The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has threatened to sanction its e-PIN outlet agents found involved in fraudulent practices. This came as it arrested four agents for allegedly selling ePINS for the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and Direct Entry, DE, registrations above the stipulated amount. The board, in a statement, yesterday, […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Saturday, said it had suspended the use of the National Identity Number (NIN), for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishak Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen during a press conference at the board’s Headquarters in Abuja. He said that the […]
Candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Abuja, Lagos and Kano will get another opportunity to obtain the National Identification Number on Saturday. Possession of the NIN is a mandatory requirement for participation in the examination, which would start on Monday. The National Identity Management Commission announced on its twitter handle on Friday that […]
National Examination Council, NECO, has dismissed a report that it was planning to recruit new members of staff. To this end, it warned unsuspecting members of the public against falling prey to the antics of some persons wanting to catch in on the report to dupe them of some money. The council, in a statement, […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has revealed why Nigerian universities fail in global rankings. The NUC which spoke through its Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed in Abuja on Monday during an interactive session with journalists said that the demographics of the universities in Nigeria reveal a preponderance of over localisation and over indigenisation. Rasheed further […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has said it would be holding the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination between March 14 and April 4. It noted that an optional mock examination for candidates takes place on February 18, 2020. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Abuja, […]
A nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is imminent in January with the failure of the Federal Government and the union to settle their disagreement on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. The PUNCH on Wednesday gathered that the two sides had not resolved their differences over the payroll system. While ASUU […]
The National Universities Commission has said it has uncovered about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, stated this in the November edition of the commission’s bulletin, obtained by our correspondent. The ES noted that the commission published the details of the fake professors on its website and also […]
The Federal Government has received the nominal roll of about 41 universities as part of moves to capture university workers into the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. The Coordinator of IPPIS in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Olusegun Olufehinti, confirmed the figure to one of our correspondents during a telephone interview […]
A junior secondary school pupil has shocked a gathering of educationists in Alausa with a revelation. The boy told the audience how fellow pupils drugged their teachers to cheat during examinations. A parent also said she was severely distressed by her neighbour’s child drug abuse. These were the revelation at the seminar organised by the […]