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The student of Deeper Life High School who made the highest score of 360 in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere Umeh, has cleared all her papers in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with eight A1 and one B2. The 16-year-old student scored A1 in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Further […]
The management of Innoson Automobile Company, has withdrawn the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme over her involvement in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result manipulation. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, and made available to newsmen on Saturday in […]
The House of Representatives has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to stay any punitive actions against Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme over alleged falsification of her JAMB score. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP-Bayelsa) at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls […]
Mr Romanus Ejikeme, father to Mmesoma who was accused of forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, says the family has no plan to sue the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Ejikeme told journalists who visited his house at Nnewi on Tuesday, that the family had left everything to God to judge. He […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called out a number of its candidates who sat for the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying they were in the habit of faking scores to garner scholarship from public-spirited individuals. JAMB’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, raised the allegations on Sunday in a statement, saying […]
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between April 25 and May 1. In a statement yesterday, the organisation said 1, 595, 779 candidates registered for the examination in 708 Computer Based Test (CBT) centres across 105 towns nationwide. The board said: “It is, […]
The Federal Government is to arraign Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on seven-count charge bordering on money laundering at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Ojerinde is being arraigned alongside his four children; Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday rearrested former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde. The Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua in a statement said that Ojerinde was rearrest following a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja. He is expected to […]
