Category: Education

The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has approved the withdrawal of 313 students over poor academic performance in the first semester of the 2022/2023 academic session. The withdrawal followed the consideration of the report of the Academic Board Central Result Verification Committee at the meeting of the Board held on 22nd June 2023…

FG Introduces New Platform for Authenticating NECO Results

Jul 7, 2023

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In a recent development, the Federal Government has issued a directive to the heads of tertiary education institutions, instructing them to implement the NECO e-Verify platform for verifying the results of candidates who have applied for admission and have taken the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination. During the official launch event held…

UTME candidate Accused by JAMB of Forgery Admits Original Scores

Jul 5, 2023

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By Miracle Ogunde In a new twist to the controversy surrounding the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Result, (UTME) of an Anambra canfidate, Ejikeme Mmesoma who was alleged to have forged her result, the student has now admitted that she was graded to have scored 249 by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and not 362.…

UTME RESULT: Controversy Continues As JAMB Announces Ban on Anambra Candidate

Jul 4, 2023

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By Miracle Ogunde The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has slammed a three-year ban on Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, who is embroiled in the controversy of scoring the highest mark in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. This comes as the Board says it cancels the result obtained by the candidate in the…

I Didn’t Forge My 2023 UTME Result, Candidate Fires Back at JAMB

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By Miracle Ogunde Anambra candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board of forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Monday insisted that she didn’t forge her result as claimed by the examination board. Ejikeme stated this in a video she posted on social media on Monday. Starnews gathered…

Student Activist Graduates after seven years in UNILAG

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By Miracle Ogunde A student activist, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, who was suspended by the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) in 2016, for leading a mass protest against poor infrastructure on campus, has now graduated after seven years. Starnews Nigeria gathered that Adeyeye alongside some student activists sometime on April 6, 7, and 8, 2016, protested the conditions…

Dissolution of Varsities’ Governing Councils, unlawful – ASUU

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By Miracle Ogunde The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) has condemned federal government’s decision to dissolve the governing councils of all federal universities in the country. According to the union, the move was uncalled for and a major setback toward the growth and development of the university education in Nigeria. ASUU Chairman, University of…

Jamb sets to withdraw, prosecute Anambra student who faked result to obtain N3m scholarship

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By Miracle Ogunde The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) says it would withdraw the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME) result of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma from Anambra state for parading a fake score. A statement by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday explains that Mmesoma scored 249 in the…

NUC Knocks ASUU for Rejecting New University Curriculum

Jul 1, 2023

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