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  • JAMB Glitch: Student who scored 153 due to UTME error scores 361

    JAMB Glitch: Student who scored 153 due to UTME error scores 361

    A student who initially scored 153 in the error-plagued JAMB has now achieved an impressive 361.

    Recall that earlier this month, the board had released its 2025 UTME results in which over 1.5 million of the students had scored below 200.

    However, inconsistencies were found, leading to error being discovered that had affected the results of numerous students.

    JAMB had scheduled a resit for the students which held a couple of days ago.

    One of the candidates, Nwadike Chukwubikem Chidiebere, showed remarkable improvement.

    According to education advocate Alex Onyia, he initially scored 153 but performed significantly better in the resit.

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    @winexviv said: “From 153 few weeks ago and now 361.

    Is God not awesome?”

    Reactions have followed …
    @francis_ranco said: “This is nice, but Jamb should sit this 2025 out, and allow the tertiary institutions to have full control of their intakes!”

    @Kolintin12 said: “What about us that have issues but not reschedule all this is not fair people that did on Saturday at 12pm our questions wasn’t complete but they did nothing to it, please help us sir we are also among them.”

    @victoryonyeka said: “I’ve been sending text messages to JAMB for my daughter’s result, but there has been no response.”

    @YouthspireNG said: “Thank you for all you do, brother. During my jamb and post UTMR days, for two to three consecutive times, I scored the same thing repeatedly. Somehow, I knew that something was wrong. That was years ago because I have since grabbed two international masters on scholarship.”

    @Tobi_Godsent said: “I am very happy for the efforts Mr Alex was able to have students resit the jamb exam, however there are many students having problems with scheduling of resit. Also, are there not possibility that this human error will not happen again in future.”

  • Result not available in paper format yet – JAMB

    Result not available in paper format yet – JAMB

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on  Nigerians to be wary of candidates parading printed result slips, saying that the board  is not currently issuing result in paper format.

    Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the spokesperson of JAMB made this known via a statement on Wednesday.

    According to him, the information became necessary as some individuals were already circulating printed result slips on social media.

    Benjamin said unlike last year, the results at the moment are not and cannot be found on the JAMB’s website.

    He said,“The board, once again, wishes to state clearly that the only way to check the 2024 UTME result is to send UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019, using the same phone used by the candidate in registering for the UTME. Ensure that the SIM is not on any bundle.

    This is different from what obtained last year, hence, the results, at the moment, are not and cannot be found on the board’s website.

    “Candidates are urged to follow the method specified above to obtain their results. They need not visit any cybercafe or patronise any third-party entity to check their result.

    “The public is also advised to be wary of any candidate parading printed result slip as currently, the result is not on any paper format as being circulated on social media by some individuals.

    “A reasonable number of candidates have checked their results as seen on our monitoring dashboard but for the few still struggling, please follow the right channel.”

    JAMB on Monday announced the release of the 2024 UTME results.

    The Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said the results of 64,624 out of the 1,904,189, who sat the examination, were withheld by the board and would be subjected to investigation.

  • Plateau Rerun: INEC suspends electoral officer over missing ballot papers

    Plateau Rerun: INEC suspends electoral officer over missing ballot papers

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday suspended the electoral officer in charge of Jos North Local Government, Fred Ogboji over missing ballot papers of 16 polling units in the Saturday rerun elections.

    INEC in a press statement issued on Sunday in Jos by the Head of electoral operations at the INEC Isah Idakwo said the suspension of the electoral officer is part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of ballot papers from 16 polling units in Jos North.

    It would be recalled that Saturday, some polling units in the Plateau North rerun elections experienced incomplete proceedings due to the lack of electoral materials.

    INEC has responded by rescheduling the elections, which are presently underway in some units within Tudun Wada/Kabong and Naraguta wards.

    Ogboji has been instructed to hand over to Elekwa Onyemauche, the local government supervisor.

    “No matter what it will take, the commission will ensure that the right thing is done, and no constituency will feel disenfranchised because every eligible voter will participate,” Agundu explained.

    The statement reads, ” You are directed to step aside from Office to enable the Commission carry out proper investigation and circumstances that lead to the missing of Federal House of Representatives ballot papers in 16 polling units in your Local Government.

