2023 DE e-PIN sale closes May 26 —JAMB By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The 2023 Direct Entry e-PIN sales will close on Saturday, May 26, 2023, while registration of those who obtained the e-PIN ends on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. This was disclosed to Blueprint in a statement by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs […]
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May 29: Abolish oath of office now
. Senate President Ahmad Lawan May 29: Abolish oath of office now By Uji A. Iliyasu On May 29, 2023, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, governors-elect, lawmakers-elect, and then ministers in the incoming federal cabinet, will take oath of office. Methinks the fundamental reason for taking oath of office is to avoid a scene […]
Kebbi state limps behind as 11,350 teachers sit for professional qualifying exam –TRCN
Kebbi state limps behind as 11,350 teachers sit for professional qualifying exam –TRCN By Uji A. IliyasuAbuja No fewer than 11,350 candidates sat for the first batch of the 202 Teachers Registration Council’s (TRCN) Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) across the country. Registrar of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, disclosed this while monitoring the exam at […]
Management’s prudence responsible for over N55bn remittance to FG —JAMB …DE candidates to henceforth write UTME
Oloyede Management’s prudence responsible for over N55bn remittance to FG —JAMB …DE candidates to henceforth write UTME By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) has again remitted N2bn as its interim surplus for the 2023 operating year, and promised to remit more as its […]
Adamu Adamu’s tenure accounts for 60% of Nigeria’s private varsities’ development— NUC
Adamu Adamu Adamu Adamu’s tenure accounts for 60% of Nigeria’s private varsities’ development— NUC By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Rasheed Abubakar, has commended the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu for several […]
25 states, FCT yet to access 2023 matching grants —UBEC
25 states, FCT yet to access 2023 matching grants —UBEC By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Acting Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Bala Zakari, said over N46.2bn matching grants for the development of public junior secondary and primary schools has remained unaccessed by many state governments. Prof. Zakari stated this […]
Sudan Crisis: Student-evacuees to be admitted into Nigerian varsities —JAMB
Sudan Crisis: Student-evacuees to be admitted into Nigerian varsities —JAMB By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it would provide necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are admitted into the nation’s universities. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known Tuesday in Abuja […]
80,000 candidates sit for rescheduled UTME Saturday
80,000 candidates sit for rescheduled UTME Saturday By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, speaking to journalists Saturday, said about 80,000 candidates, who could not sit for the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time owing to no fault of theirs, sat for the rescheduled UTME across […]
2253 TETFund-sponsored textbooks distributed to public schools
2253 TETFund-sponsored textbooks distributed to public schools By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja A total of 2253 textbooks made up of 12 titles, sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund (TETFund) have been distributed to public federal and state colleges of education in the country. The books were written by scholars of the Nigerian […]
70℅ private teachers in Nigeria not registrable –TRCN
Prof. Ajiboye (3rd left) in a group photograph 70℅ private teachers in Nigeria not registrable –TRCN By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Olusegun Ajiboye, said there is a huge […]