU STRIKE: Court Refuses FG’s Request to Order ASUU Back To Work

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ASUU STRIKE: Court Refuses FG’s Request to Order ASUU Back To Work

The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja yesterday refused the prayers of the Federal Government to order the striking Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to resume classes pending the determination of a suit challenging the strike. At the resumed sitting, James Igwe (SAN), Counsel to the Federal Government requested the court to order ASUU…

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ASUU extends Strike as 3-months initial extension ends

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ASUU extends Strike as 3-months initial extension ends

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has extended the prolonged industrial action embarked upon over five months ago by another four weeks. Recall that the striking lecturers shut down public universities on February 14, 2022, following the inability of the Federal Government to implement a Memorandum of Action (MoA) entered by the two parties…

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