The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed parents to stay away from all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres during the 2024 UTME exercise. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners, held…
Lagos State area council buys JAMB forms for 100 indigent students
Eredo Local Council Development Area in Epe Division of Lagos State has given free JAMB forms to 100 indigenes of the area. Chairman of the Council, Mr Monsuru Akinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eredo-Epe, on Friday…
Government alone cannot fund education — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked stakeholders in the education sector to do more to attract other sources of funding because government alone cannot bear the burden of funding due to dwindling resources. Buhari, who gave the task on Tuesday while…
*Hoodlums rape, kill 24-year-old graduate in Benue (Punch)*We’ve no hidden agenda on #EndSARS panel report — Sanwo-Olu (Sun)
*Hoodlums rape, kill 24-year-old graduate in Benue (Punch)*We’ve no hidden agenda on #EndSARS panel report — Sanwo-Olu (Sun) Hoodlums rape, kill 24-year-old graduate in Benue (Punch) A 24-year-old lady, Joy Onoh, was on Wednesday murdered by some hoodlums in Makurdi,…
Our Pastor slept with my mum and now wants to sleep with me
I used to attend a church with my mum where the pastor was believed to be a powerful man of God. The pastor was instrumental to my mum’s business becoming a big one. My mum wasn’t doing well with her…
Buhari administration approves reduction in cost of JAMB, NECO forms (Premium Times)
The federal government has approved a reduction in the cost of forms for final year secondary school and post-secondary school examinations. This reduction, first announced by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad, was decided at the Federal…
2019 UMTE: JAMB offers exceptional foreign nationals scholarships (Punch)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be made available to candidates of other countries in West Africa to gain admission to Nigerian universities. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this…
APGA chieftain calls for scraping of JAMB (Punch)
An All Progressives Grand Alliance stalwart, Dr Chinedu Ekwalo, has called for scraping of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, saying it was more of money-making than placement of students. Ekwalo made the call in an interview with News Agency of…
Elections will not affect 2019 UTME – JAMB (Punch)
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has said that the 2019 general elections would not affect the board’s 2019/2020 examination. He made this remark while fielding questions from journalists shortly after delivering the 2018…
Governor honours Jamb 2018 ‘king’
Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno state, on Tuesday, honoured Galadima Isreal, the 2018 highest score JAMB candidate, with a full scholarship to study Electrical Engineering at Covenant University. Israel Galadima from Borno State emerges first in the Joint Admission…
