Kaduna University Resumes 2020/2021 Academic Semester Amid ASUU Strike EKO HOT BLOG reports that the management of Kaduna State University (KASU) has resumed the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic session for its undergraduate and post-graduate students, more than five months after the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). … Read more
The industrial action has extended into two months with the Federal Government yet to accede to ASUU’s demands Recall that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the decision to suspend the industrial action rests with the union EDITOR’S PICK 2023: APC Commences Sale Of Nomination Forms House Of Assembly Member Dumps APC … Read more
Several shops have been destroyed as fire razed university market. EKO HOT BLOG reports that several shops and other valuables were destroyed on Tuesday evening when fire razed the business section of the Kaduna State University otherwise known as KASU market. Sources told The Nation that the fire started from a particular shop shortly after … Read more
The atmosphere within the KASU community has of late been intense, following certain government decisions… National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke has said that there is need to check the powers of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. “There is a need to check his (El-Rufai’s) power, for … Read more
KASU has suspended academic activities indefinitely. The Kaduna State University (KASU) has suspended the academic activities of its undergraduate students indefinitely, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The KASU Registrar, Mr Samuel Manshop, made this known via a statement in Kaduna on Tuesday. The Registrar, however, did not give reasons for the suspension. Manshop noted that … Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 A retired Kaduna State Polytechnic lecturer, Mr. Austin Umera, yesterday shot his wife, Dr. Maurin Umera, a part-time lecturer at the Department of Languages in Kaduna State University (KASU) before committing suicide over a domestic quarrel. Austin, who lectured at the Department of Languages of the polytechnic before his retirement, had argued … Read more
Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter of the Academic Students Union Universities (ASUU) has blasted the university management’s for planning to reopen the school after many months of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. According to them, health wise, it is not safe to reopen the institution because of the probability that students might contract the … Read more
No fewer than 17 medical students of Kaduna State University (KASU) recalled for examinations have tested positive for COVID-19. Comrade Tukur Abdulkadir, chairman KASU Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), disclosed this to reporters on Friday. He said the positive cases have vindicated the union’s opposition to reopening of the institution. He said: “As you … Read more