Wawu!! Nigerians Raise N545k For Girl Who Got A1 Parallel In WASSCE

Nigerians are so nice, when it comes to rewarding “excellence” of course..

Twitter Nigeria users of recent proved that selfless acts do indeed exist after rewarding a girl who bagged 9 As in her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with cash gifts, textbooks, scholarships and mentorship.

A TwitterNG user @DrDamages had on July 21 shared a photo of the girl named Cynthia Chinecherem, and another of her result, with the caption:

She made A1 in all the 9 subjects she took in WASCE. Please tell Gov. Ugwuanyi of Enugu state to send her to a very good university.

On July 23, it caught the attention of another user @Chydee who said he wished to give to the girl N20k.

He proceeded to ask his followers to to get in touch with him if they wished to donate to the girl’s cause.

As at Monday morning, 31 TwitterNG had pledged the sum of N525,500, while 23 had made good on their pledge, bringing the total remitted sum to a total of N425,500.

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Omg! Lautech Final Year Student Hanged Himself In His Hostel (Photo)

A final year student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Adesoji Adediran at the weekend committed suicide by hanging himself in the hostel.

It was gathered that the 500-level student of Urban and Regional Planning Department hanged himself in the school’s hostel on Saturday.

It was learnt that his roommates, who had been away for a night study, returned in the morning to find his corpse dangling from the ceiling.

The school management was said to have been alerted, which informed policemen from the Owode division, who removed the remains. The corpse was said to have been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy.

A classmate of the victim, who asked not to be identified, said Adediran’s remains were found around 5.30am, PUNCH reports.

He said, “He has two roommates. The roommates went for a night study on Friday. When they returned to the room on Saturday, they discovered that he had hanged himself with a cable. Nobody has an idea why he killed himself.”

A close friend of the victim, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed surprise at Adediran’s death.

He said, “As his friend, what pained me most was that we still played together on Friday night. He never opened up to me. We asked him to go with us for the night study, but he said he preferred to stay behind. Around 5.30am when we returned, we found his corpse.

He was almost done with his final year project and he never complained of anything. We are a clique and we eat together; it was all fun, until we found his corpse.”

He described the deceased as “funny and lively”, saying Adediran couldn’t have suffered from depression.

He said the police from the Owode division removed the corpse from the room.

Our correspondent learnt that the police took statements from the roommates, which were later withdrawn by the deceased’s parents, who insisted on not pursuing any case due to the nature of the death.

According to the PUNCH, the parents also objected to the idea of holding a candle-light procession in his honour, saying they wanted him to “rest in peace.”

This is just as tributes have continued pouring in from friends of the victim on Facebook. A friend, who identified himself as Horlarholu Xarmoohel Cartel, said the late Adediran was a fan of the Chelsea Football Club.

He said:

“Adesoji, can’t believe my eyes when I saw adieu in your name. I don’t know this is what you mean when you said, ‘I am not coming to class again,’ after we sat for a test last week. Haa! SOJ, the best Chelsea fan I ever knew; the best record keeper who doesn’t need Google before he tells you history of football. Already missing you bro, can’t get hold of myself since I heard about your death. I know God knows best.”

Another friend, Adepeju Babatudne, wrote:

“Hmmm, I saw him and Tayo (bestie) beside my hostel cracking jokes with friends when we finished that test. I even accused him of not coming for the test, but he replied, ‘I came nah…’ I don’t even know what to write right now because I know what you passed through when we were in 200 level, but why now? Rest on dear.”

When contacted, an official of the school said the management was not aware of the incident. He, however, promised to get back after contacting a director in the school. He had yet to do so as of press time.

The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ajisebutu Adekunle, said, “The deceased committed suicide by hanging himself on the ceiling fan. He didn’t leave any suicide note. The case is under investigation. Meanwhile, the corpse has been deposited at LAUTECH morgue for autopsy.”

