By Chidimma Uchegbu The Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund said on Tuesday that lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly would soon amend the aw on the minimum entry age into universities and tertiary institutions in the country. Chairman of the committee, Senator Muntari Dandutse,…
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Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has been honoured as the patron of the National Association of Christian Religious Educators of Nigeria (NACREN). He was decorated by the National President of the Association, Prof. Reuben Maiture, on Tuesday, 23rd April, 2024.…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman has indicated plans by the federal government to review age requirement into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The Minister, who gave the hint while monitoring the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Abuja, advised parents against pushing…
By Chidimma Uchegbu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has sanctioned some of its officials for asking a candidate wearing hijab to remove their headcover during the accreditation process before being allowed into the examination hall. JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement on Sunday…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has said that screening of all intending pilgrims for pilgrimage to the holy land is sacrosanct. He made this disclosure in Lagos on Friday, 19th April, 2024 during a courtesy visit to the Consul General…
Chidimma Uchegbu The 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME), begins today, April 19, 2024 in over 700 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. According to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), 1, 985, 642 candidates registered for the examination which will elapse April 29, 2024. While disclosing the guidelines for the…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has said that the Commission under his leadership would be transparent and fair to everyone who does business with NCPC. He disclosed this on Thursday, 18th April, 2024 during the opening of financial bid for…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has returned the sum of N6200 to a hearing-challenged candidate who sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) on Satyrday in Abuja. According to the Board, the decision to return the registration fee was taken by the…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners, which…
Abdulmumin Oniyangi The attention of the Management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has been drawn to a misleading publication in TheCable Newspaper of Monday, 15th April, 2024 captioned “The Insider: How TETFund Awarded N7.6bn Questionable Contracts within Two Month”. It was alluded in the said publication that questionable contracts…