    “You are further directed to handover to Barr. Elekwa Onyemauche the Logal Government Supervisor and the two RA Supervisors of Tudun Wada – Kapong and Naraguta B (E.O Shendam and E.O Kanke Local Government Areas respectively) to coordinate and complete the remaining process”

  • Late Mohbad’s autopsy completed, Police await result

    Late Mohbad’s autopsy completed, Police await result

    The Nigerian Police on Thursday said that the autopsy on the corpse of late popular singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has been completed.

    Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin revealed via a post on X, that the police are awaiting the result of the autopsy.

    The post read: ”The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform the public that the autopsy procedure for Mr Mohbad has been successfully completed. Further information will be provided as soon as the results are available”

    The body of the late singer, who died on Sept. 12 at the age of 27 years was buried on Sept. 13 and exhumed on Thursday for the autopsy.

    Youths across the Federation took to the streets in protests following the circumstances surrounding the death of the singer.

  • BREAKING: WAEC releases 2023 SSCE results

    BREAKING: WAEC releases 2023 SSCE results

    The West African Examination Council has announced the release of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.

    WAEC released the result on Monday, August 7, 2023.

    Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, Head of Nigeria Office, Mr Patrick Areghan said, “Gentlemen of the media, with joy in my heart and gratitude to God Almighty, I, on behalf of the Registrar to Council, the Management and Staff of the West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, welcome you to this press briefing to announce the release of the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, 2023 in Nigeria.”

    “Out of a total of 1,613,733 candidates that sat for the examination, the results of 262,803 candidates are being withheld “due to reports of cases of examination malpractice.”

    “The WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023 spanned seven (07) weeks, from May 8 to June 23, 2023.”

  • Ejikeme’s result: Ex-Education Minister wades in, calls for forensic investigation

    Ejikeme’s result: Ex-Education Minister wades in, calls for forensic investigation

    Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has reacted to the ongoing saga between Mmesoma Ejikeme and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB.

    Ezekwesili has demanded an independent forensic investigation over the trending issue.

    Ezekwesili said listening to Mmesoma in the video, where she narrated her own side of the story, shows it is reasonable to request a forensic-investigation to help reveal what really happened.

    She wrote: This saga between Mmesoma Ejikeme and @JAMBHQ requires an Independent Tech investigation to unearth all facts. Listening to her in this video, it is reasonable to request a forensic-investigation to help reveal what really happened. I have reached out to the Registrar of JAMB.

  • Anambra Govt. investigates Ejikeme’s JAMB result

    Anambra Govt. investigates Ejikeme’s JAMB result

    The Anambra Government has set up a panel of inquiry into the controversy trailing the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the Commissioner for Education, announced the setting up of the panel in a statement in Awka on Monday.

    “A panel of inquiry has been set up to work with security agents to investigate the allegation of falsification of result levelled against Mmesoma Ejikeme, who had earlier been showcased in the social media as having scored the highest,” she said.

    The commissioner described the controversy on the girl’s actual result as embarrassing, especially coming at a time Gov. Chukwuma Soludo was repositioning the education sector in Anambra.

    It could be recalled that Ejikeme, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Uruagu in Nnewi, had earlier been celebrated for emerging with the highest score of 362 in the 2023 UTME, a result described by JAMB as fake.

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said in a statement on Sunday that Ejikeme inflated her actual result from 249 to 362.

    Meanwhile, the state government has hailed Nkechinyere Umeh who was declared by JAMB as the highest scorer nationwide with a cumulative mark of 360 in the 2023 UTME.

  • WAEC releases 2023 first batch of results

    WAEC releases 2023 first batch of results

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Friday, released the result of the first series of its 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) organised for private candidates.

    The examination was held between January and February, with a total of 8,348 candidates participated across 262 exam centres nationwide.

    The Head of the National Office of WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, announced the release of the result in a statement made available by the head of public affairs department of the organisation, Mrs Moyosola Adesina.

    According to him, only 2,003 candidates (representing 23.99%) out of the total 8,348 who sat the exam obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

    “And out of this number, only 971 (representing 48.48%) were male candidates while 1,032( representing 51.52%) were females,” he noted.

    Areghan said the percentage of candidates who had this similar result in the same diet in 2021 and 2022 were 30.11% and 26.32%, respectively, a development that shows a marginal decrease of 2.33% in performance over the three years.

