By: UNILORIN 49+ PROF. DEBO AJAYI PROF. TAIWO OLORUNTOBA-OJU PROF. A.B. MAKANJUOLA PROF. J.A. AKINYANJU ENGR REMI OLU DR. R.O. FABAYO PROF. P.O. OLATUNJI ADIEU, ROY TRIBUTE BY THE UNILORIN 49+ Dr. Roy Jacob Enyia Ndom’s place among us, the […]
Roy Ndom Goes Home
“The lessons of death are for the living.” On February 15, 2025, Dr. R.J.E. Ndom (Roy Jacob Enyia Ndom), Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Ilorin and prominent member of the Unilorin 49+ group said goodbye to the […]
NLC DECLARES INDEFINITE STRIKE OVER MINIMUM WAGE
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) today declared an indefinite strike action over its continued struggle for a decent minimum wage for the workforce in the country. “The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), had warned […]
FORMER US PRESIDENT, DONALD J. TRUMP CONVICTED
Former US President, Donald J. Trump was yesterday convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to boost his electoral chances in the 2016 presidential elections in the US. It was alleged that the former president paid his […]
Twenty-five years after UNILORIN “carnage”, Federal Govt stops temporary appointments
In 1997/1998, the then new administration of the University of Ilorin embarked on the massive misuse of the “temporary appointment” clause in the university regulations to recruit hundreds of staff into academic and non-academic positions in the university. The opposition […]
Court orders ASUU to call off strike
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the strike action. It will be recalled that the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, on September 12, 2022 dragged ASUU […]
FG vs. ASUU: Court to Deliver Ruling on September 19
The National Industrial Court on Friday fixed Monday September 19 to deliver ruling on the motion by the Federal Government seeking the court’s order to compel the striking academic staff back to work. Fireworks between the counsel to the Federal […]
FG vs. ASUU: Battle Ground Shifts to Court
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the National Industrial Court (NIC). This latest move by the Minister of Labour appears to be a desperate measure to end the […]
Improved Salaries the Only Panacea for Brain Drain – ASUU
The recent trend of the university lecturers seeking opportunities outside the shores of Nigeria is no longer news. This self-inflicted brain drain is, according to ASUU’s National Investment Secretary and former chairman of the union, University of Port Harcourt chapter, […]
Twenty years after, ASUU holds National Executive Council meeting in UNILORIN
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the weekend held its National Executive Council meeting in the University of Ilorin, more than twenty years after its last meeting in that university. It will be recalled that twenty years ago, […]