A lecturer at the Abia State University, Uturu, has finally married a female student he proposed to in a classroom during the last Valentine’s Day. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the lecturer stunned many students on 14 February when he proposed to his fiancée, identified as Novella Grace, in her classroom. The lecturer, Wisdom Anucha, could … Read more
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has asked the Nigerian government to pay its members the remaining part of their withheld salaries. The academic union, a breakaway from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), asked the government to stop lumping up its members’ issues with those of ASUU members, saying its members had consistently … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declined to be part of the management of the student loan scheme introduced by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Ahead of the rollout of the scheme scheduled to commence on Monday, 26 February, the 11-member special committee chaired by Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, … Read more
Two months after President Bola Tinubu approved the release of withheld four months’ salaries for Nigerian lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said its members are yet to receive the salaries. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of soil science, also said most of its demands that the Nigerian government claimed to have … Read more
The Nigerian government has listed key demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that it has met. The demands by the union had resulted in years of incessant strikes, leading to the shutdown of Nigerian public universities for months at various times. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, a professor, on Thursday listed … Read more
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Malagi, is among the dignitaries to grace the public presentation of a recently published book of essays titled, ‘Dis Life No Balance: An Anthology of Nigerian Diaspora Voices. The launching will take place at the National Press Centre on Thursday, 14 December 2023, at 10 a.m. Written by the trio … Read more
