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  National     ASUU, Senate brainstorm on way forward for IPPIS, union want UTAS President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, led other lawmakers to engage leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday on the enrolment of the union’s members in the disputed Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The meeting was designed to discuss issues relating to non-implementation of agreements reached between ASUU and the Federal Government in 2009. The Guardian recalled that during his budget presentation last Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari had said only staff members who have been captured on the IPPIS platform would receive their salaries. ASUU’s meeting with the Senate leadership was a follow up of the earlier meeting held in October last year. President of ASSU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the union had promised Nigerians that it would develop an alternative platform to IPPIS for its members. At the meeting held to showcase the innovat...

  ‘We need justice’: Nigerians to keep up #EndSARS pressure Despite disbanding of notorious police unit, activists find redeployment of its officers ‘problematic’ and vow to continue protesting. People in Lagos take part in a protest against alleged violence, extortion and harassment from SARS [Temilade Adelaja/Reuters] By  Fidelis Mbah 11 Oct 2020 Abuja, Nigeria –  Nigerian protesters have promised to keep up their campaign seeking justice for victims of police brutality and an overhaul of the security apparatus, even as authorities announced the immediate disbanding of a notorious anti-robbery unit that has long been accused of grave human rights abuses. Sparked by the alleged killing of a man by an officer in southern Nigeria, thousands of people this week took to the streets across the country to protest against police brutality and demand the complete abolition of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Many more used the #EndSARS hashtag online to share stories alleg...