Comrade Sheriff Adeshina has formally been appointed as the senior special assistant on sport development to the President of National Association of Nigeria Students ( NANS ) below is his letter of acceptance. Acceptance of appointment I am writing to formally accept the appointment as Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development to the President of…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it has withheld the results of 39,834 candidates from the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which had over 1.9 million applicants. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement on Friday, May 9, while officially releasing the 2025 UTME results. He explained that…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released detailed statistics for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), highlighting the performance of candidates across the country. A total of 1,955,069 candidates participated in the 2025 UTME, with more than 1.5 million scoring below 200. The data also showed that 4,756 candidates scored above 320,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has responded to Peter Obi’s accusation that the exam body forced students to travel in the dark to sit for their exams. In a statement shared on his verified X account on Sunday, April 27, Obi criticized JAMB for requiring students to arrive at exam centers as early…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that candidates are free to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at any location in Nigeria, regardless of where they registered. This clarification follows a misleading report suggesting that candidates must sit for the exam within their state of registration. In a statement released on…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that the Federal Ministry of Education is proposing an extension of the national service duration from one year to two years. This proposal was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday by the NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Caroline Embu. The announcement follows a visit…
A new student at Taraba State University, Jalingo, proposed to his girlfriend during the matriculation ceremony, marking a special moment as they embarked on their academic journey together. The 16th matriculation ceremony took place on Friday, March 28, 2025. Photos of the proposal have since gone viral on social media.
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has awarded a N500,000 cheque to Miss Ifebude Benson, the overall best candidate in the 2023 Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO). The award was presented on behalf of the governor by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, to Ifebude’s father, Mr.…
A security guard at the Permanent Site of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Ebube Igboke, was beaten to death by his colleagues over an alleged theft. Igboke, who was from Ezzama in Ezza South Local Government Area, was part of the Middle Pillar Security outfit hired by the university. He was reportedly assaulted by fellow security…
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Rofiat Lawal, who was kidnapped on the Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday, February 25, has been released after her family reportedly paid a ransom of N1.1 million. Lawal was abducted while traveling from Benin, Edo State, to Ibadan, Oyo State, to resume at her place of primary assignment (PPA).…
