2021 UTME: Jamb blames candidate’s poor performance on Covid-19

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the performance of candidates in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is poorer than what it recorded within the…

ASUU, SSANU threaten fresh strike over unpaid salaries, directives on staff school workers

Academic activities in the nation’s universities may again be paralysed as members of the Academic Staff Union Of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) warned of a fresh strike over alleged refusal of…

Ebonyi Governor Sacks Education Supervisors

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has directed the immediate sack of all zonal education supervisors serving in the state’s secondary and primary schools. The governor also directed authorities concerned…

UTME: We didn’t reschedule another exam for candidates – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not fix another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being peddled in some quarters. The board’s…

Unclaimed certificates worry Uni-Calabar

The University of Calabar, says there are over 42,000 unclaimed certificates by graduates of the institution dating back to 1980 and till date. The Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel…

Many Universities Awarding Fake Certificates – JAMB Registrar

The registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, says many institutions are still awarding certificates to people who do not attend universities. He warned that awarding of…

Students to pay N3m tuition as Ebonyi medical varsity begins September

EBONYI State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday said academic activities would take off in September 2021 at the new state-owned Medical University, Uburu, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of…

JAMB says right syllabus used for its examinations, debunks mass failure

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked news of mass failure in the ongoing 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. The Head, Public Affairs and…

Nwajuba: Katsina has second highest number of out-of-school children

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, minister of state for education, says Katsina has the second highest number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari hails from Daura, Katsina state. Speaking on Monday…

2021 UTME: JAMB releases results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Friday, said candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) between June 19 and 22, can now access their results…

Jonathan appointed chancellor of Ugandan university

Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria, has been appointed the chancellor of Cavendish University, Uganda. Cavendish is a private university in Uganda that was established in 2008. The university announced…

JAMB Releases New Schedule For Candidates Of Delisted Centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked candidates who were scheduled to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in delisted centres to print new examination notification slips.…

2021 UTME: JAMB delists 24 CBT centres over poor performance

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has delisted twenty-five Computer Based Centres following their alleged poor performance on Saturday when the conduct of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination commenced…

2021 UTME begins nationwide as 1.3 million candidates sit for exam

THE 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination commenced on Saturday nationwide with a total of 1.3 million candidates expected to sit for the two-week long examination conducted by the Joint Admissions…

ASUU threatens strike over non payment of salaries, remittance of check off dues

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has threatened to go on strike again over the ‘blatant’ refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris to pay…