Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have said it will provide the necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of Nigerians…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says over N46.2 billion in matching grants for the development of public primary and junior secondary schools have remained un-accessed by some state governments. The acting Executive Secretary of UBEC, Professor Bala Zakari, stated this during an oversight visit to the Commission…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2023 entrance examination which is conducted for gifted and talented children into Federal Government Academy Suleja earlier fixed for Saturday 13th May, 2023. It gave a new date for the examination as Saturday 10th June, 2023. A statement signed by…
The African Development Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a JPY 44,100,000,000 ($350 million) loan to finance the Bank’s support for private sector operations in Africa. The loan comes under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance (EPSA) initiative, which is a component of Japan’s Official Development Assistance to…
The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) and the African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance collaboration and cooperation in promoting cross-border payments of Capital Markets infrastructure in Africa. The MoU was signed on 14 April 2023 during the ASEA 2023 Building…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations (NCEE) which is conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from Saturday 29th April, 2023 to Saturday 3rd June 2023. A statement by Azeez Sani, Head of Information and Public Relations Division, said the examination was…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) commenced nationwide on Tuesday, amidst some challenges. The challenges, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said, include technical glitches and disruption of power in some locations. The examination which had over 1.6 million registered candidates nationwide for this year was conducted…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that its Direct Entry registration would continue on Saturday, 6th May, 2023, when the 2023 UTME and the national census exercise would have ended. The board said it was postponing the exercise which was scheduled to end on Thursday,…
A Kaspersky Digital Payment survey has shown that 37% of respondents from Nigeria experienced financial losses associated with using online banking and mobile wallet services. The majority of users, put at 97%, lost up to USD $1,000 equivalent as a result of these incidents, while 3% of the respondents reported…
Chidimma UCHEGBU No fewer than 84,000 candidates on Tuesday sat for the rescheduled Mock-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock-UTME) which was held across the country. Registrar/Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known while fielding questions from newsmen after monitoring the exam in…