18,000 JAMB Candidates To Sit For Mop-Up Exams
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that no fewer than 18,000 candidates would sit for its mop-up examinations across the country on Friday, August 6. The JAMB said that would be conducting the examination to make up for minor hitches, which were recorded during the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It said that affected candidates have been...
WASSCE: No More Late Registration – WAEC Warns
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says late registration of candidates by schools for its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would no longer be allowed, beginning from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Areghan spoke against the...
You Can’t Succeed Beyond Your Educational Qualification, Buhari Says At London Summit
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) says a person can’t succeed outside his personal educational qualification, adding that anybody who misses education has missed everything. Buhari also stated that Nigerian parents are making sacrifices to ensure that their children get educated. The President said this during a panel discussion on Thursday at the Global Education Summit in London. Special Adviser to...
ABSU Never Denied Me Admission, Young Barr Esther Counters Reports [VIDEO]
One of the lawyers recently called to bar in Nigeria, young Barr. Esther Ebubenna Nwadike has countered media reports which says Abia State University, Uturu denied her admission to study Law at the age of 13 on the ground of her age. She said she was not 13 when she applied to study Law in ABSU but 16 years. In a...
Call To Bar: Orji Kalu Celebrates Sen Osita Izunaso (PHOTOS)
Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Distinguished Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday evening, joined Senator Osita Izunaso to celebrate his successful call-to-bar ceremony earlier held today. Senator Izunaso is among the successful students who sat for the December 2020 and March 2021 Bar final examinations of the Nigerian Law School (NLS). Kalu joined friends, well wishers and...
Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation To Sponsor 50 Students To Study Medicine In Venezuela [VIDEO]
A non-governmental organization, Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation says it's collaborating with Venezuelan Embassy in Abuja to sponsor 50 undergraduate students who have passion and qualification to study medicine and surgery in Venezuela in its 2021 Scholarship programme. https://youtu.be/myeQ0tj2K6A The Foundation says it has strictly chosen the top-ranking and prestigious university in Venezuela, Latinoamerican Medicine School-Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM) for the...
JAMB Withdraws 14 Results, Withholds 93, Releases 14,620
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cleared and released the UTME results of 14,620 candidates that were hitherto under investigation, while withholding the results of 93 others. The board’s Head, Media and Publicity, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the results were released following the consideration and approval of the...
Another Strike Looms As ASUU Talks Tough Over FG’s Failure To Honour Agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has threatened to resume its strike action over the failure of the Nigerian Government to honour agreements they reached with the union. It will be recalled that ASUU went on strike for several months last year until December 2020 when it suspended the action after getting commitments from the federal government. However, recent developments...
Parents Laud UCY Model School Ohafia For Academic, Character Excellence [VIDEO]
Parents and guardians have commended one of the leading private schools in Abia, UCY Model School Ohafia for remaining a leading light in academics and character. PTA chairman of the school, Rev. Amos Arua while speaking with ABN TV on Wednesday at the maiden edition of the school's special award ceremony noted that the school has inculcated a visible academic...
UCY Model School Ohafia Holds Special Award Ceremony Amidst Fanfare (PHOTOS)
It was an electrifying scene of glamour and fanfare as UCY Model School Ohafia, Abia State on Wednesday held its maiden edition of special award ceremony to honour outstanding students, parents and teachers. The event ABN TV reports started with awareness parade by students and some staff members of the school around the community before the event proper. The...
