Category: Education

Governor Soludo Awards Scholarship to Miss Umeh, Highest Scorer in UTME

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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has granted a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, who emerged as the top-performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). In a statement released by Mr. Christian Aburime, Soludo’s Press Secretary, it was announced that Umeh achieved a score of 360 out of 400, making the state proud with her exceptional performance. The governor congratulated Miss Umeh for her remarkable achievement and expressed his appreciation for her hard work. As a token of the state government’s recognition, Governor Soludo has offered her…

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Prince’s Trust Launches in Nigeria to Tackle Youth Unemployment

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Prince’s Trust International, a non-profit organization founded by King Charles III of England, has been introduced in Nigeria to address the pressing issue of youth unemployment globally. The launch event, held in Lagos, was attended by notable figures, including the Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones. During the launch, Llewellyn-Jones emphasized that Prince’s Trust International’s presence in Nigeria would help bridge the skills gap and provide young people with quality training to enhance their employability. The initiative aims to assist more countries and aligns with the UK government’s…

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JAMB places 3year ban on candidate over falsified results

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In a statement signed by Dr Fabian Benjamin, Acting Director of Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB announced that Mmesoma’s 2023 UTME result has been withdrawn, and she has been banned from sitting for the board’s examination for the next three years. JAMB had initially withdrawn Mmesoma’s UTME result, accusing her of manipulating and falsifying her scores. However, Mmesoma released a viral video denying these allegations, stating that there might have been a technical malfunction in JAMB’s system. She claimed that her result was an original printout from the board’s portal.…

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JAMB prosecutes UTME fraudsters

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it will prosecute one Ejikeme Mmesoma for allegedly inflating her score from 249 to 362 in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, thus parading herself as the 2023 UTME top scorer. The examination body said it also uncovered one Atung Gerald from Kaduna State, who never sat the exam, but claimed to have scored 380. In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said it found the case of Mmesoma particularly pathetic as she had allegedly hoodwinked unspecting…

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Over 20 WAEC exam officials arrested for malpractice

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The West African Examination Council (WAEC), in its ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), have arrested no fewer than 20 school officials, allegedly aiding and abetting examination malpractice. The Council said that the arrests were made in various parts of the country. The Head, National Office (HNO) of council, Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this on the sidelines of a monitoring exercise he carried out in some schools on Thursday in Lagos. According to him, the WAEC has since handed over all the culprits to the police for prosecution.…

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Ambrose Alli varsity sacks lecturers for sexual harrassment, fraud, extortion

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The Management of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State has dismissed 13 academic and non-academic staff members for offences ranging from falsified age, fraud and gross misconduct to extortion and sexual harassment. The acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Asomwan Adagbonyin, said the decision was based on the recommendations of the University Staff Disciplinary Committee which found them guilty of the offences. Adagbonyin disclosed this while presenting the committee’s report to the Chairman, Andrew Olotu, and members of the AAU Special Intervention Team on Monday in Benin City.…

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Chrisland pupil electrocuted – Autopsy

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Autopsy has revealed that the 12-year-old pupil of Chrisland International School, Whitney Adeniran, who recently died in strange circumstances during the school’s inter-house sports activities at the Agege Stadium, Lagos State, died of electrocution. Whitney’s mother, Blessing, in a live broadcast on Instagram on Wednesday, confirmed the development. She said, “The autopsy result is out and Desola was electrocuted. My daughter died of electrocution. I have been subjected to trauma for the past two weeks. “Tomorrow will make it three weeks since my baby died. The school made me think…

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Sex scandal: Court reinstates sacked EKSU lecturer

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A lecturer of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Dr Ololade Aduwo, who was dismissed in December 2019 by the university authorities over an alleged sex scandal involving a female student, Rachel Olatosin, has been reinstated by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. This was contained in the judgement of the industrial court, Akure Division in the case with suit number NICN/AK/08/2020 filed by Aduwo against EKSU VC, EKSU Governing Council and the university over his dismissal from the employ of the institution for what he described as phantom sex allegation.…

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Lagos govt shuts Chrisland school over pupil’s death

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The temporary closure of Chrisland School, located at Opebi-Ikeja, has been ordered by the Lagos State Goverment, yesterday, following the death of a student of the school, Whitney Adeyemi. The order was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, yesterday. Adefisayo said the closure was ordered pending the outcome of a full investigation into the unfortunate incident. According to her, “On behalf of the state Ministry of Education, we commiserate with Mr. and Mrs. Adeyemi, parents of Whitney, over the death of their daughter.…

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JAMB announces commencement of 2023 UTME registration

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that it would begin the registration of 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME on January 14, 2023. The board also said the registration of its Direct Entry, DE for the 2023 session commences from February 20 to April 20, 2023. The spokesman of the body, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said yesterday, that the decisions were taken at the end of JAMB’s management meeting held, yesterday. He said: “The Board has approved the commencement of registration for the 2023 UTME from January 14…

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