ASUU–ABSU SUSPENDS THREE-WEEK-OLD INDEFINITE STRIKE. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
ASUU–ABSU SUSPENDS THREE-WEEK-OLD INDEFINITE STRIKE The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abia State University Branch, wishes to inform the University community, all stakeholders and the general public that, following the resolution of Congress held today, Friday, 28th August, 2026, the Branch has suspended its three-week-old comprehensive industrial action with immediate effect. The decision of Congress followed a careful assessment of developments since the commencement of the strike and, particularly, the concrete steps taken towards addressing some of the major issues that necessitated the industrial action. Foremost among these is the full implementation of the 2025 FGN–ASUU salary structure, including the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA), which has now been reflected in the August 2026 salaries of academic staff of Abia State University. Congress also acknowledged the payment of the outstanding arrears of check-off dues owed to the Union. ASUU–ABSU co...
Today monday,Taiwan accused China of kidnapping eight of its nationals who it said had been acquitted in a cyber crime case in Kenya.Kenya's attorney general said in January it was considering a request from Beijing to extradite 76 Chinese charged with cyber crime in Kenya for trial in their homeland.But Taiwan said some of these people were actually from Taiwan and that a total of 23 of its people had been acquitted last Tuesday by a Kenyan court and given 21 days to leave.Yet China pressured Kenyan police to put eight of the Taiwanese nationals on to a Chinese jet bound for China on friday,Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said.It did not say how they were taken.The ministry said in a statement, that ''This is an uncivilized act of Illegal kidnapping and a serious violation of basic human rights''.Adding that it was demanding the immediate return of the eight.Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party,which distrusts China,also weighed in on the issue,demanding China ''repatriate our people and guarantee their legal rights''.China views Taiwan as a wayward province,to be brought under Beijing's control by force if necessary.Defeated Nationalist forces fled to the island in 1949 after a civil war with the Communists now in control in Beijing.One more photo below. 
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