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UTME 2024: JAMB set to hold Mock-UTME today, okays use of HB pencils

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has authorised candidates sitting the 2024 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock-UTME), to bring into the examination hall ordinary HP pencil. The Mock-UTME is scheduled to be held Today, Thursday, 7th March, 2024. JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, said this […]

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Some private schools extort UTME candidates, mismanage data — Oloyede

Oloyede, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, said that these private schools mismanage the data of candidates as every candidate is meant to register individually with his or her own phone. “What we are calling on the candidates to do is that they should go to the centre and

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UTME: I got JAMB text message That I Scored 249 — Mmesoma*

The Anambra student Mmesoma Ejikeme who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television which was

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BREAKING: JAMB Bars Anambra Candidate, Mmesoma for three years from taking UTME over alleged forgery

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday morning said that it has barred an Anambra State candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme for three years over alleged forgery of UTME results. In a statement made available on Tuesday morning by the Board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB insisted that only Mmesoma paraded an “obsolete” notification slip out of

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How I dumped varsity education for music after five UTME attempts — Crayon

Fast-rising singer, Charles Chukwu aka Crayon, has revealed how he dumped his pursuit for a university education to make music. In an interview with Hip TV,the Ijo Laba Laba crooner stated that he turned to music after sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination five times. During his fifth attempt, the singer said he met

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Direct Entry, UTME Candidates to sit for same exam henceforth — JAMB

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking to gain admission to Nigerian universities will henceforth be required to sit for the UTME along with other candidates. JAMB said that the new policy was to ensure that the DE candidates justify the possession of their A level certificates.

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69-year-old sits 2023 UTME, to study medicine

Sexagenarian man named Babatunde Fabiyi,a 69-year-old was part of the candidates who sat the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, with the aim of studying medicine at the University of Lagos, information obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed. The press gathered that Fabiyi, who picked UNILAG as his first choice, picked the

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Education Minister expresses satisfaction as 80,000 sit for rescheduled UTME

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin disclosed that no fewer than 80,000 candidates, who failed to sit for the 2023 UTME, took the rescheduled examination in Nigeria. Adamu said he was satisfied with the smooth

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Anambra female student, 16, emerges overall best in UTME

Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh,the Anambra State Commissioner for Education has praised Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for her performance during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding.” Chuma-Udeh said the performance coming from the state has again demonstrated the investment and priority the administration of

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UTME 2023: Candidate scores 99 in mathematics, breaks record with 337

Lotanna Azuokeke, a student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, scored 99 marks in Mathematics in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Azuokeke, 15, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination, according to a statement by Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop of the Diocese of Nike (Anglican Communion), the

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Over 300 blind UTME candidates seek waiver of mathematics

Some blind candidates in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) have appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the universities to waive mathematics for them. The special candidates lamented that most of them usually have difficulty in calculations and particularly with speed. They complained that it contributed to their inability to

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UTME 2023: JAMB reschedules exam for candidates over technical hitches

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who couldn’t take their tests on Tuesday due to technical hitches. The tests, to be administered to about 1.6 million candidates between 25 April and 2 May, commenced nationwide on Tuesday. Due to technical hitches recorded in

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Direct Entry Registration Continues After UTME, Census JAMB Tells Candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has postponed registration of this year’s Direct Entry (DE) registration,and announced it would continue after the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and national census JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Sunday, noted that the DE registration which was scheduled to close on Thursday, 20th April,

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JAMB directs UTME candidates to print exam slips

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to proceed to print their examination notification slips. This is contained in a statement by JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, and issued to reporters on Friday in Lagos. A total of 1.5 million candidates would be sitting for

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176,408 candidates sit JAMB mock

Not less than 176,408 candidates have sat the 2023 mock unified tertiary matriculation examination (Mock-UTME) conducted by the joint admissions and matriculation board nationwide. Candidates on Thursday applauded the examining body for the effective conduct of the computer based test (CBT). According to reports, some few hitches were recorded during biometric verification and actual examination

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NIN to be Made Compulsory for UTME Candidates in 2021

Candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will have their applications linked to their National Identification Number, NIN. This was contained in the investigation carried out by Vanguard. This is despite the fact that the attempt to do so this year failed because of hiccups that trailed the exercise which eventually led to

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