The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has penalised officials at a Computer Based Test, CBT, centre following an incident where a female candidate was allegedly forced to remove her hijab before taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Details regarding the specific punishment handed down to the CBT centre officials remain undisclosed, but JAMB has confirmed that action was taken. The incident, which JAMB authorities said they deeply regretted, happened at Bafuto Institute CBT...

Graduates from the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, will now be able to participate in the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme, President Bola Tinubu announced on Saturday at NOUN’s 13th convocation ceremony. President Tinubu also addressed the longstanding issue of admission of NOUN Law graduates to the Nigerian Law School. “With the changing demographics of our great nation, the government has recognised the importance of allowing NOUN graduates to participate in...