    Areghan, however, pointed out that this general result cannot be compared with that of the May\June school-based diet for final year students because candidates in the latter exam are being compelled to sit for either eight or nine subjects while in this particular exam in focus, candidates are free to sit even for one subject depending on the number of subjects they have a deficiency and they need to pass.

    “That is why it is not correct or fair to say that the performance in this examination has dwindled when compared with the school-based exam,” he declared.

    Giving further statistics of the results, Areghan said 413 (representing 4.95%) of the total number of candidates who sat the examination still have their results being withheld over allegations of examination malpractice.

    He said their cases are being investigated, and the outcome would be communicated to them as regards if their results would be released or cancelled.

    He said 27 candidates with special needs including visually and hearing impaired and Albinos were also participated in the exam.

    He, however, disclosed that candidates who sat the examination are now free to visit the council’s website as www.waecdirect.org to check their results while they would need to apply for their certificates online, through WAEC Certificate Request Portal (e-Certman) website given as https://certrequest.waec.ng/.

    He commended all the members of staff of WAEC, exam officials, as well as the ad-hoc staff who participated in the exercise, saying their contributions were worthwhile

  • Kwankwaso pledges to make JAMB result valid for 4 years

    Kwankwaso pledges to make JAMB result valid for 4 years

    The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Kwankwso, has pledged to make the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years.

    Kwankwaso made the pledge while presenting party flags to six North East States gubernatorial and 18 Senatorial candidates of the party at the North East presidential rally on Thursday in Bauchi.

    He noted that many students sit for JAMB examinations, come up with good grades, but for one reason or the other, they end up not being offered admission, and as well it is not their fault.

    “These students and their parents are made to bear the financial burden to sit for the examinations the next year but when voted into power, “we will make JAMB results valid for four years.

    “We will introduce a four-year moratorium for JAMB so that our children can use the same JAMB results to gain admission into our tertiary education institutions within this period,” he said.

    The presidential candidate promised to make application forms for admission and employment free if elected president.

    “We will upgrade and expand all our universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education and raise their standard to global competitiveness.

    “My government will construct 500,000 classrooms across the federation, to accommodate the over 20 million out-of-school children.

    “We will make all examinations such as WASC, NECO, NABTEB, NBIAS, JAMB among others free,” he said.

    Kwankwaso said all the NNPP gubernatorial candidates of the North East region have the qualifications, capacity to provide good governance for the people of the region.

    Governorship candidates that received flags included Saadu Tahir Adamawa, Sen. Haliru Jika Bauchi, Dr Umar Alkali Borno, Mohammed Mailantarki, Gombe,Yahaya Sani, Taraba, and Umar Alhaji Yobe States.

    Also Speaking, NNPP Governorship candidate in Bauchi state, Sen. Jika, urged his supporters to remain focused and come out en masse and vote for NPPP from top to bottom.

    “We want to change the narratives of leadership of the country, our party believes in all inclusive purposefulness with determination of providing dividends of democracy to the citizens,” he said.

  • WAEC releases 2021 GCE results

    WAEC releases 2021 GCE results

    The second series edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates, otherwise known as the General Certificate Examination, has been released.

    A total of 48.61 percent of the total number of candidates that took part in the examination secured credits in five subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

    This was disclosed on Monday by the head of Nigeria’s office of WAEC, Patrick Areghan.

    According to him, the examination was written from November 12, 2021, to Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by a total of 51,444 candidates out of 52, 973 registered candidates.

    He said: “25,008 candidates representing 48.61 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, of this number, 12, 272 were male candidates, while 12,736 were female candidates.”

    He added that there is an encouraging 8.79 per cent improvement in performance in the last examination.

    Meanwhile, Mr Areghan said the non-availability of the National Identification Number (NIN) will not stop candidates from sitting for the May/June 2021 examination.

    Giving a further breakdown of the results, the HNO said among the total number of candidates were 131 with varying degrees of special needs. He said their results have also been processed and are being released along with those of other candidates.

    He said out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 49,584 candidates, representing 96.38 percent, have their results fully processed and released while 1,860 candidates, representing 3.62 percent, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to “some errors on the part of the candidates.”

    He, however, said efforts are being made to release their results.