Category: News
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JAMB Makes e-naira Preferred Mode of Payment For 2023 UTME Registration
The Joint Admissions Administration Board, JAMB, in collaboration with the country’s apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that e-naira is the preferred payment mode chosen for 2023 UTME registration. The CBN Director, IT, Architecture and Strategy, Rakiya Mohammed, who was represented by Abdul Shedrack, made this known while speaking with the board…
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Armed Men Open Fire on NDLEA Operatives in Lagos
Vanguard News Armed men, Monday night, opened fire on operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Awolowo road, in their bid to prevent them from arresting the driver of a truck loaded with several bags of Cannabis. A source told Vanguard that, the armed men suspected to belong to a yet-to-be-identified security agency…
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UNILORIN Students Groan, as Transportation Challenges Resurface (Video)
Some students of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, are currently finding it difficult to cope with the perennial challenge of transportation in the better by far varsity. The students in their numbers were stranded on Tuesday morning as a result of the shortage of vehicles that will convey them to the school’s permanent site in…
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Armed Robbers Shot 200-level Varsity Student Dead Over Sim Card
Some suspected armed robbers have killed a 200-level student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, identified simply as Daniel while trying to recover his phone from armed robbers in his lodge. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened on Sunday when the victim’s phone was taken by some armed robbers who raided his lodge. The…
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Why 2023 UTME Candidates Will Experience Pain, Stress – CBT Centres Operators
Punch Newspaper The Association of Tutorial School Operators has said the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates will experience pain and stress. This was in reaction to the reduction in the number of computer-based centres across the country by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, announced the reduction when…
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Photo News: Atiku Arrives UK (+Video)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has arrived in London to honour the invitation of the British Government. The Spokesperson and Director, Public Affairs of the PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Senator Dino Melaye, disclosed this to Channels Television. According to Melaye, during this two days working visit, Atiku…
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Edo Train Attack: Abductors Make Demands From Victims’ Families
Vanguard News Information spilling out late Monday indicated that the kidnapVpers from Saturday’s Igueben incident have contacted some family members and they are demanding N20 million per victim. An indigene of the community told Vanguard that a security personnel informed him about the latest development but the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor said…
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JAMB Reduces CBT Centres Nationwide
Vanguard News With few days to the commencement of the sale of forms to candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions in the country, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has reduced the number of computer-based centres, CBT, nationwide. CBT centres are where the candidates sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The reduction…
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Protest: Poly Ibadan Lifts Suspension on Students’ Union
The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has lifted the suspension order slammed on the students’ union of the institution as contained in a press statement issued earlier today. In a statement from the institution signed by the registrar, Mrs ModupeTheresa Fawale, it was disclosed that the reversal of the decision was based on interventions to…
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Why Raymond Dokpesi Was Arrested in UK – London Police Source
Peoples Gazette Nigerian media businessman Raymond Dokpesi was arrested in London on Sunday night on rape allegations, according to UK police sources. Mr Dokpesi, the owner of broadcaster AIT, was picked up at London Heathrow Airport as he touched down from a connecting flight via Frankfurt on Sunday evening. A London police source said: “On…