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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 Egbe, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja, that the unclaimed certificates cut across various […]

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 fake university certificates to people is dangerous to the development of the education system in the country. He spoke in Abuja yesterday during the opening […]

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 in Katsina during the inauguration of the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA), a World Bank-assisted project, the minster said poor standards of education […]

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 using the short USSD code of 55019. A statement issued by the examination body and signed by its head, public affairs and protocol, Fabian Benjamin, […]

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 the appointment in a post via Twitter on Monday. “Welcome aboard @GEJonathan as you take over as the Chancellor of CUU. We look forward to […]

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. In a terse statement, Fabian Benjamin, the head, Protocol and Public Affairs, asked the candidates to start printing their notifications from Sunday, 20th, 2021, for […]

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 nationwide. Spokesman of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said: “The following centres whose performance fell below the tolerable […]

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 and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The examination is scheduled to take place between Saturday, June 19 and July 3, 2021. While a total of 1,338,687 candidates […]