The Lagos State government yesterday denied banning the use of hijab in public schools, saying the issue is still being looked into with a view to taking a broadbased stand on it. The state government denied the reports of rejection of hijab by the state government, describing it as sensational. It said the Commissioner for [...]
+Continue ReadingThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has expressed satisfaction with the ongoing computer-based mode of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, saying it is yielding the expected results with no single incidence of malpractice recorded so far. In an exclusive interview with National Mirror yesterday, the board’s spokesman, Mr. Fabian Nneche, said since the [...]
+Continue ReadingOver 36,000 candidates who sat for the maiden edition of the Computer Based Test (CBT) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday, received the result of their performance same day. Registrar of the board, Professor Dibu Ojerinde who confirmed the number said 56 centres were used to conduct the CBT examination with 296 as the [...]
+Continue ReadingUNSPECIFIED number of staff of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, will soon lose their job. Also, another unspecified number of the institution’s workers would be down graded from their present positions. This followed the recommendation of a panel set up in January by the state government to audit and verify credentials of staff of the polytechnic. [...]
+Continue ReadingThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB said it has released the results of more than 68,000 candidates that wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on April 27. This was disclosed on Saturday by the JAMB Lagos Zonal Coordinator, Kamaldeen Oladeji. Mr. Oladeji said the results, initially seized on account of biometric verification related issues, [...]
+Continue ReadingThe Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with the National University Commission (NUC) on Friday arrested the sole proprietor of the Richmond Open University, Enugu, “Professor” Mazi Chris Okoro, a self-appointed “professor of journalism,” for allegedly operating an illegal institution. Also picked up by the law enforcement agents were a [...]
+Continue ReadingStudents Develop Device To Control Water-Borne Disease. ‘Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink’ is a common saying which holds true in most parts of the world because although the earth is covered by 70 per cent water, most of it is not potable and therefore needs to be treated. In finding a [...]
+Continue ReadingA senior official of the Nigerian Prisons Service in Delta State has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal university in the state. This came as no fewer than 600 illegal schools have also been uncovered. A team of officials of the National Universities Commission, NUC, accompanied by men of the ICPC had, last Thursday, [...]
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