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Senator Diri: APC can’t win councillorhip candidate in Bayelsa
Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 2019 governorship election, in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has declared that with a level playing field, his party will easily win the contest.
Forum debunks rumour of Ibraheem El-Zakzaky’s expulsion from ABU
The Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has debunked rumour that the leader of the group, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was expelled from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
12,209 candidates sit for BUK post-UTME test
A total of 12,209 candidates on Saturday sat for the 2019 Bayero University Kano (BUK) Post-UTME Aptitude Test (BUKAT).
Kano university expels 24 final-year students over falsification of entry qualification
Twenty four final-year students of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), have been expelled from the institution for falsifying their entry qualifications.
Kano university expels 24 students
No fewer than 24 students of Bayero University (BUK) Kano, mostly in their final year of studies were expelled from the university for falsification of their entry qualifications.
JAMB to register candidates by NIM in 2020
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says starting from 2020, candidates will register for its examinations with their National Identity Management Number (NIM) to solve the challenges of multiple registration.
DELSU conducts first ever SUG online voting in Nigeria
The Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka has conducted the first ever solely online Students’ Union Government election in Nigeria.
JAMB: Why we are yet to release 2019 UTME result
The anxiety of the over 1.7 million candidates that sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) may not end any time soon as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it must tighten all loose ends before releasing the results.
JAMB: Why we are yet to release 2019 UTME results
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has continued to explain the unusual delay in releasing the result of over 1.7 million candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
UTME: 100 arrested nationwide, 2 CBT centres shut in Abia – JAMB
No fewer than 100 examination cheats have so far been arrested by security operatives across the country during the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said.
NOUN students decry paying N50 to safeguard their bags
Barely a week after the start of the first semester examinations in the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), the students in the Minna Study Center have decried having to pay to safeguard their bags when they write examination.
JAMB arrests over 100 ‘professional examination writers’
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested two biological children of an accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owner in Lagos, over alleged examination malpractice.
JAMB arrests medical student, undergraduate for writing UTME for candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it arrested a third year medical student and another undergraduate for attempting to write the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates.
NECO postpones National Common Entrance Examination
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27.
NBS: JAMB records 4.01 per cent drop in applications received in 2018
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recorded a 4.01 per cent drop in the applications received in 2018.
60 Nigerian students write Turkish universities’ scholarship exam
About 60 Nigerian students recently joined their counterparts across the world to write the March edition of Uluyos examination, the entrance examination into about 83 Turkish government-owned universities.
UTME: JAMB extends printing of exam slips to April 4
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the process of printing of the 2019/2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination slip to Thursday, April 4.
WAEC accuses MURIC’s Ishaq Akintola of disrupting exams registration
The West African Examinations Council has accused the Director of the Muslim Rights Concern, Prof. Ishaq Akinola, of disrupting the registration for its examinations in some schools.
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Mining host communities lament neglect by government, companies
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International Day of Girl Child: UNFPA determined to support girls
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