Chris Ngige

Minister of labour Chris Ngige has said that prorated salaries were paid to lecturers because they can only get allowances for the “number of days that they’ve worked in October.” Mr Ngige, in a statement issued on Saturday by the labour…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has sued Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over the registration of Congress of University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA).…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says it is committed to creating an enabling environment for creating 21 million full-time jobs and lifting 35 million people out of poverty by 2025. Labour minister Chris Ngige announced this during…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime will no longer tolerate industrial strikes that do not follow due process, “particularly during the transition period of the current administration,” says labour minister Chris Ngige. A statement by…

The Federal Government, Tuesday, appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress to rescind its opposition to the registration of two new academic unions in the Nigerian public university system. The new unions- the Congress for Nigerian…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed pleasure with the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their strike. A statement by the Lagos lawmaker said the decision is the…

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to hold a crucial meeting over the lingering industrial action. According to The Punch, the scheduled meeting will commence on the evening of…

Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, has turned the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) into a personal…

The Court of Appeal has fixed Thursday to entertain the suit filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) seeking a stay of execution of the ruling of the National Industrial Court, which ordered it to call off the strike.…

The Congress of Nigerian University Academics, a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has stated what the new union of lecturers will do differently in resolving the imbroglio rocking Nigerian universities,…