Tag: Registration
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JAMB records decrease in number of registered candidates in 2018
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday said it recorded a decrease in the number of registered candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) in 2018. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, a total number of 1, 662, 762…
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80 Political parties seek registration ahead of 2019 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 80 political parties submitted applications for registration ahead of the 2019 elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Tuesday at the Fourth Situation Room Stakeholders Forum on Elections, organised by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Abuja. The News Agency of…
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120 political associations seek INEC registration ahead of 2019 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has received over 120 applications from political associations seeking registration as political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in his keynote address during the induction retreat for resident electoral commissioners in Uyo on Friday, said the number of political parties would…
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Registration for direct entry admission ends Sept 15 – JAMB
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will shut down its Direct Entry admission e-registration portal on Sept.15. Head of Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjaminsaid this in an interview with newsmen in an interview in Abuja on Friday. Benjamin urged the prospective candidates for the direct entry admission to…
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2019: Why we are registering more political parties – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it is registering more political parties ahead of the 2019 elections. The electoral umpire explained that it has the resources to manage more political parties with the current 45 already registered. The chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu revealed this in an interview with The…
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We are registering only corporate taxpayers for TIN – FIRS
…Says it no longer registers individuals for TIN Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, the Public Relations Officer, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says the service presently registers only corporate taxpayers for issuance of Tax Identification Number (TIN). Gbadamosi, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday, said the…
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UTME 2017: Interested candidates can still register – JAMB
…denies rumour of marks deduction The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has confirmed that interested applicants can still register for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede made this statement during his visit to a CBT centre in Lagos. He said he got a mandate from the…
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2019 elections: 91 groups seek registration with INEC
Not fewer than 91 political associations have approached the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, applying to be registered as political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections. Although the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, had said at the stakeholders’ validation conference on the 2017 INEC’s Strategic Plan in Abuja on March 20, 2017, that…
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2019: ADP confirms payment of N1m registration fee to INEC
As the 2019 election year draws nearer, promoters of political parties have commenced the compulsory registration process with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. TheNewsGuru.com reports that one of such proposed political party is Action Democratic Party, ADP which claims to have paid the mandatory N1m to the electoral umpire. A top member of the…
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Just in: JAMB suspends 2017 UTME registration for 52 hours
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja on Friday announced the suspension of registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 52 hours. The decision was aimed at preventing any disruption during the conduct of the UTME mock examinations scheduled for Saturday. The examination body, which put the suspension hour between 8:00pm on April…