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JAMB: Awaiting Result Candidates Are Eligible For UTME

Candidates, who have yet to receive their West African Senior School Certificate Examinations’ results, are eligible to register for the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, said on Thursday.

The organisation said the clarification became necessary following the misinterpretations by many people of a press statement about its recently-concluded restructuring exercise.

The spokesperson for JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said in Abuja that candidates, who failed to upload their results between May and August, would not be confirmed for admission into any tertiary institution.

Benjamin stated, “Nigerians are still not clear whether candidates with awaiting results will sit the UTME examinations or not. Now, we want to make it categorically clear that candidates with awaiting results are eligible to register and sit our examinations.

“However, JAMB will not confirm any admission for any candidate with awaiting result. All candidates, who are desirous of tertiary education, are to upload their O’ Level results on our website.

“We don’t want to give admissions to candidates that are not qualified to be admitted. It has been discovered over time that most of the times, when these candidates are admitted, they don’t meet the requirements.

“You have from May up to August to upload your results. At the point of admission, we would have sieved our records and any candidate, who has not uploaded his or her result at that point, is not eligible for admission.

“We have a good number of candidates who have sat their exams in years past and they have their results ready, waiting for this process; we will factor those ones and the few ones that will get their results before August.

“We are not working for those that will be sitting their exams. But if by chance, you write your O’ Level examinations and the UTME this year and your result is ready, good for you.”

Benjamin added that candidates, who are not computer literate, had a choice of applying for the UTME mock examination at a fee of N700.

He explained that the UTME mock examination was optional and aimed at allowing candidates had a feel of the Computer Based Test, especially those not familiar with the CBT process.

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Six Unilag students charged with gang-rape, get N6 million bail

 

Six students of the University of Lagos, Unilag, who allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old female colleague, were on Wednesday granted reprieve by a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

They were released on a N6 million bail.

The accused — Simeon Omowole, 18; Randy Chukka, 17; Samuel Oyefara, 18; Peter Adeboyega, 17; Chuka Chukwu, 19; and Peace Nwakanma, 18 (a female) — pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, rape and sexual harassment.

The prosecutor, Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the offences were committed sometime in January at High-Rise, University of Lagos.

‎She alleged that that the accused with another man still at large conspired and raped a 17-year-old fellow student (name withheld).

Ms. Osayande said that Ms. Nwakanma, the only female among the accused persons, was the one that lured the girl to where she was raped.

“The six students sexually harassed the girl with video clips in order to intimidate her.

“They all had sexual intercourse with the 17-year-old without her consent,’’ she said.

The offences contravened Sections 137, 140, 260 (2), 264 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 (revised).

‎The Chief Magistrate, A. Ipaye-Nwachukwu, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
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Mrs. Ipaye-Nwachukwu said one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the accused, while the second surety should be a civil servant of not less than Grade Level 14.

She also directed the sureties to provide evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

‎The magistrate adjourned the case to May 18 pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.

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2017 UTME: JAMB begins sales of form, Check out the Fee

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, announced its plans to begin sale of forms for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

In series of tweets via its handle @JAMBHQ, the organisation said the sales would begin on Monday March 20.

According to the board, registration fee for UTME 2017 is N5, 500.

The sale of forms will close on Wednesday, April 19.

The board also said that the examination will hold between May 6 and 20.

Earlier in February, the Registrar of JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede, had said that 1.7 million candidates were expected to sit for the exam this year.

“We are expecting 1.7 million candidates to sit for the UTME this year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week or thereabouts,” the JAMB boss had said.

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‘2017 UTME Will Be Hitch-Free’- JAMB

Mr Sunday Aladegbaye, Lagos State Coordinator of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that all the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) intending candidates will experience a hitch-free examination.

Aladegbaye said this on the sidelines of the Parents’ Forum organized by the Management of the King’s College on Thursday in Lagos.

According to him, there will be no compromise in the accreditation of centres to be used for this year’s UTME.

