Tag: JAMB

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April 8, 2014

Boko Haram kills 5 soldiers, JAMB says over 1.5 million candidates to write UTME & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo Boko Haram terrorists kill five Nigerian soldiers Authorities in the Nigerian military said on Tuesday that five ...

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March 24, 2014

PDP inaugurates campaign team for Fayose, JAMB says it’s ready for April UTME & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo We are ready for April UTME examination – JAMB The Coordinator, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), ...

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October 31, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Where common sense is NOT common

by Olusegun Adeniyi Tomorrow will mark the beginning of the fifth month that students of our public universities have been ...

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August 12, 2013

NUC should be probed over alleged fraud – ASUU

by Oge Okonkwo  The National Universities Commission (NUC) has been called upon to defend its activities  by the Academic Staff ...

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July 31, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian universities and irregular admission processes

by Obinna Akukwe This non-transparent process have made many parents to sell family land, properties and life savings to send ...

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July 14, 2013

Adegbenga Adeyemi: Let me tell you a story about failure (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Adegbenga Adeyemi Let me tell you a story of failure. Why failure? It is a far better teacher than ...

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June 5, 2013

Opinion: How thirst for paper qualification underdeveloped Nigeria’s education sector

by Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu In a desperate mood to acquire a very good certificate or result….some candidates in collaboration with their ...

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May 18, 2013

JAMB releases withheld results, begins Computer Based Test

by Isi Esene Many candidates would be happy with this piece of news as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ...

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May 9, 2013

Scam: ‘How to upgrade your JAMB result to 250 and above’

by Hauwa Gambo The good guys at Vanguard have exposed as a scam (but, of course) a scheme that purports ...

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May 6, 2013

“The governors are against all of us…” – Jubril Aminu speaks out

Jubril Aminu’s name rings a bell within and outside Nigeria. The reason is simple: he has served for over 40 ...

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May 3, 2013

Just “10 candidates scored 300 marks and above”: JAMB releases 2013 UTME results

by Akan Ido The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results today which ...

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April 28, 2013

Tragic: How 9 UTME candidates died in road accident (PHOTO)

by Isi Esene Nine people believed to be candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination which took ...

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April 26, 2013

Opinion: Education in Nigeria – The Northern (dis)advantage

by Femi Owolabi In Nigeria, I think we see more scholastic achievements in the study of Islamic religion than any ...

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April 25, 2013

Boko Haram: Northern students may not sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination

by Rachel Ogbu The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, might not hold in some Northern states this weekend because of ...

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April 19, 2013

Expensive sh-t — and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Baba Suwe must have a lot of faith to still go back to the same judiciary which ...

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April 9, 2013

Don’t scrap JAMB examination: Non-academic Staff of Universities Union, others warn FG

by Isi Esene The report of the Steven Orosanye led committee on restructuring of the Federal Government Agencies and Parastatals ...

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April 6, 2013

Keep us alive: NECO workers plead with FG to revoke scrapping examination body

by Rachel Ogbu The news that the federal government plans to scarp the National Examination Council, NECO has obviously not ...

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April 4, 2013

Opinion: The end of NECO and JAMB exams – It’s not all rosy

by Ogunyemi Bukola NECO has not outlived its usefulness; it never had any in the first place. Apparently the Federal ...

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April 4, 2013

Sentimental rubbish – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze One of the main benefits of the scrapping of JAMB and that other waste, NECO, is that ...

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April 3, 2013

Good news? NECO and JAMB admission exams to go – FG

by Rachel Ogbu The National Examination Council, NECO and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME are to be scrapped soon. Based ...

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March 5, 2013

Opinion: The unburnt midnight candle: A crisis within

by Ifeanyi Okoli Now, of all the dangerous trends which manifest in this society, the most frightening is the dearth ...

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February 6, 2013

Getting away with murder – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Of course Nigeria is a country that so many of her citizens sadly want to get out ...

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July 28, 2012

Schooled in violence: Anti-bomb squad on standby as candidates take UNN post-UTME test

by Isi Esene The University of Nigeria, Nsukka on Friday conducted its post-UTME test under tight security which included an ...

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May 26, 2012

Temie Giwa: Why we educate our children (YNaija FrontPage)

…the fact that Nigeria clearly fails even this mediocre test, by the perpetual reduction of standards, is a major cause ...

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May 25, 2012

Opinion: How I failed my UME woefully – Please, don’t repeat my error

by  Chinonso Ogbogu If there is one thing that experience thought me, it’s the fact that the fear of failure is ...

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May 6, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: I want the Nigeria of my JAMB days back [Complete Version] (YNaija FrontPage)

Editor’s Note: Last Sunday, due to a technical glitch with the article and comments, Obi-Uchendu’s FrontPage wasn’t uploaded in full. ...

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April 29, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: I want the Nigeria of my JAMB days back (YNaija FrontPage)

The body language of the Federal Government leaves Nigerians with a confidence level that is below zero. There is an ...

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April 12, 2012

Temitope Shittu-Alamu: We could be making a mess for the next generation

Each time it occurs to me that the next generation is looking to us, I fear what they see. I ...

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April 6, 2012

YNaija Editorial: Yes, it’s time for someone to sue JAMB

Over the past few days, there has been ridicule and  laughter over a news report that some candidates for the ...

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April 4, 2012

“This is unfair!” – Students threaten to sue JAMB for N1 billion over low scores

by Lekan Olanrewaju Just as results of the just concluded UTME examinations have been released, revealing that only 3 candidates scored ...

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