Tag: exam
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Minister of Education condemns viral Asaba exam video
The Federal Ministry of Education has condemned the incident involving candidates sitting the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at night using torchlights. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, expressed his displeasure in a statement issued on
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Court dismisses suit seeking to stop conduct of exams, polls on Saturdays
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed as frivolous, a suit that sought to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting elections on Saturdays. The suit was brought before the court by a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Mr Ugochukwu Uchenwa. Uchenwa, who is an elder of the church,…
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2024 UTME: JAMB fixes dates for sales, registration, exams
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Jan. 15 to Feb. 26, 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application document. This is based on series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT)
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Just In: JAMB suspends registration for 2023 Direct Entry
JAMB on Tuesday suspended the 2023 Direct Entry registration, which began on Monday, Feb. 20, till further notice Its spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin stated in Abuja that the suspension was to enable the deployment
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Photos: Professors, lawyers conduct exams, interviews for LG chairmanship aspirants in Kaduna
Local Government chairmanship aspirants under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State were on Wednesday subjected to compulsory written examination and oral interview. According to reports, the examination and interview, which lasted for hours at the state capital on Wednesday, were superintended by 17-man panel including four Professors, several PhD holders…
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19,273 Nigerian teachers fail professional qualification exam
The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof. Segun Ajiboye, said on Sunday that a total of 53,674 candidates passed the November diet of the Professional Qualification Examination organised by the council to certify teachers in the country. According to the Registrar, 72,947 took the examinations in various centres across the country. The don, while…
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UTME: We arrested 100 examination cheats nationwide, shut down two CBT centres – JAMB
No fewer than 100 examination cheats have so far been arrested by security operatives across the country during the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. In its Weekly Bulletin released in Abuja on Monday by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said the fraudsters were engaged…
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We didn’t see Adeleke in exam hall, witnesses tell court
Two witnesses in the ongoing trial of Sen. Ademola Adeleke on a seven-count amended charge bordering on examination malpractice on Wednesday told the Federal High Court Abuja that they did not see the senator in the examination hall. The witnesses, Mr Emmanuel Adesola and Enoch Adigun, both teachers, while being led in evidence by the…
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85,000 candidates to sit for JAMB mop-up exam
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has urged candidates who will sit for the mop-up test of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday to print their e-slips. The board had rescheduled about 85,000 candidates who registered late or had technical hitches during the conduct of the examination in May, to write the mop-up test…
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‘3 students sitting exams wounded in explosion’
Three students sitting exams were wounded in an explosion at a school on Thursday in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A hospital source said at least three student were injured in the blast. Residents also reported exchanges of heavy fire between the army and militia fighters. Local activist Teddy Kataliko said that the fighting in…