Members of the panel set up by Anambra State Government to unravel the truth about the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result of Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme were shocked when she admitted before them that she forged the result without the Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The family and school authority of 16-year-old girl, Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examination (UMTE), have demanded immediate release of findings of fake result saga under investigation. Recall that Mmesoma Read more…
A former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has demanded an independent forensic investigation over the trending result manipulation saga between a candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Mmesoma Ejikeme Joy and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Read more…
There is a buzz in the home of Esther Abu, where mother and daughters have just heard about a new law that will see poor Nigerian families given loans to send their children to university. Mrs Abu’s youngest, a teenager Read more…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to Read more…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has rejected a bill seeking to establish the National Council of Christian Education, contending that the proposed law violates sections 10 and 42(3) of Nigeria’s Constitution. Rather than promoting a bill that violated the Read more…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at weekend decried the imposition of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) on the universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC) without the inputs of the various senates.ASUU in a statement signed by Read more…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has set 140 and above as cut off mark for 2022/23 admissions into universities in the country. The Registrar of JAMB Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation at the Read more…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Corruption (ICPC) on Thursday arraigned Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), his three sons and a daughter-in-law. They were arraigned in a 17-count charge bordering on Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor AWKA, Nigeria – Valentine Chineto Ozigbo (VCO) Foundation and Decagon Institute have unveiled an ambitious new partnership Thursday, June 15, 2023, aiming to tackle youth unemployment in Anambra State by training them to become proficient software engineers Read more…
The Student Loan Bill, which has just been signed into law by President Bola Tinubu is expected to see the establishment of an education bank. President Tinubu signed the bill on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that, in Read more…
The Anambra State Government has unveiled electronic identity card for civil servants and other government employees to curb impersonation, ghost workers and other ills in the system. The card was unveiled at the weekend by the Head of Service of Read more…