WARNING!! Universities Charging Above N2,000 For Post-utme Must Refund Excess To Students (Details)

 

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said universities that charged more than N2,000 from applicants for its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examination would be made to refund the excess payment.

 JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, made these known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

He decried message on the social media that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had directed the refund of post UTME fee, describing the information as false and could create confusion in the public domain.

Benjamin urged the public to disregard the information, saying that institutions that had charged more than N2,000 would be asked to make refund of the excess.

 He described as unfortunate a situation where some institutions could not adhere to the minister’ directive about the payment of post-UTME

The examination board said it would partner the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct public examination through Computer Based Test, CBT, for Nigerians abroad.

 Benjamin said the collaboration was to enhance the conduct of UTME for foreign candidates in 2018.

He said 2017 UTME was conducted for foreign candidates on September 30 in Gambia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, Ethiopia, South Africa and Cameroun.

 According to him, although the conduct of the examination was not justifiable, in terms of monetary value, there is need for JAMB to collaborate, to promote growth in the education sector.

 We are already promoting CBT in line with international best practices; we have taken it to some countries in Africa, we need to do more to encourage the practice.

“We have even gone ahead to see how we can put some countries on the global map by conducting our public examination there through CBT.

“What we want to do is to partner with the ministry to be able to key into the global technology revolution as part of our foreign policy.

“We must be able to maximise profit, especially from West African countries that we are offering assistance, through scholarship, to school in Nigeria.
“We cannot achieve much by looking at things from naira and kobo, but through diplomatic relations there will be adequate room to gain through conduct of examination abroad,” he said.

The head of public relations explained that foreign candidates sat for examination in one session based on local time of their various countries, adding that the questions were deployed from the board’s headquarters.

JAMB releases new cut-off mark for tertiary institutions.

 

If you plan on gaining admission into the university, polytechnic or any 

other tertiary institution, you have to know the JAMB 2017/2018 cut off 

mark. The cut off mark for JAMB varies from course of study.

 Below you will find all the essential JAMB news about cut off marks for 

gaining admission in 2017.

 

 These decisions were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which ended on Tuesday,

    August   22^th  . Minimum cut-off marks for tertiary institutions were pegged at 120 Polytechnics and colleges of education were pegged at 100 Federal Government lifts ban on Post-UTME exams . 

N-POWER 2017 LIST OF SUCCESSFUL SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS | N-POWER PHYSICAL VERIFICATION GUIDE

 

   N-POWER 2017 LIST OF SUCCESSFUL SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS | N-POWER PHYSICAL VERIFICATION GUIDE 

 The N-Power 2017 List Of Successful Shortlisted Applicants will be release in the month of September 2017.

N-power next stage after online assessment test is shortlisting of the successful applicants, followed by deployment to state/local government of residence. After deployment comes the verification. So what is N-power verification and where will it take place?

 

You have done your N-power test and you are looking forward to the list.

While wishing you the best, you should get clue to what comes after that.

According to N-pwer support team, here are the processes for this year N-power

engagement:

 

1.    Application

2.    BVN Validation

3.    Test

4.    Device Selection

5.    Pre-selection

6.    Physical verification

7.    Selection

8.    Deployment

 

By now, you had written your test and chosen your device, hence it’s time to proceed to Pre-selection and others.

It is not clear yet, what N-power intends to do with pre-selection but I assume this stage may not be something significant that, N-power may skip it or join it with other stages after. This stage is more or less short-listing stage.

From experience we know about physical verification, selection and deployment. And below is what you should know about the two stages ahead.

 

2017 N-POWER PHYSICAL VERIFICATION GUIDE

After short-listing comes verification. And this is the physical checking of the credentials of the shortlisted applicants. 

The N-power team under each state will check all your academic credentials for the category you applied for. This doesn’t mean your course has to match with catgory you applied for. It means you must be a graduate (NCE, ND, HND, Bsc, MA, LLB, NABTEB) to take part and you must credential backing for what you claimed.

2017 N-POWER DEPLOYMENT GUIDE

N-power will after the verification, instruct all successful candidates to visit their state of residence and the claimed local government for placement. These applicants will report and be placed to sectors they applied for i.e Health, Agro or Teach.

Meanwhile, N-TAX is different. The successful applicants under TAX will be called for interview at Ministry of Finance Abuja. After which they will be placed for work.

 

 

Boko Haram Release Video Of University Of Maiduguri Staff Abducted

Boko Haram Release Video Of University Of  Maiduguri Staff Abducted boko-haram-releases-video-abducted-unimaid-staff-victims-cry-help/


The Islamist Boko Haram terrorists have released a video footage of the staff members of the University of
Maiduguri, UNIMAID, and an NNPC staff under abduction. In the video, the men cry for help from

the Federal Government, urging FG to listen to a purported demand from the terrorists whom they

said would free them if such happens. Read more at: boko-haram-releases-video-abducted-unimaid-staff-victims-cry-help.