He said that measures were being taken to avoid technical hitches.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some candidates that sat for the examination in 2016 complained of technical challenges in some of the centres.

Such hitches ranged from malfunctioning of computers to poor power supply.

This resulted to moving affected candidates to other functional centres.

“We have taken time to go round designated centres in the states, in order to ascertain the level of functionality of their computers, the backups and other requirements.

“Where we find missing gap, we dropped such centres immediately and those that meet requirements, we recommend them to management.

“We will continue to insist on accreditation of well-equipped centres; no more, no less.

“This is because, as a parent myself, I will not do anything that will compromise the future of my children,’’ Aladegbaye said.

NAN learnt that the board would begin the sales of its registration documents for the UTME before the end of March.

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Upgrade polytechnics to universities of technology, ASUP Instigate Nigerian govt

 

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has appealed to the Federal Government to upgrade all polytechnics to universities of technology to end discrimination against technological education in the country.

Adeyemi Aromolaran, Yaba College of Technology branch chairman of ASUP, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos.

The ASUP chairman said that government’s discriminatory policies against polytechnics were retarding the development of technical education in the country.

“We need to look at the British example of running educational programmes, because that is where Nigeria copied the polytechnic education system from.

“Britain had abolished polytechnics long time ago; all polytechnics have been turned to universities of technology in that country,’’ Mr. Aromolaran said.

He noted that admission figures into the nation’s polytechnics and colleges of education were dropping every year due to unfavourable government policies.

“As long as we continue with the system we are running, discrimination will persist and consequently admission into polytechnics will continue to dwindle.

“This is part of what the union has been agitating against,’’ he said.

The ASUP official said that with the dichotomy between the polytechnic diploma and the university degree, no enlightened person would want his or her child to go to the polytechnic.

According to him, most of the youths are drifting toward acquiring the university education.

“ASUP has not been keeping quiet but government response has not been favourable.

“Recently, another level of discrimination came again from JAMB, since we now have one JAMB examination for polytechnics and universities.

“JAMB now request that a candidate who made polytechnic second choice pay additional fee of N2500 or N3000 before being offered admission into the polytechnic.

“This is the latest form of discrimination against polytechnic education.

“Ordinarily, that is sufficient to discourage any young person from going into polytechnic, not to even talk of college of education.

“When we are agitating that government should remove the dichotomy and other discriminatory policies against polytechnics, now JAMB created another discriminatory policy against the polytechnic,’’ Mr. Aromolaran said.

The ASUP chairman said that until all the unfriendly policies were abolished, the country would not have an effective polytechnic system that would be acceptable by all.

Mr. Aromolaran said the union would continue to protest and resist all attempts to diminish the progress and development of the polytechnic education in the country.

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See How OAU Students Celebrated Their Costume Day In Style (Photos)

Here are interesting photos showing how students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) celebrated their costume day. Ranging from dressing as security operatives to armed robbers, the students ensured they entertained others with their costumes. See pictures below;

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UNILORIN matriculates 10,886, warns students against pornography

 

The management of the University of Ilorin on Wednesday warned its newly admitted students against watching pornographic materials.

The 10,886 students, admitted for the 2016/2017 academic session, were also admonished to desist from involving in cultism on and outside the university campus.

The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, AbdulGaniy Ambali, who spoke at the Matriculation ceremony held in Ilorin, urged the students to adhere to the university rules.

Mr. Ambali, who advised the students to adhere strictly to the rules guiding the institution’s operations, noted that anyone found contravening the school rules would be shown the exit door.

The vice-chancellor in his speech told the students that they were the lucky few out of 110,675 applicants who sought the university’s admission.

According to him, this is the highest number of applicants for a single Nigerian university.

He said that 103,482 candidates chose Unilorin as their first choice, while about 65,417 of the candidates scored 180 marks and above in
their Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations.

