2023 UTME: Registrar’s team monitors exam in Nasarawa, Delta

2023 UTME: Registrar’s team monitors  exam in Nasarawa, Delta By Uji A.Iliyasu Abuja –  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has finally decided to close the books on the 2023 UTME registration as the extension announced the previous week expired on February 22, 2023. The Board had granted the extension to accommodate candidates, who […]

JAMB suspends 2023 DE registration

                                  Prof. Oloyede JAMB suspends 2023 DE registration  By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended until further notice the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry registration , which commenced on Monday, February 20, 2023, […]

JAMB captures 1.6 million candidates in 2023 UTME

  JAMB captures 1.6 million candidates in 2023 UTME BLUEPRINT The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said no fewer than 1.6 million candidates have been  captured  in the 2023 Unified  Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at the close of registration. JAMB registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the end of a joint monitoring exercise with […]

Uninterrupted academic calendar possible — CONUA

  Uninterrupted academic calendar possible — CONUA   Blueprint The newly formed university lecturers union, Congress of University Academics (CONUA), rising from its maiden National Executive Council (NEC) meeting which held between  January 20 and 22, 2023, at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said uninterrupted academic calendar for the nation’s  universities is possible. In a […]

NECO releases 2022 SSCE external result, 74.69% gets credit, above

  NECO releases 2022 SSCE external result, 74.69% gets credit, above By Uji A.Iliyasu Abuja The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the release of the result of the November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination, (SSCE).  NECO registrar, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, who made the announcement in Minna, Niger state, Thursday, said,  59,124 candidates sat […]

Why we cancelled registration of 817 UTME candidates –JAMB

  Why we cancelled registration of 817 UTME candidates –JAM By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja Fresh facts have emerged as to the reason for the cancellation  of the registration of 817  candidates in the ongoing Unified  Tertiary Matriculation Examination  (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JAMB registrar, Prof. Is-haq  Oloyode said the […]

NUC approves education varsity for Kano

  NUC approves new varsity for Kano By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade of  Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, to University of Education. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who presented a letter of recognition of the institution to Dr Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state […]

UTME 2023: JAMB extends registration till February 22

UTME 2023: JAMB extends registration till February 22 By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  has extended its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration by one week commencing from Wednesday, February 15,  2023. By this extension, the sale of ePINs would end on Monday, February 20, 2023, while the […]

JAMB captures over one million candidates in 2023 UTME

  JAMB captures over million candidates in 2023 UTME  Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja   The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that it has captured about 1.16 million candidates   seeking admission into tertiary institutions through the Unified  Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, stated this Saturday, during a  monitoring tour […]

Northeast schools lack qualified teachers.

Northeast schools lack qualified teachers. By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that only 29 per cent of schools in the northeast have teachers with the minimum qualification, representing 71 per cent of schools in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states that are operating with unqualified teachers. But the Borno […]