After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. He said the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. -Source: Vanguard 

After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. He said the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. -Source: Vanguard 

After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. He said the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. -Source: Vanguard 

After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. He said the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. -Source: Vanguard 

After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. He said the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. -Source: Vanguard 

After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. He said the union gave the government representatives one month to accede to their demands and release the white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics. The ASUP Chairman however, called on all lecturers to go back to work. “All lecturers are to resume work at their various institutions today”, He said. -Source: Vanguard 

Worried about the worsening political crisis in Rivers State House of Assembly, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene because the general perception is that he has a hand in the crisis. Speaking at a press briefing tagged “A Presidential Emergency: A People Under Siege,” in Lagos, on Thursday, Soyinka decried what he called “President Jonathan’s indifference to the political imbroglio.” Soyinka, who was flanked by human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), said the Rivers crisis, if not quickly brought under control, would lead the country into “absolute monarchism” and cited the 1170 AD murder of St. Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury on the order of King Henry II for refusing to give the monarchy power over the church. Although Soyinka admitted that Becket’s death made him a martyr to followers of the Catholic faith, the crisis in Rivers did not follow tow that path. “Why do I refer to the situation...

Worried about the worsening political crisis in Rivers State House of Assembly, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene because the general perception is that he has a hand in the crisis. Speaking at a press briefing tagged “A Presidential Emergency: A People Under Siege,” in Lagos, on Thursday, Soyinka decried what he called “President Jonathan’s indifference to the political imbroglio.” Soyinka, who was flanked by human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), said the Rivers crisis, if not quickly brought under control, would lead the country into “absolute monarchism” and cited the 1170 AD murder of St. Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury on the order of King Henry II for refusing to give the monarchy power over the church. Although Soyinka admitted that Becket’s death made him a martyr to followers of the Catholic faith, the crisis in Rivers did not follow tow that path. “Why do I refer to the situation...

Three people were yesterday killed, while several houses were razed in some Tiv settlements in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. Among the three persons killed was Personal Assistant to the state Commissioner for Community and Rural Development, Mr. Godwin Mbatsav who was said to have met his untimely death at Abuni village, while searching for his wife who was among those displaced when some of the gunmen invaded the area. Eyewitnesses said the corpse of one of the victims, identified as James Orjime, had been deposited at Sandanji Hospital mortuary in Lafia. The third victim has also been identified as Mrs. Timbee Unzughul of Gidan Chiakaa of Jangaru ward in Awe Local Council. Her step son, Christoper Unzughul, escaped with gunshot injuries and is reportedly receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital in the state. The gunmen dressed in military camouflage, a source said, were on their way to attack I...

At least 500 students of polytechnics, universities, and even secondary school leavers, under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens Against Education Commercialization, COSATEC, yesterday took to the streets to protest against the Federal Government’s lackadaisical attitude towards ending the incessant strikes in the education sector. The placard-carrying students barricaded Ikorodu Road at Onipanu area and halted their protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota. The protest brought untold hardship to commuters as a traffic gridlock ensued on the ever busy road when the students danced and played football on the highway during the protest. Student Union President, Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti, Comrade Owolade Oluwasijibomi, told Vanguard, “We just want to tell the Federal Government that enough is enough. We are tired of them playing with our future. We kept quiet about this for a while because we considered the fact that apart from the Federal Ministry of Education, ...