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Rostrum The ancient narrow pathway had become so bad that they could not find their way to their destination as the three moved in a grey Honda Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) being piloted by Dayo who was very mindful of the steering. It was on a Thursday. The 35-year-old Misters Dayo, Emeka and Okon were old time friends who reunited just a few days ago at Nsukka in Enugu State having lost contacts about eight years back, or thereabouts, after their graduation from one of the reputable higher citadels of learning in Nigeria situated in the Eastern part of the country, precisely University of Nigeria Nsukka popularly known by its acronym ‘U.N.N’. What occasioned the long-awaited reunion was the convention of their alma-mater’s alumni body themed ‘The homecoming of UNN Alumni’, which usually held once in a blue moon. Though they never studied in the same department, they were conspicuously best of friends during their school days that people within bega...

ASUU suspends ongoing Warning Industrial Action

Ken Akpan
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning industrial action declared penultimate week across public universities in Nigeria.

The Union President, Chris Piwuna, announced the suspension on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, during an organized press conference at the union’s national headquarters in Abuja, the Nigeria’s Capital Territory.

Piwuna said the decision followed the intervention of the Senate and other concerned Nigerians who appealed for dialogue between the union and the Federal Government.

He, however, noted that the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU resolved to grant the government a one-month window to address all unresolved issues that led to the strike.

Piwuna stressed that the union remained committed to defending the welfare of its members and the revitalization of public universities across the country, warning that failure by the government to act within the given period could trigger a resumption of the industrial action.