Illegal admissions
5 Aug
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will no longer entertain absorption of illegal admissions through the window, ‘Condonement of illegal admissions without registration number’.
4 Aug
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all institutions to disclose within one month, details of all candidates they illegally admitted prior to 2017 or risk recognition and condonation. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Communication Advisor (CPA), disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Sunday, in Abuja. Benjamin said…
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Nigeria's economy has demonstrated a positive trajectory, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing by 3.46% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024. This represents a significant increase compared to the 2.54% recorded in the same period last year. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) attributed the growth primarily to the robust performance of the…
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One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at "alarmingly high levels". Almost 85,000 women and girls were murdered by people last year, according to a joint report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and…
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Prominent human rights activists, including a well-known advocate for child and gender rights, Dr Lemmy Ughegbe convened at the “Night of Ideas” hosted by the French institute, on Friday in Abuja to address the alarming rise in violence against women in Nigeria. The stakeholders who highlighted the importance of establishing a comprehensive mechanism to address…
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A developer, NISH Affordable Housing Limited, has stated that the housing market could experience a significant boom if the proposed Federal Government's Real Estate Investment Fund is efficiently implemented to finance prospective homebuyers in the country. The founder, Mr. S.K. Yemi Adelakan, in an interview with The Guardian in Abuja, explained that since housing depends…
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Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has suffered a hamstring injury, said the Spanish club Monday, ruling him out of the upcoming Champions League match with Liverpool. "After tests taken today our player Vinicius Junior has been diagnosed by Real Madrid's medical services with a hamstring injury in his left leg," the club said in a…
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO), Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim; Senior Trade Policy and Law Expert and Lead Trade Enablement at the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Olutayo; and Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Mele Kolo Kyari, are set to…
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The number of children in Haiti recruited by armed groups has jumped by 70 percent in the past year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned Sunday, with children making up almost half of gang membership. Haiti has suffered from decades of political instability, but in recent months, the Caribbean country has seen a surge…
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The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at Taraba State University (ASUU-TSU) has attributed the recent demise of three lecturers to alleged neglect by the Taraba State government in addressing the union’s welfare concerns. In a statement shared on his Facebook page, the chairman of ASUU-TSU, Dr. Mbave Joshua Garba, lamented the state…
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A 40-foot container collapsed onto a Toyota Camry with registration number LSR 293 HJ at Mile 2, Lagos, en route to Apapa, leaving the
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The Challenged Parenthood Initiative (CPI), an NGO, has expressed concern over the spate of teenage pregnancy in Kogi. The Director of the initiative, Eunice Agbogun disclosed this on Sunday in Lokoja, when the organization paid the hospital bill of a young girl who gave birth out of wedlock. Agbogun said that the young mother would…