The National Examinations Council has released the results of the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations, NCEE, with 76 students scoring 203. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew Adejo, received the results from the Registrar of the NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, and gave a breakdown of the scores in Abuja on Wednesday. Adejo said a total of 69,829 students sat for the examination out of the 72,865 students that registered, adding that...

…Should undergo psychological counselling As a result of the many controversies that trail the Unified Tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result of Ejikeme Mmesoma, which eventually pitched her against the examination body, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Anambra State government set up a committee of inquiry to look into the controversies, and the committee came up with some recommendations which include that the 19 years old JAMB candidate should tender an apology to the...

Innoson Vehicles has withdrawn the N3 million scholarship awarded to Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma by its founder, Innocent Chukwuma after a panel revealed that she admitted to manipulating her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result. The panel, set up by the Anambra State Government, submitted its report on Friday. Chukwuma had awarded Mmesoma the scholarship after a news announcing her as the top scorer in this year’s UTME went viral. Cornel Osigwe, Innoson’s head of...

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...