Pictures of Boko Haram Attack on Oil Team Killed 48

According to our sources, the details of the corpses deposited at the UMTH showed that 18 soldiers were lost, 15 Civilian JTF members killed alongside five university staff and four NNPC drivers.

It was also gathered that the bodies of six persons who were wounded in the attack but escaped to somewhere in Yobe State where they were later found dead had been brought to Maiduguri.

Apart from the wounded soldiers admitted to the military hospital in the town, two members of the Civilian JTF were also on admission at the UMTH Thursday.

The Nigerian Army in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, had claimed that all the NNPC staff abducted in the Tuesday ambush had been rescued.

Usman had said: “On receipt of the information, the Brigade mobilised and sent reinforcement, search and rescue party that include the Armed Forces Special Forces and guides that worked and pursued the terrorists throughout the night.

“So far, they have rescued all the NNPC staff and recovered the corpses of the officer, 8 soldiers and a civilian, who have been evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital.

“The team recovered 4 vehicles one of which included a gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun, 2 white Hilux taken away from NNPC staff and 1 blue Hilux belonging to CJTF. The team also recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition; several spare tyres; many jerry cans, containing Petrol; Oil and Lubricant; assorted drugs; Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making materials; reflective jackets and a Motorola handheld radio, among others. The team also neutralized many of the terrorists.”

Soldiers rescue abducted oil workers, kill Boko Haram insurgents

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole in collaboration with volunteer vigilante youth group (Civilian JTF) on Wednesday rescued members of the NNPC Oil Exploration team abducted by Boko  Haram militants during their site-visit in northern Borno state.

 Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole in collaboration with volunteer vigilante youth group (Civilian JTF) on Wednesday rescued members of the NNPC Oil Exploration team abducted by Boko Haram militants during their site-visit in northern Borno state. 
The rescued include four members of the Civilian JTF, two NNPC officials and an official of the Department of Geology, University of Maiduguri.

The NNPC Oil Exploration team members were reportedly ambushed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents between Jilli and Bornoyesu villages located along Magumeri-Gubio Local Government way in northern part of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that troops of 5-Brigade, Gubio, in collaboration with members of the Civilian JTF had pursued and overpowered the fleeing militants, killing scores of them, while others escaped with gunshot wounds.

The joint operation was led by the Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Aminu Shehu Chinide and leader of the Civilian JTF in Gubio, Bulama Bukar Maradona.

In a telephone conversation with the media in Maiduguri, the Caretaker Chairman of Gubio LGA, Alhaji Zanna Modu expressed happiness, commending the military and the Civilian JTF.

Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kidnap Oil Survey Team In Borno

BREAKING: 10 Nigerian scientists exploring oil in Lake Chad kidnapped by suspected by Boko Haram.

Scores of Oil Exploration Workers, subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and members of Civilian JTF were feared dead and missing in a Boko Haram ambush which took place around Jibi village situated between Magumeri and  Gubio Local Government Areas of  Borno state.

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 10 members of a research team from the northeast.

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 10 members of a geological research team from the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, the state oil company, which contracted the work, said on Wednesday.


The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has been surveying for more than a year for what it says could be vast oil reserves in the Lake Chad Basin, a region wracked by Boko Haram’s eight-year insurgency, which has killed at least 20,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes.

OPEC member Nigeria relies on crude oil for two-thirds of government revenue. Attacks on energy facilities in its southern Niger Delta oil heartland last year cut production by more than a third, deepening the recession in Africa’s biggest economy.

NNPC spokesman Ndu Ughamadu said the contractors were kidnapped near Jibi village in Borno state on Tuesday afternoon.

“About 10 members of the University of Maiduguri geology and surveying department were abducted by suspected Boko Haram members, ” Ughamadu said, noting that the group included academic staff, drivers and other workers. 

The University of Maiduguri said some of its lecturers, who were accompanied by security staff, had not returned on Tuesday from an oil prospecting trip. Its spokesman said the university was waiting for a report from security agencies.

The research team were abducted near a village called Jibi in Gubio local government area on Tuesday, July 25 - The abducted team were carrying out research work on oil exploration activities in Lake Chad basin 

‘Nigerians Should Expect New Data Prices Soon’- NCC Reveals

 

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has said Nigerians should expect a new data price as soon as an on-going cost-based research is concluded.

This was disclosed in Abuja by the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Umar Garba Dambatta during a chat with DAILY POST.

According to him, the commission had noticed that the level of data usage was growing across the country and there was need for an affordable and acceptable price floor for data.
He said this was necessary in order to forestall a price war in the data sub-segment of the telecommunications industry.

Dambatta disclosed that the commission was looking at other temporary measures in other to ensure that data services improved.

