The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday finally admitted to errors which affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede admitted to this during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja. “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede said. The UTME is a critical prerequisite for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It tests candidates in four subjects, including the compulsory Use of English, with the other three…
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DSS Drags Popular Presidential Candidate To Court
The Department of State Services (DSS) has taken former presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi, to court for allegedly trying to undermine President Bola Tinubu’s authority by setting up a “shadow government” in Nigeria. The case, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, accuses Utomi of attempting to create an alternative government structure that could cause instability and confusion in the country. The DSS claims that Utomi’s actions could lead to political unrest and encourage others to challenge the authority of the democratically elected government. They argue that forming a…
Read MoreKaduru Builds State of the Art Health Centre for Obiangwu Community.
…Eye’s Owerri Zone Senate Seat A globally renown and respected public health expert, Dr Chijioke Kaduru, has disclosed that the building of a state of the art primary healthcare centre for his community, Obiangwu Autonomous Community, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State, by him was in furtherance of his abiding vision and passion to make quality and affordable healthcare accessible to the public. He stressed that it was in a bid to leverage this vision and passion to touch more local communities in the nine local government areas of…
Read MoreLet’s Not Make Glitches Become A National Crisis – Peter Obi To JAMB
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has reacted to the controversy rocking the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Naijaonpoint reported that JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede admitted errors in the just-concluded UTME affecting 206,610 candidates in 65 centres in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri zone, comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East. He said,“What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede admitted. “We set all machineries in order; regardless, there were still…
Read MoreNnamdi Kanu: Monday sit-at-home had nothing to do with death of Jonathan’s ex-aide, Gulak – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has insisted that its members were not responsible for the death of former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful said its sit-at-home was enforced on Monday May 31, 2021 while Gulak was killed a day before the order. Powerful insisted that the presentation of Gulak’s death certificate during the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has no “evidentiary value” to the ongoing proceedings. In a statement he signed, Powerful insisted that the prosecution’s case against Kanu has collapsed. Charging…
Read MoreJust in: JAMB May Retrieve UTME Results for Review or Outright Retaking
In view of unprecedented complaints from both parents and candidates over the poor results of seen 2025 results, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will review the recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. This followed a wave of complaints over low scores. In a statement issued on Monday by the board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB revealed that it has expedited its annual post-examination review process due to the “significant volume of unusual complaints” received since the results were released on Friday. “If it…
Read MoreWike: PDP Can’t Send Presidential Ticket To North In 2027.
Says: I’m building party, not tearing it apart FCT Minister and chieftain of the PDP, Nyesom Wike, has said that the PDP cannot afford to zone its presidential ticket to the North come 2027. While speaking to newsmen in Abuja today May 12, Wike said; When asked if he is still with the PDP since he has been associating with the APC, works for the APC government has been supporting some defections from the PDP to the APC, Wike responded When asked if this is the reason he is tearing…
Read MoreImo Assembly Urges Uzodinma To Fix Atta,Inyishi, Amaimo,Ugirike Road
By Williams Odunze The Imo State House of Assembly has urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to fix the road connecting Atta, Inyishi Amaimo Ugirike bridge to ease the sufferings of the rural dwellers making use of the road for farming and commercial purposes. The House made the resolution following the adoption of the motion moved by the member representing Ikeduru State Constituency, Hon.Jonhleoba Iheoha who narrated that the condition of the road is posing great danger to his Constituents who apply it on daily basis. He informed that the road also…
Read MoreTinubu arrives Abia May 23 to commission Otti’s road project, others – Umahi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will visit Abia State on May 23, to among other things, commission the 6.5 kilometre Port Harcourt Road in Aba, which was rebuilt by the administration of Governor Alex Otti administration after more than 15 years in dilapidation. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi disclosed this to journalists while inspecting the damage done at the Osisioma axis of the 56 kilometre Abia Tower of Peace, Umuahia to Rail Flyover, Aba section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway, a different Federal government project. Umahi expressed joy that work…
Read MoreFG Denies Commencing Extradition Of Simon Ekpa, Says It’s Awaiting Finnish Govt’s Trial Outcome
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has debunked reports suggesting that the federal government has begun extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, a controversial separatist leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a statement issued by Kamarudeen Ogundele, media aide to the AGF, Fagbemi clarified that the federal government is yet to initiate any formal extradition process. Instead, he stated that Nigeria is closely monitoring developments in Finland, where Ekpa is currently standing trial for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda on social…
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