Mr. Ambali, a professor of veterinary medicine, said that 75,605 candidates registered for the Post-UTME screening and the university gave admissions to 13,570, but 10,886 out them registered.

Commenting on the importance of the admission granted them by the university, the vice-chancellor noted that the admission was a golden opportunity that would launch them to lofty heights if properly treasured.

“I expect the best from you, our new students. I expect nothing, but hard work, from you. There is no room for vices here, once you are caught, you are gone.

“This set means a lot to me because you will be the last I will be admitting before I finish my tenure as the Vice Chancellor,” he said.

Also speaking, Rebecca Okojie, the acting registrar of the institution, warned the students to shun cult activities on and
outside the campuses.

Mrs. Okojie said that the university also had zero tolerance to indecent dressing, urging them to desist from watching pornographic films and videos on the campus.

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JAMB explains why candidates can no longer apply to two public universities

     

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed why it restricted candidates from choosing two public universities during the 2017 online registration.

Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Said In an interview on Saturday that the choice of public universities was restricted to one but candidates can choose as many colleges of education and polytechnics as they want.

The new measure by the board means that candidates may select a public university and a private university, but not two public universities.

The new update was revealed by JAMB via its official twitter handle @JambHQ on Friday.

It reads: “candidates can select NCE as their choice up to three times I.e 1st choice, 2nd choice and 3rd choice.

“But they are not allowed to select two public universities as choices. If candidates select a public university as their degree awarding choices, they are allowed to select a private university as another choice.”

Mr. Benjamin Said that the Board took the restrictions because candidates hardly get admissions into their second and third choice universities.

“Yes we restricted the choice to one but candidates can choose as many colleges or polytechnics,” he said.

“We discovered it was of no use choosing a university as second choice when in actual sense they can’t even accommodate their first choices,” the JAMB official said.

Candidates have however cried foul over this new information as they lamented that the board is indirectly enforcing the choice of private university on them.

The candidates also lamented due to the huge sum paid as school fees in private universities stating that they are not affordable by most Nigerian parents.

“The fees nko? Jamb go help the students pay the fees for the private universities? You can’t force somebody to attend private universities,” a Twitter user, Robinson said.

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These Are The 7 Most Expensive Universities In Nigeria 2017 (No 1 Is Unexpected)

Recently, students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) went on a protest over the increase of school fees. The protest degenerated and led to the shut down of the institution.

With the ongoing economic hardship in Nigeria, many are worried about the rising cost of education. What are the most expensive universities in Nigeria, in 2017?

7. Ajayi Crowther University (N200,000 – N695,000)

Ajayi Crowther university is a private university located in Oyo state Nigeria. The religious studies facuty of the school pays as much as N200, 000, while the faculty of law pays between N670,000 and N695,000.

6. Covenant University (N790,000 – N814,000)

Covenant University is located in Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria. It is a private Christian university, affiliated with Living Faith Church Worldwide.

The architecture and engineering programmes are among the most expensive with their fees running into N814,000 or even more.

5. Afe Babalola University (N700,000 – N1,500,000)

Afe Babalola University is a non-profit private university located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. It was founded by the lawyer and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, in 2009.

The students of the management and business faculty of the institution pay as much as N1, 577,000.

4. American University of Nigeria (N400,000 – N1,590,000)

American University of Nigeria is a private university in northeastern Nigeria that offers American style higher education programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.

The tuition fees of the institution ranges from N400,000 – N1, 590,000.

3. Bowen University (N470,000 – N1,850,000)

Bowen University is a private Nigerian university owned and operated by the Nigerian Baptist Convention.

The faculty of Agriculture students pay as much as N530,000, while the students of medicine pay around N1,850,000.

2. Babcock University (N300,000 – 3,000,000)

Babcock University is a private Christian co-educational Nigerian university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria.

Most of the faculties pay between N300,000 and N480,000, but the medical faculty students pay as much as N3,160,000.

