Jamb forms are not on sale yet

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has urged the public to disregard the speculations that it had commenced the sales of its application documents for 2017 UTME by some group of persons.The board’s head of media and information, Fabian Benjamin, debunked the speculations in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Lagos.According to the statement, the registrar of the examination body, Ishaq Oloyede,...

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Important notice from JAMB for al newly admitted students

 All candidates who have been offered provisional admission for the 2016/2017 academic session to institutions they did not choose as their most preferred institution (First Choice) or did not choose at all that they are to proceed to JAMB portal: jamb.org.ng to make the institution that have offered them admission their most preferred choice.The same applies to candidates who have been offered courses different from the one they originally...

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JAMB To Reduce 180 Cut-Off Mark For Admission Seekers

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced flexible cut-off marks, in doing so, may approve the reduction of 180 cut-off mark for admission to tertiary institutions.The disclosure was made on Monday by the Registrar of the Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, at the second technical committee meeting on “2016 Admissions to Tertiary Institutions” held at the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri.Oloyede stated that the...

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ASUU Declares Nation Wide Strike.. SEE! How Long It Will Last

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) just released a memo stating it will be embarking on a one week warning strike from 12:01am, Wednesday November 16 to 12:00 (midnight), Tuesday, November 22.Let’s hope this is not “see you in 2017 strike...

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#Recession: JAMB Too Broke To Conduct UTME – Registrar

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expressed that inadequate funding posed a challenge to the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.Speaking on Wednesday, when he received a delegation of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institution and Tertiary Education Trust Fund in his office in Bwari, Abuja, the Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said: “The major challenge facing the board has to do with...

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Akwa-Ibom man builds Solar-Powered Tricycle as his final year school project

A young man from Akwa Ibom state, Ekomobong Finbarr, constructed and defended this solar powered tricycle (Keke) as his first degree project in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, (FUTO), Owerri.According to reports, the tricycle has no engine, just battery and the solar system and can go 11km without blinking.His Head of Department, Mr. Damian Dike with his colleague Dr. Mrs. Achumba enjoyed the first cruise of the Keke.Congrats...

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Bola Tinubu calls for the return of HISTORY as a subject in secondary schools.

All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called for the return of History as a subject in the country’s school curriculum, saying any nation which forgets its past has lost a beacon to guide its actions.The former Lagos state Governor's call came in a short remark after reviewing the book, entitled Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, yesterday.He...

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