He said: “We have noticed that the level of data usage is growing. This attests to the earlier assertion by the NCC that data is going to be the next frontier.

“You recall that NCC attempted to do the interim price floor for data in order to ensure that we do not have a price war in the data sub-segment of the industry.

“This of course met with resistance from the consumers; and because the NCC is a listening agency, we suspended the interim price floor.

“As I am talking to you, there is a cost-based study going on in order to arrive at an accepted, affordable data price floor which will come into force as soon as the consultants’ work is concluded.

“That is, as soon as the outcome of this consultancy that is on-going over data price is discussed,.as usual, and is further consulted upon with other stakeholders who we expect will provide useful information towards arriving at an acceptable price floor for data.

“We are also looking at other temporary measures in other to ensure that data services improve.
“We are thinking about providing palliatives to smaller operators in the industry. I‎ mean those with about 7.5 percent share of the market.
“
We are in discussion with them in order to see how we can help them to provide data services in different part of the country even as we are talking with bigger operators to ensure that we find a way to improve the quality of data services.”

Buhari’s Health: Apostle Johnson Suleiman Sends Strong Warning

Buhari’s Health: Apostle Johnson Suleiman Sends Strong Warning 

 

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman warned Nigerians to against wishing President Muhammadu Buhari dead as no one has the power to kill or make live.

 While the Man of God was addressing his church members, he noted that it is irresponsible of any Nigerian to wish the President dead despite his sickness. He however admonished Nigerians to pray for the well-being of the ailing president. “Only an irresponsible country will be wishing their leader dead.”

“It’s an irresponsible thing for people to be wishing President’s death. Nobody who has a good heart will be wishing a leader dead. “You don’t wish your leader dead. Nigerians should be careful. Only God has the power of life and death. “Stop wishing the President dead. If your husband is sick do you wish him death? Do you that man is somebody’s husband? If your father is sick do you wish him death?

 That man is somebody’s father. “And you are wishing him dead. I know this thing I’m saying some Christians won’t like it. Stop wishing him dead. Pray for his health. Don’t wish any leader dead. “Only an irresponsible country will be wishing their leader dead.”, he established. Suleiman also urged everyone to live in peace instead of allowing crisis to prevail in the various regions of the country. “If you are a Nigerian, whether you like it or not, this country is your country. Its our country. We are going to pray for Nigeria. Let there be peace in Nigeria from the North to the East, West and South. “If there is crisis in Nigeria, it will consume all of us. We don’t need crisis, we need peace. We cannot talk of development without peace”, he added.

WASSCE 2017 May/June Results: WAEC Records Best Performance In 10 Years

WASSCE 2017 May/June Results: WAEC Records Best Performance In 10 Years

 

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) yesterday announced a 59.22 percent pass rate in the 2017 May/June West African Senior School Examinations (WASSCE).


 The 59.22 percent represents the number of candidates that obtained credit pass in five subjects including English language and Mathematics.

 This figure happens to be the best the council has achieved in the last 10 years.

 This is a great improvement when compared with the 2008 results which had just 13.76 of the candidates that sat for the exam obtaining credit passes in five subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

 It is also on record that the percentage of candidates in this category in WASSCE for 2015 and 2016 were 38.68 percent and 52.97 percent, respectively.

 In the light of this, it can be said that these results may be an indication that we are gradually drifting away from the era of mass failure that has characterized the performance of candidates in past times.

 

2face Visits Solidiers & Internally Displaced Persons In Maiduguri (Photos, Video)

PHOTOS: 2FACE VISITS SOLIDIERS & INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN MAIDUGURI

 Nigerian music legend, 2face visited Troops of 3 battalion of the Nigerian army and Internally Displaced Persons in Maiduguri, Borno state on Tuesday

Jamb will not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry, UTME – JAMB

We’ll not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry, UTME – JAMB

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME ).

A statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Mr Fabian Benjamin said in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin described the act of multiple registration as a serious offence in the process of obtaining the Board’s application forms presently on sale.

 He said that the warning had become imperative for people to know and understand that violation of such rule would attract sanctions. According to him, the Board has established new method of admission in line with its mandate to ensure fairness irrespective of tribe, religion and it is determined to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

The JAMB public relations officer said that the Board had held consultations with universities across the country to enable candidates meet the requirement and secure admission without the assistance of anybody. According to him, no cut-off mark has been arrived at as this can only be done at a policy meeting, which is at the moment yet to be conveyed. “Do not allow yourselves to be defrauded by internet fraudsters, the policy meeting would commence the 2017 admission with all mode, process and acceptable conditions for admission

. “The Prof. Oloyede led management is working to ensure transparent, acceptable and fair admission process. “We have designed software known as Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), where human interference will be completely removed, to promote credibility.

 “The admission criteria would be keyed into the software and it will select candidates blindly according to the institutions requirement without any primordial consideration.’’