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JAMB to watch UTME video footages to uncover cheats

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions (CCTVs) during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement

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JAMB: 59 inmates of Ikoyi prison sat for UTME

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

The Principal of the Ikoyi Prison School in Lagos state, has disclosed how inmates of the facility participated in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. 59 inmates of the prison sat for the ongoing examination on Wednesday and Thursday. The figure rose from the 32 that sat for the examination in 2016. The […]

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104, 000 candidates apply for 11, 000 slots at UNILORIN-VC

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

No fewer than 104,000 admission seekers applied for admission in the university during the 2017/2018 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, who disclosed this during the 40th anniversary of the varsity’s Department of History and International Studies in Ilorin, however, said the university can only admit about 11,000

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12 FG Universities Evade Payment of IGR with Fictitious Account- Senator Adeola

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Chairman Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Misuse , Non Remittance and Fraudulent Acts of Internally Generated Revenue IGR by government agencies, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos West) has accused most university administrators of operating a fictitious account to evade payment of Internally Generated Revenue IGR. Speaking during the committee investigative hearing of Federal

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DRAMA AS FUNNAB WORKERS PARTED WAYS OVER VICE CHANCELLOR SUSPENSION

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

There was a mild drama on Tuesday at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) , as two non-academic staff unions of the tertiary institution, organised rallies in support and against the suspension of the vice chancellor of the institution, Professor Olusola Oyewole, by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. The embattled vice chancellor, […]

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JAMB: Candidates who bought fake UTME questions for N200,000 have already failed – Registrar

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Professor Ishaq Oloyede has warned that candidates who bought fake question papers from fraudsters have already failed. Oloye issued the warning while reacting to reports that some some intending candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by JAMB are using as much as N200, 000