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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that it caught 149 candidates for various examination malpractices in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination which ended on Sunday, March 22. JAMB published the names and states of the 149 candidates in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent with Imo, Anambra and Enugu States topping the list with 26, 12 and 12 candidates respectively. The offences included; examination by proxy, attempt to cheat, forceful entrance, tampering with examination documents, smuggling of mobile phones into the examination halls among others. Other states on the list included; Abia, Adamawa, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, and Osun. The board said, “Examination Infraction in the UTME is declining with the 2020 experience. However, out of the 1,945,983 million candidates who sat the examination, prima facie cases of examination misconduct have been made against the following 149 candidates. “The board has su

    One of the prominent Universities in Nigeria, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has taken drastic measures to ensure that the pandemic Covid 19 known as Coronavirus does not spread among her campuses. Authorities were seen on the early hours of today chasing students out of the school hostel and premises due to, order of the federal government that all varsities nation wide should close down on 23th Of March. Some students were stranded and have no were to go to too, others were seen camping in some faculties lecture theatre.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s mum has been released from the hospital after suffering a stroke. Dolores Aveiro, 65, was released nearly two weeks after medics at Madeira’s Nelio Mendonca Hospital saved her life. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, she wrote:  'I am lucky to have the opportunity to live to love my family and have them close to me.  Thank you to everyone for their support and affection. These have been difficult days but of struggle and victory. 'Now I'm at home surrounded by the love of my family, my good energy. I will stay here as I like to but always looking after myself first. Everything will be fine.'  'You thought I wouldn't come back but I returned slowly, softly, calmly and with peace in my heart.'  'I also returned with a thought in the form of a message - why judge the colour of one's skin, the clothes or shoes people use or the way they look.  We are nothing when it comes to life, we are simple, pedestrians in this wor

Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom states has said that there are no plans to shut down schools in the state due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In a state wide broadcast delivered on Saturday morning, Governor Udom said that there is no confirmed case of COVID-19 disease in Akwa Ibom State and that as a matter of fact, the measures put in place at the state airport to curb the spread of the virus into the state, is comprehensive and has no parallel anywhere in West Africa. He appealed to residents of the state to adhere strictly to preventive measures so they do not contact the virus. '' I want to advise that we should all continue to observe the simple rules of Personal and Respiratory Hygiene: Regular hand washing with soap under running water. b. Use of hand sanitizer where there is no water. c. Coughing/sneezing into a disposable tissue paper or the cuff of the elbow where no tissue is available and proper disposal of the used tissue. d. Put on a mas

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates for 2020 until further notice due to the spread of coronavirus.  Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan, WAEC's head of national office in Nigeria, on Friday, March 20, said that the examination earlier fixed to begin on Monday, April 6, across member nations will no longer be conducted as planned, The Nation reports. In a statement on Friday, Areghan said:  “This decision is a demonstration of the organisation’s concern and support for the various protocols being put in place by the federal and state governments of Nigeria and the governments of the other member countries to check the spread of the disease." He added that upon the improvement of the global health circumstances that necessitated the postponement, a new date will be fixed and announced to the public.

Institute Of African Studies & UNN Business School Presents 1st UNN Cultural Carnival  Click here for more info

The prestigious university of Nigeria, Nsukka assigns a new date for her 2019/2020 matriculation despite  Academic Staff Union of Universities  strike. the new date is now  Saturday, March 28th, 2020.  click here for more info

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Instructions to candidates applying for advertised courses APPLICATION FOR ADVERTISED COURSES/SHOPPING FOR 2019/2020 ADMISSIONS Interested 2019/2020 UTME Candidates who have not been offered admission as published earlier but had PUTME score of 180 and above and average of 200 and above are invited to apply for advertised courses as follows: S/N PROGRAMME Shortfall FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 1 Agricultural Economics 36 2 Agricultural Extension 120 3 Animal Science 54 4 Crop Science 90 5 Food Science and Technology 14 6 Home Science 50 7 Nutrition And Dietetics 6 8 Soil Science 88 FACULTY OF ARTS 1 Archeology & Tourism 28 2 Combined Arts 20