State-owned tertiary institutions in Nasarawa State have embarked on an indefinite strike, citing government’s refusal to address welfare-related issues. Institutions involved in the action included the College of Education, Akwanga; College of Agriculture, Lafia; and the Nasarawa State,
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Twenty fice (25) persons have been arrested by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board over illegal registration and sale of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination materials. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said the individuals arrested were selling registration materials to the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to candidates. The suspects,
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says that eligible candidates for its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now purchase the pin for registration using the Remita mode. The board said on Sunday the development came on the heels of the reported challenges the candidates faced in an attempt to acquire the pins […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has denied the media report that it had dumped the Computer-Based Test mode in the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, four years after its introduction. The examination board who described the report as misleading said on the contrary it would continue all its examinations using CBT mode. According to […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to pay the outstanding arrears of its members not later than July 2017. The ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this during a news conference at the University of Abuja on Wednesday. Ogunyemi said that ASUU insisted on a framework for paying […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it introduced the new e-PIN vending registration for candidates to prevent fraud in its examination. JAMB Acting Zonal Coordinator in Nasarawa State, Moses Akobu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lafia that new e-PIN was not introduced to create hardship for candidates. He […]








