Month: June 2023
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JAMB: 482,356 Candidates in Tight Race for 78,578 admission quota in medicine, pharmacy, Others
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it received 482,356 applications from candidates in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who want admission into the school of health sciences, to either study medicine, pharmacy or other related courses. JAMB said there were 78,578 admission quota for medicine, pharmacy and other related courses,…
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Nigeria Loses Billions of Naira Over Failure to Export Human Faeces, Cockroaches, Scorpions, Others
A lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, has said Nigeria is losing a huge amount of money for its failure to export human faeces, cockroaches, as well as, scorpions to foreign countries. The lecturer noted that the American government gets $3.5 billion every year because it is used to protect…
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My Experience as a Cab Driver in US – Tinubu
Ever since Asiwaju Bola Tinubu told me he would want me to write his biography after finishing the biography of his “son” the then Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola whose biography I had come to interview him for, I started gathering all kinds of materials on Tinubu, not knowing he would one day be…
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6 Nigerian Pilgrims Die, 30 Undergo Psychiatric Treatment During Hajj
Six Nigerians have died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia while performing this year’s pilgrimage. The deceased were among the 95,000 Nigerian pilgrims who made the annual journey to the holy land for this year’s hajj exercise. The head of the Nigerian medical team for the pilgrimage, Dr Usman Galadima, made the disclosure in Makkah…
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Revealed! Why President Tinubu Fires Service Chiefs
Sunday Sun President Bola Tinubu on Monday, June 19, announced the appointment of new Service Chiefs for the nation’s Armed Forces, Inspector General of Police, others, thus sending the former Service Chiefs, he IGP, others on compulsory retirement. In a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government signed by Willy Bassey, Tinubu…
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Big upset looms in Senate: 22 APC senators set to decamp to PDP
Sunday Sun Barring any last minute change of mind, a major upset will occur in the Senate, Sunday Sun can authoritatively report. This was revealed to Sunday Sun by a reliable Senator from the Northwest, who said that 22 All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have perfected plan to dump the ruling party by decamping to…
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Just In: Varsity Vice Chancellors Agree on 140 as Minimum Benchmark Score for Admissions
Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities present at the 2023 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have agreed on 140 as the minimum benchmark for the admissions of 2023/2024 academic session. However, universities are at liberty to decide individual cut-off marks but no university will be allowed to admit any candidate who scores below…
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Post UTME: JAMB Announces Amount To Be Collected By Institutions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday pegged the amount for post-UTME screening at N2,000. The board, through its registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during the 2023 policy meeting ongoing at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja. “Any institution interested in conducting any form of screening could do so, but the charge…
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JAMB Unveils Plan For UTME, DE Candidates To Bring Mobile Phones To Exam Hall
Punch Newspaper The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations, Saturday, said it is planning a “Bring Your Own Device” initiative for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations and the Direct Entry Examinations, The PUNCH reports. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during the 2023 policy meeting ongoing in Abuja at the National…
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CBN mandates banks to obtain customers’ social handles
The Central Bank of Nigeria has mandated Financial Institutions to obtain the social media handle, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, residential addresses, and more of their customers. This forms part of its new customer due diligence regulations and is in a bid to further deepen the identification process in the banking system. The apex bank disclosed…