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Protest: UNIBEN sets conditions for students to resume

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 9, 2024

The University of Benin is scheduled to return on Sunday, August 11, following the shutdown caused by student protests and agitations. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the institution’s Senate halted the school on July 4 in response to student protests over weeks of power

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Protest: Remain On Campus, Education Minister Urges Students

Angel Ojonugwa July 29, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Minister of Education Tahir Mamman has advised students in Nigerian universities to remain on campus during the planned nationwide protests. A statement by the National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday said the advice was to avoid risking their lives. The statement was signed by the acting Executive Secretary of the […]

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Ondo government asks students not to participate in protests against high cost of living

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 24, 2024

The Ondo state government has urged Nigerian students not to participate in the planned protest over the country’s hardships. The government has urged citizens to give President Bola Tinubu more time to handle major national concerns such as the economy, security, and education. The state government filed an appeal with Kevin Olaolu, the Ondo state government’s

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FCT security tightened as SSANU, NASU converge for protest

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – There is heightened security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and those of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) gathered for a protest on Thursday. Reports that a few of the demonstrators were on the premises of the Unity […]

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Withheld salaries: SSANU members protest at Nigeria French Language Village Badagry

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

BADAGRY (Sundiata Scholar) – Language Village, Badagry, Lagos State chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), on Tuesday staged a protest against non-payment of withheld salaries by the Federal Government. reports that the protesters carried placards with different inscriptions such as, “Pay us our arrears of 25 to 35 per cent salary

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Unilorin SSANU, NASU members stage protest over withheld salariesStrike

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

ILLORIN (Sundiata Scholar) – A Members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), University of Ilorin chapter, on Tuesday, staged a protest over non-payment of their withheld salaries. reports that the protest was in response to the directive of the national leadership

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Protests rock FUTA over persistent bandit attacks

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

In protest of ongoing bandit attacks on them outside the institution, students at the Federal University of Technology Akure in Ondo State have blocked the Akure-Ilesa highway. The students bemoaned the constant robbery attacks they experience while living outside the university campus as they chanted solidarity songs during the demonstration on Friday. The protest led to