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The Nigerian Ambassador to Poland, Christian Ugwu, has told parents of Nigerian students that some refused to board a flight and they are on their own risk The envoy, who warned the parents in an interview with journalists at the Polish Airport, said the parents should counsel their wards and children to come back. “When the crisis in Ukraine subsides, they will be back to the country,” he said. He explained that the embassy has been trying its best to convince the Nigerian students of the need for them to get back to Nigeria, than remaining in Poland to constitute a nuisance. He said: “Remaining in Poland will be a difficult thing for them because we know what is obtainable in this place. “So please, they should tell their children to come home, seeing that the federal government has made available flights for them to come home.” Earlier this week, the envoy had in a video interaction with the students warned them against contravening the polish laws. He said Poland is a country th...

The security operatives in the University Of Calabar (UNICAL), have arrested a man named Kinghope Ubi for using a dummy gun to threaten students and snatched their phones at the School premises According to the security operatives, Ubi was arrested at the ICT Centre of the institution on Thursday, March 3, after using the dummy gun at Akomaye Ephraim and collecting his Tecno Camon 16 Premium phone valued at N108,000. When interrogated, he confessed that he came into the university to visit his girlfriend, and thereafter, he decided to snatch some phones from students. Kinghope Ubi, who is not a student of UNICAL, said that his friend gave him the dummy gun to point at students and collect their phones. After arresting him, they found a passport of him wearing a Nigeria Customs Service uniform. He told newsmen that he was dismissed from the Customs Service in 2021. The suspect was handed over to the Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism Squad of the Police for further action. CREDIT: ALLSCHOO...

The Minister Of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige said the Federal government does not have the money to meet Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), demands. Ngige, who spoke yesterday when he appeared on Channels Television’s evening programme, “Politics Today”, said: “To show commitment for revitalisation, a sum of N1.3 trillion was promised by (former) President Goodluck Jonathan, out of which N220 billion was paid. “As at 2016/2017, it was discovered that government could not meet the demand. However, we have to have a way to fund the universities. “For the balance of N1.1 trillion, the government does not have such fund, and that is the simple truth. Right now, the government does not have the money to meet with ASUU’s demand, hence we are calling for renegotiation. “But I can tell you that the government is very serious about education, hence, we have been working round the clock to resolve this impasse. CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, The Nation

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, chapter (ASUU-ABU), has asked the institution to withdraw the degree certificate it issued to Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai. A statement jointly signed by ASUU branch Chairman, Harun Jibril and Secretary, Hussein Abdullahi said the union had deliberated over an attempt by El-Rufai to illegally and forcefully take over lands belonging to the institution, a Nigerian government-owned citadel of learning, despite a court order restraining him from doing so. According to the union after a congress meeting held on Wednesday, the governor’s actions are in contravention of the requirements in character and learning deemed worthy of the ABU degree award. El-Rufai, the current governor of Kaduna State graduated from the Department of Quantity Surveying of the university some decades ago. The land covering 196.258 hectares is situated at the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Mando in the Ig...

The Union president of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke disclosed in an interview that if they stop fighting for Nigerian public universities, they will die like primary schools In this interview, the National President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, tells GRACE EDEMA that the strike will be called off when the government implements all the demands of the association What are those major issues in the Nigerian universities, under the revitalisation demands? The major challenge in Nigerian universities has to do with salaries. The number one issue is about laboratories. In a typical science-based course, you are to have a one-hour lecture and a two-hour laboratory practical, but we have a situation where there are no laboratories where you can do the practical. So the children are just taught theories. As I said, it is a one-hour lecture and a two-hour laboratory practical, but now lecturers are forced to teach three-hour theories, tryi...

```Ngige Asks ASUU To End Strike, Ondo Students Protest Block Express Way``` The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said the Federal government does not have money to pay the Academic Staff Union Of Universities the earned allowances they demand, but he will find means with his finance counterpart Zainab Ahmed to make sure the allowances are paid ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022, announced the commencement of a four-week strike following the failure of the government to honour some of its long-standing demands. Following the strike, Ngige arranged a negotiation meeting with the union. Though ASUU insisted that it would not call off its strike until the demand is met or they will go for an indefinite Strike, Ngige said the implementation of most of the union’s demands were in progress. But Ngige, while briefing with Punch correspondent on the outcome of the meeting with ASUU on Tuesday, explained that the government had no money but the finance minister would loo...

In continuation of our agitations for a conducive, qualitative and serene environment but affordable tuition fees for the overall interests of the Nigerian students and her parents, earlier today the leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone B led by the Deputy Coordinator His Excellency General Dio Oghale-Emejoereda Emeka Rex and the leadership of National Association of Delta State Students led by the national president Comr Nkwor Gabriel and Joint Campus Committee led by her chairman Comrade Precious Madjemite met with the management of Delta State University of Science and Technology Ozoro. Remember the leadership of NANS on the 22nd of February met with the honorable commissioner for higher education and the Vice Chancellors of the state owned universities to register her displeasure over the outrageous school fee schedule and the continuous neglect of the students union leadership, and it was further agreed that the leadership should meet with the ...

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed two bills to establish a Federal University in the Federal Capital Territory and Rivers State. They two Universities are; FCT University of Science and Technology Abaji (Establishment) Bill, 2022; and Federal University of Environmental Technology, Koroma/Saakperwa Tai Ogoni, Rivers State (Establishment) Bill, 2022. The bills were passed after the consideration of two separate reports presented by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. Vice-Chairman of the Committee, Senator Sandy Onuh, in a presentation on behalf of the Chairman, Ahmad Babba Kaita, said the bill to establish the Federal Capital Territory University of Science and Technology, Abaji, would provide the legal framework needed by the institution to close the knowledge gap in science and technology. According to the lawmaker, the bill to establish the Federal University of Environmental Technology would also allow for academic and professional programmes leading to the award o...

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested six suspected students Of Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) for Cultism in the state area. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, in a statement said that the suspects claimed to be students of the University when arrested. In his words: “Yesterday being 01/03/2022 at about 08:30hrs, the Command received a credible information that some members of Denorsemen Secret Cult Group were holding a meeting in their hideout in Oye-Ekiti,” the PPRO stated. “Upon the receipt of the information, the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad(RRS) mobilized to the scene where six(6) suspected cultists- namely- Omole Paul(21yrs), Okoro Wisdom(22yrs), David Makinlola(20yrs), Egbabo Kester(22yrs), Raymond Ejekwu(21yrs) and Daniel Chiwumba(28yrs) were arrested “During interrogation, the suspects arrested confessed to be Indian hemp smokers and claimed to be students of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). According to him, items recovered from the ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing industrial strike action embarked by Academic Staff Union Of Universities. Nigeria’s minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, March 1, met with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss issues surrounding the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. On addressing journalists in Abuja after the meeting with the president, said that he (Buhari) was satisfied with the briefing. Minister Ngige met with President Buhari over the ASUU strike. According to Daily Trust reports, Ngige said he also informed the president about the 2020 December agreement with ASUU which is already on course in terms of implementation. Then, he added that N40 billion for earned allowances and N30 billion for revitalization fee has already been paid to the union. He further made the clarification of the payment paid by the FG is the N22.7 billion payment from the suppleme...