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    THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union. The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it will activate the procedure of embarking on strike. The union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, added that the FG no longer picked its calls. Recall that in March 2020, ASUU embarked on a strike following its disagreement with the FG over the funding of the universities and the ineffectiveness and discrepancies around the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System and others. ASUU, however, developed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution to replace IPPIS and had several meetings with the Ministries of Finance, Education, Labour and Employment, and the Office of the Accountant Gener...

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State have partnered with an Irish aviation training company, Newcastle Aerodrome, to commence degree programme in Aviation Studies. At the event, both institutions agreed to bridge the gap in manpower in aviation by training professionals. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, represented by one of his aides, Adewale Adelaide, said, “The government will support anything that would improve knowledge and expand our technical expertise in every area. That is the reason government is looking for partnerships with the private sector.” The Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, who was at the occasion, described the partnership as the best thing that had happened to him in his capacity as the VC. While decrying the lack of aviation studies in Nigerian Universities, he said that it was one of the areas the country was yet to fully tap into in terms curriculum studies. “It is good to know that the t...

  Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) programme for the 2021/2022 academic session. The programme leads to the JUPEB certificate award, which enables candidates to gain Direct Entry Admissions into various degree programmes in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and other JUPEB – affiliated Universities in Nigeria and abroad. ELIGIBILITY : Eligible candidates must possess minimum of 5 Credits at maximum of two sittings in at least 5 subjects (including English Language) relevant to the candidates’ desired course of study in the University. DURATION : The duration of the programme is a minimum of one academic session of two semesters. Available Subject Combinations: ARTS : Gov/Lit-in-English/CRS (GLCRS), SOCIAL SCIENCES:  Government/Economics/Mathematics (GEM), Govt/Economics/Geography (GEG), Literature/Economic/Geography (LEG), Biology/Economics/Government (BEG), Govt/...

  THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA Senate president impeached for allegedly embezzling over 3million Naira. Nnamdi Ifeanyichukwu C. Is a 300l law student of the University of Nigeria Nsukka also known as (Nice – Man) has been impeached for the misappropriation of the University or public funds. According to the information gathered Nnamdi Ifeanyichukwu C. Who is the formal senate president of the University of Nigeria was impeached following a thorough inspection and investigation carried out by the School Senate and Executive council and Committee. From the report gethered, it was discovered that Nice – Man swallowed N3,238,500 from the committee purse for his personal use. On this same University issue, Many online TV platforms like one of the highest Nigerian Instagram page Known as instablog has acted on the Issue. Join any of these WhatsApp Groups to receive Prompt News Update on WhatsApp Loyal Media House G-1 Loyal Media House G-2 Loyal Media House G-3 IGBERE TV – IGTV ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another round of industrial strike action after its next National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. ASUU made this known on Tuesday, saying government officials have been put on alert, adding that some of its members are being owed 16 months salaries. ASUU further stated that in addition to members being owed salaries, salaries of members are still being deducted, lamenting that nothing tangible has been done about it. The union urged the Federal Government to resolve the issue before its NEC meets next month to avoid a fresh crisis in the system. “We have some of our members whose salaries are still being deducted; you have some of them going home with N26, 000, some going home with N47,000; Some are being owed for 16 months and nothing tangible has been done about it. “We have put government officials on alert and we have told them to resolve everything before our NEC meets next month to avoid a fresh crisis i...