NEWS

Former Presidential Candidate Supports ASUU’s Funding and Welfare Demands

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2025

Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, a renowned professor of Applied Linguistics and Peace Consul of the United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC), has thrown her weight behind the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) demands for better funding, improved welfare, and

NEWS

FG Clarifies: No Agreement Signed With ASUU

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2025

The federal government has clarified that it has not finalized any agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), emphasizing that negotiations are still at the draft stage. Speaking to reporters in Abuja on Thursday, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa addressed recent media reports claiming an agreement had been reached, dismissing them as […]

EDUCATION

Why ASUU Must Reject the Greek Gift of Government Loan and Demand a Living Wage

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

By Professor Emmanuel Onwioduokit There comes a moment in the history of every profession when it must collectively decide whether to accept a tempting—but ultimately dangerous—offer, or stand firmly on the path of dignity and long-term survival. The recently announced “interest-free” loan scheme of up to ₦10 million for university workers, repayable over five years, […]

NEWS

Buhari given 7-day ultimatum to pay lecturers full salaries

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2022

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari a seven-day ultimatum to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of

EDUCATION

ASUU, Students And Season of “Three Idiots”

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2022

By Kunle Awosiyan One of the best motion pictures of 2009 and award winning movie is “Three Idiots”. It stars Aamir Khan as Rancho with his two other friends Farhan and Raju. They are all university students of Engineering alongside Chatur, aka Silencer, the only African among them from Uganda. He can memorise anything to […]