Tag: JAMB

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AzeezNovember 9, 2016

JAMB too broke to conduct UTME – Registrar

The registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede has said the agency cannot afford the cost ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 20, 2016

Omofuma Cosmos: It turned out right [Nigerian Voices]

It was on the 21st that I heard the most shocking news of my teenage life. On the 21st of ...

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AzeezOctober 13, 2016

JAMB results now valid for 3 years

The Senate on Thursday extended the validity of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result to three years. The extension ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 11, 2016

Blessing: I jammed JAMB [Nigerian Voices]

by Blessing “Repent! For the kingdom of God is at hand!” Screamed the preacher into a portable speaker. I wake ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 2, 2016

Emmanuel Egobiamu: Amidst the dark clouds [Nigerian Voices]

Two years before 2010, I had finished my WAEC  examinations and was nursing pains of a failed attempt at securing ...

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Isime EseneAugust 24, 2016

Etisalat Prize for Innovation announces 2016 call for entries

“Innovation is in our DNA” and with those words, Matthew Willsher, Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 4, 2016

Opinion: Buhari’s anti-corruption war and admission corruption in Nigeria

by Festus Ogun It is a naked truth that corruption is in all spheres of life in Nigeria. Corruption has ...

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Mazi EmekaJuly 11, 2016

‘Merit, catchment area, disadvantaged states’| JAMB releases new admissions guideline

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Sunday, said that admission into tertiary institutions in the country will be ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 5, 2016

This is how JAMB’s new point system works

There have been considerable changes in the admission processes for tertiary institutions in the country in the past year. Early ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 5, 2016

Simon Kolawole: The options President Buhari must carefully weigh

I remember this encounter all the time. My wife and I were on a trip to the US a few ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 2, 2016

Finally, FG scraps post-UTME exams, cut off mark now 180

The Federal Government on Thursday scrapped the examination applicants write when seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country. This ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 6, 2016

Mother petitions JAMB over poor UTME result of ‘brilliant son’

A petition has been submitted to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in Abuja by Victoria Oshibowale on behalf of ...

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Janeth JMarch 28, 2016

There’s no going back on Computer Based Tests – FG

The Federal Government has said that the Computer Based Tests that was recently introduced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 27, 2016

Opinion: Computer-based test, JAMB and the malpractice cabal

Following the conduct of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), various ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 22, 2016

How 20-year-old JAMB candidate was raped, stabbed to death in Ogun

A 20-year-old female, Joan Egemba, was on Thursday, March 3, stabbed and strangled to death in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun state. ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 19, 2016

JAMB agrees to reschedule missed exams

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has bowed to pressure and on Friday, March 18 announced its intention to ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 16, 2016

Retrogressive progress: The story of JAMB 2016

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) began toying with the idea of Computer based Testing (CBT) as far back ...

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Janeth JMarch 15, 2016

JAMB candidates vent their frustration at Lagos Assembly (PHOTOS)

Candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, on Tuesday, took to the streets of Lagos to protest the alleged unfair ...

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Janeth JNovember 29, 2015

Pass.ng set to reward top 10 UTME 2015 outstanding students

An examinations preparatory and e-testing platform; Pass.ng that helps students prepare for major exams in Nigeria supported by Airtel and 440NG, ...

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Mallam YeroAugust 1, 2015

Adesina Adeyemi: The new JAMB policy and the rest of us

The protests and the Federal Government’s reversal order that greeted the new JAMB admission policy reminds one of the philosophical ...

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Mallam YeroJuly 30, 2015

Dear Mr. President, JAMB is a failure that must be resolved or dissolved

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, With great pleasure and immense honour, my esteemed gratitude goes to almighty Allah who gives us ...

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Mallam YeroJuly 30, 2015

JAMB policy: Opposing a beautiful idea at infancy

Words by Adebayo Alao Commonly, Nigerians relive Mathew 22:14, that popular Bible verse that is known to even those who have ...

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Ada IgboanugoJuly 28, 2015

Dear Jambites, here’s when JAMB wants you to check back for your assigned school

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has urged the 2015 UTME candidates to check its website on Monday, August ...

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Ada IgboanugoJuly 4, 2015

Dear Jambites, this is what JAMB has to say about your cutoff mark

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will hold its 2015 Policy meeting on July 14 to ...

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Ada IgboanugoApril 27, 2015

JAMB blacklists 3 accredited CBT centres – read why

by Chinwe Okafor The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Monday that it had blacklisted three centres accredited ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 3, 2015

Police arrest 50 JAMB candidates in Benue

by Iyobosa Omergie The Benue Police Command on Monday arrested 50 candidates of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ...

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Ada IgboanugoFebruary 20, 2015

Visually impaired candidates won’t be excluded from CBT – JAMB assures

by Chinwe Okafor   The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that visually impaired candidates will not be ...

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April 16, 2014

Opinion: Timaya is right, education is not meant for everyone

by Kehinde Ajose Now let’s come back to Timaya…if his music aptitude has been nurtured right from his childhood, let’s ...

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April 14, 2014

‘I gave up schooling after scoring 17 in JAMB’ – Timaya

by Zara Mustapha It seems the Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa is not done with his ‘grass to grace’ story anytime ...

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April 13, 2014

BUSTED: Medical doctor arrested for writing JAMB exam for his wife

by Zara Mustapha A medical doctor (name withheld) has been arrested by the  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in ...

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