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ADVERTISEMENT …he responded that history shows that ASUU demands have not been just for the welfare of members but also for a general improvement of conditions in the universities in the interests of the students and beyond. He noted that ASUU also frequently addresses the conditions of underdevelopment in the country…  Tough questions were posed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) president, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, during the Toyin Falola Interview Series held on April ...

Share The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said more than 500 of its members in federal universities nationwide are currently being punished by the Federal Government for not enrolling into the newly introduced Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The body said the punishment is in form of non-payment of their salaries since February last year despite the presidency’s waiver to the contrary. The National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, gave this...

Abiodun Ogunyemi and the Politics of Higher Education in Nigeria, By Toyin Falola Abiodun Ogunyemi stands out as one of the union leaders whose contributions, no matter how heavily criticised, deserve a high level of attention. Having received his education when Nigeria was test-running its political competence in terms of how it can bring about maximum transformation to the lives of the people who were governed, Ogunyemi unquestionably developed a critical sense of responsibility to his profes...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema Grace Edema Published 1:58 am The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said Nigerian politicians are proposing the establishment of more tertiary institutions to impress their constituents. This remark was made by the president of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in reaction to the recently proposed 235 new tertiary institutions by the National Assembly. Ogunyemi in an interview with The PUNCH said the government usually go to sleep after these universit...

Abiodun Ogunyemi: Brainpower and Political Activism, By Toyin Falola This productive professor has shown that quality education is not negotiable. Teachers like Ogunyemi are undeniably seers, and their projections into the future are not based on conjecture but valid conclusions aided by the accumulation of facts and an objective process of interrogation. For an educationist, two things occupy the cardinal position of their intellectual campaign: advocacy for a vibrant social environment and th...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced that it would soon commence an investigation into its members reported to

Though there was speculation last week, on the purported increment of the pump price of Fuel, the alleged price does not last more than few hours, when

Share Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong has received the COVID-19 vaccine and called on National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to give approval to the submission by the Plateau State COVID-19 Medical Research Team, so that Nigeria can have a homegrown remedy for containing the pandemic. It would be recalled that Plateau State COVID-19 Medical Research Team led by Prof Noel Wannang recently disclosed that his team has concluded the first phase of the work, ...

Northern youths most backwards in the country ― Jigawa APC chairman Northern youths most backwards in the country ― Jigawa APC chairman Share The Jigawa chairman caretaker committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Muhammadu Dikkuma, said northern youths are the most backwards in the country. The chairman made the disclosure in Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa, while speaking during the official visit by the APC national youth leader, Barr Ismaila Ahmed, to the state. He said...

Grace Edema The president, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, has said a major challenge of e-learning in Nigeria is unaf...