The Government of Anambra State has instituted a panel of inquiry into the controversy trailing the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 16 years old student of Anglican Girls secondary school in Nnewi had earlier been announced to have scored 362 as the highest. JAMB however in a press release on Sunday night dismissed her result as fake, saying it was manipulated, and that she would be prosecuted...

…Says Ejikeme Mmesoma, others risk prosecution, result seizure The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has dismissed the exhibition of certain candidates as the high scorers in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board in a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Press, JAMB stated that “Many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake”. “Many Fake JAMB High Scorers Deceiving Good-spirited Nigerians: The Case Of Ejikeme...

Youths, women, and traditional rulers from Omuo Ekiti from  Ekiti East Local Government trooped to the streets on Friday morning protesting the alleged injustice meted out to them by relocating the Federal College of Education (FCE) meant for the town to meant for the town to Ilawe Ekiti of the state. The protesters who carried placards with various inscriptions read: “On Omuo FCE we stand! No more! No less”; “This injustice must be redressed Return...

The retired Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar has handed over the baton of leadership to the Deputy Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki. The handing-over ceremony took place  at the headquarters of the Commission over the weekend. Recall that Prof. Abubakar voluntarily stepped down from the Commission as Executive Secretary on Tuesday. He noted that he was heading back to the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to continue his career in lecturing....

A lecturer with the Bayero University Kano (BUK) Prof. Abubakar Rasheed who was appointed seven years as the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has resigned voluntarily to continue lecturing at the same institution. Prof. Rasheed told Journalists on Monday in Abuja about his resignation, after approving the issuance of a provisional license to establish another  Kogi State-owned University located at Kabba local government area of the State. The Executive Secretary of NUC,...

The Edo state government has offered automatic employment to Aminat Yusuf, the best-graduating student of the Lagos State University, LASU, in the 2021/2022 academic year. The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this on Monday. “I am honoured to offer our record-setting Miss Yusuf Aminat automatic employment in the state’s public service,” the Governor’s post on Twitter reads. “To complement our efforts to create the best work environment, we intend to attract and retain the...