Tijani Faraday

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, says over 650 Computer Based Test, centres have so far been accredited for its upcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board has fixed this year’s examination for March 14 to April 4, while an optional mock examination for candidates is scheduled for February 18. Similarly, the board had said that it would commence the sales of its registration documents from Monday, January 13, to Monday, February 17. The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that arrangements for the commencement of the sales of the documents nationwide had been concluded. " We are set to go, Logistics have been put in place to ensure a smooth process. “Like you may know, over 650 CBT centres have been accredited for this year’s examination and the board expects nothing short of the best practices. We have clearly defined the process, just like we ha...

A Kenyan woman identified as Edna Mukwana has reportedly sold off her husband to his mistress, The Standard reports. According to reports, she was said to have contacted the mistress to pay her Ksh 200 to keep the husband after catching him in bed with the said mistress. The mistress was said to have sent her Ksh 1700(N 6000) which she said she used to buy clothes for her children. The Kenyan woman said: ”  My husband is married to alcohol and whoring around. I told the woman who has been misleading him to send me Ksh 2000 but she sent me Ksh 1700 instead. I have used all the money to buy new year clothes for my children” And when asked if she will accept him back, Mukwana said; ”I can’t. I don’t want to get into the new year with the 2019 nuisance ”

Muslims Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Lagos State Area Unit has expressed displeasure about the process of enrolment of students for their National Identity card with the National Identity Card Commission (NIMC). Since the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (Jamb) mandated National Identity Number (NIN) as prerequisite for registration, MSSN Amir (President) Dr. Saheed Ashafa said the students have been subjected to undue stress while applying to register for the exercise. Ashafa spoke in Epe, Lagos during the closing of the society’s 108th annual Islamic Vacation Course (IVC). He said Nigerians wake up at midnight and even abandon their businesses while students equally abandon schools and classes in order to secure a place for early registration at the centres. “We should not forget that NIN is now a condition attached to registration for JAMB, hence, NIN registration centres are congested without any hope of success in the process,” he said Ashafa be...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it had cautioned some universities offering admissions to candidates on their school portals, without following the guidelines on the Central Admission Processing System. The board stated this in a presentation by its Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, in Abuja, obtained by our correspondent. It listed the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; the University of Ibadan; and the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State as examples. The board warned the universities to “desist from such illegitimate actions.” JAMB said it would not regularise the admission of such candidates not admitted through CAPS. The registrar said, “On the warehousing of candidates into school portal, JAMB has found out that some institutions have devised a method of offering admissions to candidates outside CAPS, on their own designated portals. The device is a ploy to lure innocent and more qualified candidates away from their preferred programmes. ...

Twenty-three year-old Adeeko Owolabi has narrated how he lured a final year female student of the Lagos State University (LASU), Miss Favour Daley-Oladele, to a church in Osun State. Owolabi lured the victim, 22, to a Cherubim & Seraphim Church at Ikoyi-Ile in Osun State where he allegedly killed the girl  while she was asleep by using a pestle to smash her head, and later her organs were removed for a ‘get-rich quick’ money-making concoction. Owolabi and Favour until her gruesome killing were lovers and she was said to be looking forward to seeing the two of them becoming husband and wife in future, but unknown to her, Owolabi had a sinister agenda. He told detectives in Ogun State that he decided to use Favour for money rituals ostensibly to lift his family out of poverty, explaining that things had not been rosy for his family. He was allegedly assisted in the crime by a self- acclaimed pastor of the white garment church, Segun Philip, who removed the girl’s he...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that it will conduct the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination between March 14 and April 4, 2020.  Before then, it added, the candidates would sit for an optional mock examination on February 18. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting held on Monday in Abuja, the JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said the registration for the UTME and Direct Entry would start simultaneously on January 13 and end on February 17, 2020. “Candidates are expected to pay not more than N700 as service charge to the CBT centres for registration. Candidates with biometric abnormalities can only register at JAMB Headquarters in Abuja. They will also sit their examination at JAMB headquarters in Abuja. “The mock examination will hold by February 18, 2020, while the UTME will hold from March 14 to April 

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has begun the sale of 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) form to candidates. The board also took to its verified Twitter page (@JAMBHQ) to reveal how candidates should register for the exam. In a series of tweets, the exam body wrote: 1. No candidate should proceed to any CBT centre without first creating a profile. 2. Candidates are advised to create a profile by sending their name (Surname, First-name, and Middle-name) via SMS to 55019. 3. After which a 10 digit profile code would be sent to their telephone number. 4. This code will then be used to purchase the application document at the point of purchase (Banks, MMOs, MFBs, USSD Partners etc). 5. A form e-pin would then be sent to the candidate via SMS. 6. The candidate is to present the e-pin at any JAMB accredited CBT centre for registration. The link is arranged alphabetically. Meanwhile, the board also released a list of accredited ...