1. Igbinedion University (N600,000 – 3,000,000)

Igbinedion University Okada, established in 1999, is regarded by some as the premier private university in Nigeria. Located at Okada in Okada, a town near Benin City, Edo state.

Computer science and Nursing students, pay about N600,000 and N700,000 while medicine students pay N3,000,000 which includes tuition, accommodation and other charges.

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We Give MTN, DSTV And Others 2 Days To Leave Nigeria Or Face Trouble – Nigerian Students Issue Ultimatum Over Xenophobic Attacks

The National Association of Nigerian Students has given all South African companies in Nigeria 48 hours to relocate over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

The students gave the ultimatum at a demonstration at some South African companies in Abuja on Thursday.

During the protest the students carried placards and a banner, which read, “NANS Against Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians.’’

The President of NANS, Mr. Kadiri Aruna, said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria at the office of DSTV, a South African company, in Wuse 2, Abuja, that Nigerian students had resolved to condemn the attacks.

“We are saying that enough is enough as South Africans have openly attacked and bullied Nigerians.’’

Aruna said that the protest would also serve as a warning to other countries trying to underrate Nigerians.

He said that after 48 hours, if nothing was done, messages would be sent to students in all university campuses to bring down MTN masts all over the country.

Aruna said that DSTV and Shoprite would also be affected as the union had put adequate strategies in place to make the action effective.

“All the South African business empires in Nigeria and their collaborators in Nigeria will be affected,” he said.

“I don’t want to say we will be barbaric but we will not be lawful in our actions, we will do it and face the consequences, enough of this rubbish.”

Aruna stressed that the poor treatment being meted out to Nigerians was particularly insulting given the role Nigeria played in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa.

“Nigeria contributed 80 per cent of the freedom the South Africans are enjoying today because we saved them from the jaws of apartheid.

“Who is South Africa to humiliate Nigeria? So they forget things so soon, let them go back to history and records to see how much financial assistance and what the country did to save them,’’ he said.

The union president said that the situation was inhuman and for this reason all reasonable Nigerians must react.

“In science they say you use malaria to cure malaria, now you use madness to cure their madness, and that is why we are advising them to leave Nigerian soil before 48 hours.’’

The NANS president called on the Federal Government not to wait until the dying minutes before evacuating Nigerians from South Africa.

“Government should take extra-diplomatic measures in dealing with the latest deadly assaults because if nothing drastic is done it will become a regular occurrence,” he said.

He said the current attacks occurred because the last time xenophobic attacks happened nothing was done, no action was taken and no arrest was made.

-NAN

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‘How I Wrote JAMB 12 Times Before Getting Admission’- OAU Student

A student, Kazeem Olajide Bashir, has revealed how he sat for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) for a dozen time, choosing Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, before he was finally given admission in the 2016 UTME.

Bashir, in an exclusive interview with DAILY POST disclosed that he started sitting for UTME, with OAU as his first choice in 2004,and with scores far above 200 ever since then, but never secured the admission.

He said his humble background, coupled with flair for social justice spurred him to put in for Law in no other university but OAU, Ife, which he explained had been his dream university since his secondary school days.

According to him, the dream of studying Law at the first generation university almost got dashed before his face, when he tried for over 8 times without success.

Bashir recalled that after the UTME of 2012, and all his efforts to get admission eventually proved abortive, he became so discouraged but got encouraged by people around him.

“Sincerely, my case is pathetic, I went through a chronic psychological trauma in my quest for gown and wig at OAU. I almost lost my mind, but for constant encouragement from many of my friends and relatives.

“The moral supports from my immediate family, especially my father gave me the requisite impetus to move on till I attained success.

” I have been scoring over 200 in the UTME since 2004, with good grades in the Post-UTME too, although there is no time I ever meet up with the cut-off marks, but there are other candidates in my shoes that have been admitted even with scores lower than mine.

“For instance, I had 245 in 2015 UTME, and got over 50 per cent in the Post-UTME, but unfortunately, I could not make the supplementary list after all my efforts.

