No fewer than 501 visually impaired candidates are set to sit for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at 11 designated centres across the country. Chairman of the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), Prof. Emeritus Peter Okebukola, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a press briefing. Speaking ahead of the examination for visually…
Schoolmates of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa, at the University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Rivers State have acknowledged his outstanding performance in office and conferred on him an award of excellence. The UNIPORT 80s, on Wednesday, presented the award to the governor at Yenagoa, in recognition of his performance in sustainable infrastructure development and inclusive…
The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) says it has concluded arrangements with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to have holograms embossed on books to curb piracy. The President/Chairman-in-Council NPA, Alhaji Lukman Dauda, stated this at a news conference to commemorate the 2025 World Book and Copyright Day in Ibadan on Wednesday. Dauda stated that the initiative…
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has elected its third substantive national administrative council. This is contained in a statement by the newly-elected Secretary-General of the association, Ken Chukwudi, on Wednesday in Osogbo. According to the statement, Mr Sola Adigun was elected the National President, and Sule Abasu as the National Deputy President…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra Command says it has deployed its personnel to the 33 accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in the state ahead of Thursday’s UTME. Mr Olatunde Maku, the state Commandant of the corps disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing Area Commanders and Divisional Officers at the state command…
Mr Tanko Isuwa, the Education Secretary, Local Education Authority (LEA), Bwari, said the authority was intensifying efforts to address the number of out-of-school children in the district. Isuwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja. NAN reports that there is no specific data available for…
The University of Ibadan (UI) has matriculated 4,649 students for the 2024/2025 academic session. The matriculation ceremony was held at the International Conference Centre of the institution in Ibadan on Wednesday. The institute’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Kayode Adebowale, said the students, from within and in the diaspora, sought admission through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that candidates are not restricted to taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) within their state of registration. The Public Communication Advisor of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. “They have the flexibility to register anywhere in the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dissociated itself from the ongoing circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates that registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said these messages were being disseminated by suspected fraudsters with…
A faculty member of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology(ADUSTECH),Wudil, Dr Mubarak Mahmoud, has invented a new method of measuring the height of a tree. The invention uses a photographic approach leveraging Mathematical principles. The Head of Information and Public Relations Unit of the University, Abdullahi Abdullahi, said this in a statement on Wednesday…
