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82 Chibok girls freed, 1.7m UTME candidates | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

82 - The number of Chibok girls released by Boko Haram terrorists after being held hostage for three years. 258 - The number of Nigerians who arrived Nigeria on Thursday…

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UTME has not been postponed, JAMB tells candidates

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) scheduled for today has not been postponed. Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian…

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UTME 2017: 120 prison inmates to write exam

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board  (JAMB) says 120 prison inmates will sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) on Saturday. The Registrar of the board,…

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JAMB registers 1.7 million candidates for UTME – highest in history

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said 1.7 million candidates registered for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The examination body said the figure…

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Crosscheck your data before Saturday midnight | JAMB urges candidates

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged prospective candidates for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to crosscheck their registration forms before Saturday midnight. The board’s Head…

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JAMB registers over 1.5 million candidates for UTME

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said it had so far registered 1.5 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination across the country. Registrar of…

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How I will save at least N5billion in 2017 UTME – JAMB registrar

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said arrangements have been made for those writing the mock examination of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar…

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NSCDC arrests five for UTME registration fraud

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five persons for various infractions in the ongoing registration exercise for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in some parts…

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ASUU wants JAMB registrar to resign over UTME registration hitches

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, on Wednesday asked Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, to resign. The union said the registrar…

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JAMB seeks deployment of troops to UTME CBT centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pleaded with the Nigerian Army to help secure its computer based tests (CBT) centres for the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME). According…

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JAMB cancels mock examination

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to hold today. JAMB registrar, Prof Is'haq Oloyede disclosed this…

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Just In: JAMB extends UTME registration by two weeks

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the extension of registration for the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) by two weeks. The examination body also said it had…

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JAMB cancels N700 fee for mock examination

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all computer based test (CBT) centres not to collect money from candidates who would be sitting for the…

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JAMB suspends 2017 UTME registration for 52 hours

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja have announced the suspension of registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 52 hours. The announcement was made by the…

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UTME: JAMB registers 600,000 candidates

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has so far registered 600,000 candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. The organisation's Head…

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We have not dumped CBT – JAMB

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday said reports that it had dumped the Computer-Based Test mode in the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination were “misleading”.…

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JAMB reduces hours, questions for UTME

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday said candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would now spend two hours instead of three hours. The…

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How I wrote UTME 7 times | LASU best graduating student says

The best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU), Elizabeth Orefuwa said she wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) seven times before gaining admission into the institution. Orefuwa graduated…

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Candidates awaiting results can apply for UTME – JAMB

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board on Thursday said candidates awaiting results are eligible to register and sit for the forthcoming Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This…

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UTME to hold from May 6, 2017

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the 2017 Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examinations will begin on May 6. The board said it will begin the sale of…

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Court strikes out 6 charges against Nnamdi Kanu A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed six…

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Candidates with awaiting results can apply for UTME – JAMB

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed reports that it has scrapped awaiting results for prospective candidates. There had been reports that the examination body has barred candidates…

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UTME: JAMB bars awaiting results

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said effective from 2017, candidates awaiting results would no longer be eligible to apply for the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The…

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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 of conducting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede said this…

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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 the month of July, 2014. I was at home as…

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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 up and check the time. It's 4:30am. It's too early.…

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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 in 2016, the government outrightly banned the Post Unified Tertiary…

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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 her son, Isaac Oluwatobi Oshibowale, disputing the result credited to…

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1.1 million JAMB candidates will NOT gain university admission

Based on a recent revelation made by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, there's no provision for 1.1 million people who sit yearly, for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation…

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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. According to Punch Newspapers, Joan, who was a candidate for…

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