The Vice-Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Prof. Suleiman Bala-Mohammed, says the management will not spare any lecturer who demands sex for marks from students. Bala-Mohammrd gave the advised in Keffi on Friday during the 17th matriculation ceremony of 6000 students for the 2018/2019 session of the institution. According to him, the institution is totally against […]
Education
‘JAMB may cancel half of 2019 UTME results in some states over cheating ‘
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board may cancel as much as half of the results of its 2019 university admissions exams in some states of the federation, a senior official have told PREMIUM TIMES.The official, who requested anonymity to be able to discuss JAMB’s delay in releasing results, expressed disgust at the massive malpractice recorded […]
JAMB To release results later this week
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said that results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be released within the week. JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin in an interview with newsmen in Abuja insists that the results would be officially released “anytime” within the week. He […]
ASUU rejects FG’s personnel verification exercise, directs members not to fill forms
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected a move by the Federal Government to use the 2019 personnel verification exercise to forcefully incorporate lecturers into the Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPS). President of the Union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi stated this in a letter written to Chapter Chairmen of the Union, a copy of […]
UTME: JAMB uncovers new scam to defraud candidates
While candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, await the release of the results, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has alerted of fresh plots being deployed by fraudsters to dupe unsuspecting candidates. To this end, the board, which said this in a weekly news bulletin, released to the media, […]
JAMB announces date for release 2019 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that results would be ready from April 29. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bwari. Mr Benjamin said that screening […]
World Bank loan portfolio in Nigeria now $8.67bn
World Bank loan portfolio in Nigeria now stands at $8.67bn, an investigation has shown. Loans from the International Development Association, one of the three arms of the World Bank, make up $8.55bn of the portfolio. Loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, another arm of the Breton Woods institution, make up $124.18m of […]
JAMB To contact candidates through phone on release of 2019 UTME results
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results will be released after the Easter break. Days after writing their exams, UTME candidates are yet to see their results as JAMB claimed the results are being screened due to alleged massive fraud recorded in the 2019 UTME. […]
15 JAMB officials shortlisted for trial over N8.7 billion fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched into a probe of the cash inflow and outflow of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) between 2010 and 2016. The anti-graft agency wants to get to the root of an alleged N8.7billion fraud in the board. Fifteen suspects have already been shortlisted for trial. […]
Malpractices: Thousands of 2019 UTME candidates won’t get their results – JAMB Registrar
Thousands of candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would have their results withheld for engaging in examination malpractices. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, a professor, stated this in Lagos on Tuesday during the arrest of two children of the owner of a computer-based […]