LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lecturers in Nigeria say they will go back to work on Monday after a strike that closed most of the country’s universities for eight months, leaving hundreds of thousands of students angry and frustrated. “That’s eight months wasted out of my life, and what did the strike achieve?” asked one student who…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has explained that teachers form a critical and indispensable part of educational development in the nation, saying that they deserve commendation and encouragement for their role in driving national development and progress. Obi, who made this remark in his Message to mark…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential hopeful, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed worry over the apparent neglect of Nigerian students languishing away for months now, by the leaders of this country, from the continued strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking recently on Politics Today on Channels TV,…
LAGOS JANUARY 27T (NEWSRANGRS)-Optimism is being sounded by the Federal Government about the possibility of striking lecturers, under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), returning to classroom, this week. The lecturers have been on strike for over two months now, following the inability to reach a deal on their demands with the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday staged a walkout from a meeting with a federal government delegation. The government delegation was led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. Despite the walkout, Mr Ngige expressed optimism that the strike would soon be called off. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has directed the vice chancellors of public universities and inter-varsity centres to enforce no-work-no-pay rule on the lecturers who are on strike. The directive was communicated to universities in a memo by the National Universities Commission to univercities’ VCs. The memo, which was signed by the Director, Research, Information…