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Court throws out contempt allegation against FUOYE VC, Registrar

…advises parties to toe path of peace The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Capital city of Ondo State on Thursday faulted Contempt allegation filed against the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina and the institution’s Acting Registrar, Mr. Mufutau lbrahim by a suspended lecturer, Dr. Akinyemi Gabriel Omonijo. A report…

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Pains, anguish in Ekiti as Fayemi, EKSU mgt disobey court order reinstating sacked workers

Affected workers who were illegally sacked in 2019 by the Management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) have not been reinstated by the Governor John Kayide Fayemi led government, the workers have cried out. It will be recalled that following the ruling of the Ado Ekiti Division of the Appeal Court in 28th March and…

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Oba Akinbiyi ‘97 Alumni storm Ibadan for Silver Jubilee Anniversary

Eniola Ajayi Twenty children they say cannot play together for twenty years. As apt as this maxim goes, the passage of time and human dynamics, culminating in societal evolution have introduced different twists to this proverb. This is not to shy away from the context of this adage which speaks to physical proximity of relationship…

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ASUU: No government has released Money to improve public varsities without our struggle

…..says minimum wage arrears ought to have been paid since April 2019. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday says that if the Union fails to fight for a better University system, the future of the country will be in jeopardy. The Union said in the last two decades, no government of Nigeria…

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Sack: Court re-orders ex-FUOYE Registrar to put his house in order

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday again ordered the sacked Registrar of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, (FUOYE), Mr. Olatunbosun Odusanya and his co-traveller, esthwhile Bursar, Mrs. Bolatito Roseline Akande to take their time and properly present their case challenging the legality of their dismissal from the…

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ASUU LAUTECH dissociates self from Resumption notice

……says strike is ongoing and comprehensive The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ladoke Akintola Chapter on Friday dissociated itself from the memo issued by the institutions’ Registrar asking students to return to school on May 26. A release by the Chairman and Secretary of ASUU professor Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin said Academic Staff are…

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We will not pull-out of Strike – LAUTECH ASUU

…..says infrastructure face-lift and grants are products of ASUU struggles The Ibadan Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday in Ogbomoso stated that Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso remain steadfast and will not pull-out of the ongoing strike declared by the National body of the Union. The Union said that LAUTECH ASUU…

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GCIOBA AND THE OYO STATE GOVERNMENT’S AGREEMENTS: PERSPECTIVES ON MISINTERPRETATION AND MISINFORMATION

By Samsideen Adesiyan Esq. ( Class of 1989.) A burning issue in the Oyo State education sector in the most recent time is the seemingly ‘take over’ of the very famous Government College Ibadan by her Old Boys Association. The hues and cries that have met the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the school’s Old…

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ASUU knocks Senate President over comments on NANS protest

…. Says ASUU lobbied NASS to avert strike but they failed Academic Staff Union of Universities has lashed out at the President of Senate Ahmed Lawan for asking protesting students not to use their protest to disrupt political activities. Describing the statement as height of Insensitivity , the Chairman ASUU University of Ibadan Professor Ayo…

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School Resumption: Oyo Govt Announces New Date

Oyo state government has announced a new resumption date for the third term 2021/2022 academic session. The Honourable Commissioner, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, in a statement, made available to journalist in his office, on Wednesday, hinting that academic School calendar for public and private schools in the state will take off on Thursday, 5th May,…

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