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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted six more Computer Based Centres (CBT) over poor performance in the ongoing 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board had delisted 24 centres on the first day the UTME commenced allegedly for performing below tolerable limit, this bringing the total number ... Read more

US Consulate Public Affairs Officer, Stephen Ibelli made the disclosure on Tuesday. Ibelli spoke at the launch of the ‘Windows on America’ Hub at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Awka. The official described Nigerians as one of the most dominant immigrant groups in the US. The PAO said the hub will promote understanding between ... Read more

The National Youth Service Corps has urged the Federal Government and stakeholders to provide mobile clinics for corps members to assist them in the provision of health care to the rural communities. The Director-General of the NYSC, Brig. General Shuaib Ibrahim, stated these in an interview with THE PUNCH while flagging off the nationwide ... Read more

A student expelled by Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, has given the university authorities seven days to restore his studentship or face legal actions. The student, Iniobong Ekpo, was in his final year at the Department of Agricultural Engineering when he was expelled for publishing a “derogatory and defamatory article” in ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates who were initially assigned to the 24 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres delisted by the Board to reprint their examination slips for their new schedules. Moving forward, the board has put another 40 CBT centres under watch for poor performance in the ongoing Unified ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says the result of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be released on June 23. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this on Wednesday during a news conference in Enugu. Oloyede said he had no reason whatsoever to withhold the results of the UTME. “The ... Read more

The baby of the teenager arrested during the EndSARS protest in Akure was christened on Wednesday, with the wife of Ooni of Ife, Olori Naomi Ogunwusi, offering the baby scholarship to secondary school level.Apart from the scholarship, Olori Ogunwusi also presented the new baby and the mother food items, toiletries and baby items, with a ... Read more

Headmaster of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, Niger State, where about 148 pupils were abducted recently, Abubakar Garba Alhassan, in this interview with ADELOWO OLADIPO spoke on his dilemma as a teacher and parent to the abductees, among other issues, hoping the children would soon be released. As the Headmaster of Salihu Tanko ... Read more

The Scholarship Award Scheme (SAS) is provided by the Government of Ghana (GoG) and the World Bank (WB) to support promising African students to pursue Masters (MSc/MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) study programmes in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and to conduct related research in the West African sub-region in particular and the Africa Region at large. Application Deadline: 30th ... Read more

The Women's Leadership Scholarship is a four-year, quarter-tuition merit scholarship offered to undergraduate students who are selected based on their academic achievement and demonstrated leadership in school and community activities. Application Deadline: 1st November 2021 Eligible Countries: International Type: Undergraduate Value of Awards: Tuition fees Number of Awards: Not ... Read more