“Despite the trauma, I remained focused and determined, I have the conviction in me that if I don’t quit, I will win one day,” Bashir said.

He expressed optimism that notwithstanding his very humble background, there would be “light after the tunnel.”

”People are wondering how I would survive the financial challenge of Law degree, considering my humble background. It may surprise you to know that my father is just a meet seller, while my mother is a petty trader, but that is not a logical excuse for me to quit, I believe there is a way, where there is the will.”

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JAMB Scraps Scratchcard And 6 Other Things You Need To Know About The Much-Awaited UTME 2017

The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which usually holds in March will be holding in May this year.

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said the examinations will be coming up later than usual as part of steps to check malpractices.

Here’s what you need to know about the much-awaited 2017 UTME.

1. The forms for this year’s UTME will be on sale within two weeks.

2. The examinations will be conducted in May and will not clash with any SSCE examinations.

3. The new date was agreed upon by all examination bodies after going through their timetables.

4. The new timing of the UTME was to check any form of malpractice, especially upgrading of results.

5. JAMB has scrapped the use of scratch cards because UTME candidates were being extorted.

6. The agency has handed over 10 officials to the police for investigation in connection with fraud associated with sales of scratch cards.

7. 1.7million are expected to sit for UTME this year (about 1.5million candidates for UTME and about 200,000 and 300,000 candidates for Direct Entry).

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UNILORIN Lecturers Land In Trouble For WHISTLE-BLOWING

The Management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has reportedly suspended two of its lecturers over alleged of insubordination.

The lecturers who reportedly received their suspension letters are Kayode Afolayan and Dr Solomon Oyelekan.

One of the affected lecturers who spoke with Channels stated that the suspension may be as a result of the blowing of whistle of alleged corruption in UNILORIN, which he said was not stated in the suspension letter.

Reacting to the suspension, the Factional Vice Chairman of ASUU, Dr Bode Olumorin called on the federal government to come to their aid of the lecturers.

It will be recalled that the Federal Government recently introduced the whistleblowing programme so as to get useful information on any corrupt practices.

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JAMB Set To Announce Sale Of 2017 UTME Form, Expects 1.7 Million Candidates

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would soon commence the sale of the application form for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The announcement was made on Tuesday by its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while fielding questions from journalists at the Information and Communication Technology Retreat in Abeokuta, Ogun.

Mr. Oloyede also disclosed that about 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for the 2017 Computer Based Test (CBT) across the country, adding that they were also increasing the capacity of the CBT centres to maximise their effectiveness to examine more candidates within a given date.

He said: “What we are doing appears to be suitable to majority of our stakeholders. It is a surprise to us that we are apprehensive of what we wanted to do that maybe we are going to create problem. We are more confident to go along with the sale of the form for 2017 UTME examination.

“I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this. Nigeria is more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go the way of the conduct of the examination.

“We are expecting 1.7 million candidates and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week or there about. That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer Based Test centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.

“If we are talking about 1.5 million candidates, it means that in a given day about 60,000 or 70,000 candidates will take the examination.

“We have invited stakeholders to critique the process because we don’t want to go in the wrong direction. We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions, civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.

“This is with a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are doing. We thought we are coming here to get dismantled, all we have put together, but what we are having are cheers that we can do it this way, or amend it that way.

“I must be frank with you, I cannot promise hitch free examination because we are testing certain things. We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled upon.

“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not promising hitch free examination.

“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased with.

“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very difficult job and that is why I’m promising that it will be all smooth.”

Mr. Oloyede also said that JAMB would soon begin the sale of forms for the 2017 UTME.

NAN reports that 1,561,443 candidates sat for the UTME in 2016.

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See The List Of Top Ranked Nigerian Universities In 2017 (See Here)

A review of how some Nigerian universities performed last year has revealed the schools topping the chart in Nigeria.

