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 The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, stated that the Federal Government would look into the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The minister also said most of the union’s grievances were domiciled in the ministries of Education and Communications and Digital Economy. Ngige stated this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja. ASUU had issued several threats of an indefinite strike over what the union tagged the failure of the Federal Government to honour some of the agreements it signed with it in the past. In 2020, ASUU went on a nine-month strike, which was called off in December of that year.   In 2021, the union issued fresh threats and gave the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum to address its grievances. The union later shelved the move following the payment of N22.1bn earned allowances and the release of N30bn revitalisation fund to the universities. Some members of the Nigeria Inter-religious Council, led by the co-ch...

  This is to inform the general public that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the adoption of a new USSD code. This was announced in its weekly bulletin released on Monday by its Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin. USSD CODE The board announced the adoption of ‘66019’ as an additional and optional USSD code besides the ‘55019’ code that had been in operation since 2018, for UTME/DE registration and other essential services. It explained that the initiative was to facilitate a hitch-free 2022 UTME/DE registration exercise by ensuring that was no difficulty whatsoever in the creation of profiles by candidates, especially in a situation whereby many of them would send requests via one USSD code. According to JAMB, prospective candidates for the 2022/23 UTME/DE are to use both codes to create their profiles for registration. “As usual, candidates are required to send their National Identification Number (NIN) via either of these USSD codes...

  This is to announce to the general public that the new official matriculation date of the University is on the 4th March, 2022. Nnamdi Azikiwe University has rescheduled its earlier scheduled date for matriculation exercise. The new date is 4th of March, 2022 and the time is 10am. Meanwhile the orientation exercise that will precede the matriculation will start on 1st March and end on 3rd March. ✍️✍️ Dikeocha Martins

  This is to inform the general public that the 2022/23 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination( UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) Registrations will now commence Saturday, February 19th and end on the 26th of March 2022.the board had earlier scheduled the exercise for February 12, 2022.However, in a notice on Tuesday, JAMB said the postponement was to enable “more fine-tuning of the upgraded and user-friendly procedures for candidates’ registration. It said the fine-tuning process will be concluded within the one-week extension period given before the commencement of registration. (BY JAMB) The Board wishes the general public to note that the Board is ever-ready to provide world-class services to Nigerians.“Further to the above, the new and improved procedures for the 2022/23 UTME Registration would be made available on the Board’s website, its weekly bulletin as well as other media outlets on Monday, 14th February 2022.“The candidates are, by this notice, urged to follow keenly the ...

  DETAILS REGISTRATION EXERCISE FOR THE NEWLY ADMITTED CANDIDATES FOR THE 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION This is to inform all candidates who have been offered admission into Olabisi Onabanjo University for the 2021/2022 Academic Session that Registration Exercise has commenced. Candidates who have accepted the offer of Admission on JAMB CAPS are expected to come along with both originals and photocopies ot the underlisted documents to their respective Faculty offices for registration while those admitted for Medicıne, Pharmacy,Engineering & Environmental Studies, Basic Medical Sciences and Agricultural Sciences are to visit the Academic Affairs unit of the Registry for their registration as from Tuesday, 8th February 2022. The Required documents are: JAMB Admission Letter Verification/Personal Data Form Acceptance Fee Receipt UTME Result Post UTME Result O’level Results Diploma Result and other entry requirements (for DE Candidates only) Birth Certificate Tax Clearance Certificate...

 The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said its members in universities across the country will embark on another strike soon if the Federal Government fails to implement the Memorandum of Action it signed with the union last year. The Chairman of ASUU in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Dr Biodun Olaniran, and Secretary, Dr Toyin Abegunrin, who said this in a statement issued after the congress of the union held on Monday, stressed that the failure of the government to fully implement the agreements was worrisome. The union said it had resolved to embark on an indefinite strike if the Federal Government fails to accede to its demands within a certain period of time. It said members had resolved to embark on an indefinite strike since the government was not ready to do the needful. While asking Nigerians to prevail on the government to avert the impending strike, the union said it had allowed many stakeholders to talk to the government, which had portr...

  This is to inform the general public that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), a proactive agency with the responsibility of conducting entrance examination into all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria, has introduced the use of WhatsApp as additional support and complaint platform. With this extra platform, candidates and other stakeholders would have the benefit of instant messaging and solutions to whatever query they might have regarding any of the operational processes of the Board. To this, ASD Technologies, the developer of the WhatsApp solution, announced that the platform would provide help with such things as “step-by-step” registration procedure, for instance, as well as providing a feedback mechanism for effective service delivery. The platform is not meant to replace but complement the existing ticketing system, thereby expanding access to critical services, among others. ✍️✍️ Dikeocha Martins  

University lecturers are heading for another strike over the re-negotiated 2009 agreement with the Federal Government, it was learnt at the weekend. There are indications that the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on February 14 to review the implementation of some components of the agreement and decide on industrial action. It was learnt that the re-negotiated agreement has five components, including funding for revitalisation, autonomy for universities and welfare. The committee, which re-negotiated the agreement, was headed by Prof Munzali Jibril, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa State and Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities. An ASUU leader, who preferred not to be named, said there had been a lack of progress in the agreement since it was re-negotiated last May. The source said the government team on the committee proposed certain figures which were adopted with an assurance that the ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari begins the week under review with a promise that the FG would honour promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This, President Muhammadu Buhari said, was to prevent disruptive strikes, engender uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of education institutions. Mr.President made the pledge on February 1st, when he received members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) led by the Co-Chairs, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Samson Ayokunle. ASUU, on Friday, expressed doubts over the ability of the FG to resolve the lingering crisis in the education sector, in particular, the universities, threatening that the union might soon commence an indefinite strike. However, the President stated that no society which wished itself well neglected its educational system and all its component parts. He, therefore, praised the leadership of NIREC for intervenin...

This is to inform the general public and those in Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu that the Management has banned the use of personal vehicle owned by student and display of their wealth on campus.  The management said that henceforth only staffs and accredited visitors are allowed to use or drive cars on campus and that students are not allowed to do so.  Meanwhile, any student seen violating this directive of the managements will face his or her punishment in which disciplinary action will be taken.  ✍️✍️ Dikeocha Martins

  This is to inform the general public especially the applicant of OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY (OOU) that the admission list for the 2021/2022 academic session has been updated on jamb caps . Applicants who are Admitted via First batch and have paid their comittal fees are expected to login to their respective caps to check their Admission status to accept the Admission offer. After you must have accepted the Admission offer,you are mandated to print out the Jamb Admission letter in hardcopy as it’s among the documents required for the ongoing verification Exercise at the Institution campus Candidates who are yet to be offered admission on the school portal are advised to await for the second batch Admission list, they are also expected to note that this Admission allocation which Commenced few days ago is for only first batch admitted Applicants. The Admission is being processed gradually. HOW TO CHECK ADMISSION STATUS ON JAMB CAPS 1. Prospective Applicants are expected to follow ...

  The National President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in an interview saying that they urged its chapters across the country to sensitise members of the public on the situation between the union and the Federal Government and declared Monday, February 7, 2022, as a lecture-free day in a bid to enhance the sensitisation.    The last national strike by ASUU was in March 2020 and lasted till December when the Memorandum of Action (MoA) was signed. However, a year after signing the MoA, ASUU accused the government of failing to fulfil its side of the bargain and threatened to mobilise for another strike immediately. The government quickly moved to pay N55 billion as part-payment for the Earned Academic Allowance and Revitalisation Fund, but the union was unmoved until the Nigerian Inter-religious Council (NIREC) and other dignitaries waded in. Demands  These demands include the sustainability of the university autonomy, which it said the intro...