According to the new list released by UniRank, an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world, here is a list of the top Nigerian universities that made the list.

1 University of Ibadan Ibadan

2 University of Lagos Lagos

3 Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife

4 Ahmadu Bello University Zaria

5 University of Ilorin Ilorin

6 Covenant University Ota

7 University of Nigeria Nsukka

8 University of Benin Ugbowo

9 University of Abuja Abuja

10 University of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt

11 Federal University of Technology, Minna Minna

12 Federal University of Technology, Owerri Owerri

13 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Abeokuta

14 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Oye

15 Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto

16 Lagos State University Ojo

17 Federal University of Technology, Akure Akure

18 Babcock University Ilishan-Remo

19 Bayero University Kano Kano

20 American University of Nigeria Yola

21 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso …

22 Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti

23 University of Jos Jos

24 Landmark University Omu-Aran

25 Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

26 University of Uyo Uyo

27 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi

28 Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umuahia

29 Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu

30 Rivers State University of Science and Technology Port Harcourt

31 Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko

32 Benue State University Makurdi

33 Redeemer’s University Mowe

34 Kwara State University Ilorin

35 Veritas University Abuja

36 Osun State University Oshogbo

37 University of Agriculture, Makurdi Makurdi

38 Nasarawa State University Keffi

39 African University of Science and Technology Abuja

40 Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti Ado-Ekiti

41 University of Calabar Calabar

42 Kogi State University Anyigba

43 Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode

44 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma Dutsin-Ma

45 Ebonyi State University Abakaliki

46 Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ndufu-Alike

47 University of Maiduguri Maiduguri

48 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University Katsina

49 Nile University of Nigeria Abuja

50 Bowen University Iwo

51 Al-Hikmah University Ilorin

52 Delta State University, Abraka Abraka

53 Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Yenagoa

54 Abia State University Uturu

55 Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma

56 Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola

57 Federal University, Otuoke Otuoke

58 Imo State University Owerri

59 Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye

60 Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun

61 Kaduna State University Kaduna

62 Federal University, Lokoja Lokoja

63 Akwa Ibom State University Uyo

64 Benson Idahosa University Benin City

65 Paul University Awka

66 Federal University, Dutse Dutse

67 Ajayi Crowther University Oyo Town

68 Lead City University Ibadan

69 Bingham University Auta Balifi

70 Baze University Abuja

71 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai

72 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Uli

73 Joseph Ayo Babalola University Ikeji-Arakeji

74 Madonna University Okija

75 Crawford University Faith City

76 Cross River University of Technology Calabar

77 Caritas University Enugu

78 Ondo State University of Science and Technology Okitipupa

79 Bells University of Technology Ota

80 Igbinedion University Okada Okada

81 Elizade University Ilara-Mokin

82 Achievers University, Owo Owo

83 Caleb University Imota

84 Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil

85 Federal University, Lafia Lafia

86 Sokoto State University Sokoto

87 Fountain University Oshogbo

88 Adeleke University Ede

89 Federal University, Kashere Kashere

90 Federal University, Wukari Wukari

91 University of Mkar Mkar

92 Oduduwa University Ile Ife

93 Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu-Nike

94 Taraba State University Jalingo

95 Obong University Obong Ntak

96 Yobe State University Damaturu

97 Renaissance University Enugu

98 Salem University Lokoja

99 Wellspring University Benin City

100 Al-Qalam University, Katsina Katsina

101 Novena University Ogume

102 Western Delta University Oghara

103 Gombe State University Gombe

104 Kwararafa University Wukari Wukari

105 Bauchi State University Gadau

106 Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero

107 Tansian University Umunya

108 Crescent University, Abeokuta Abeokuta

109 Rhema University Aba

110 Wesley University of Science and Technology Ondo City

111 Samuel Adegboyega University Ogwa

Un Adamawa State University Mubi
Un Pan African University Lagos
Un Plateau State University Bokkos

Note Un means Unranked

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