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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will no longer use cyber cafes for registration of candidates, beginning from the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Thursday on the sideline of a meeting with proprietors of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres at the University of Lagos. “We are no longer going to allow the cyber cafes to do the registration exercise for prospective candidates because they are extorting candidates and overcharging them. “They also do services they do not have the capacity to do, coupled with the fact that there was no way of tracking them because they were not registered. “Another major reason is the mix-up they create on the data of the candidates. Some will just ask the candidates to write their names and other details down for them. “On accumulating such data, they now get all of them mixed-up, thereby creating problems for these candidates. “We kno...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced that the sales of JAMB registration form for 2019 UTME will commence on January 10th, 2019. The announcement was made by JAMB's Registrar Professor Oloyede during a meeting with owners of JAMB Computer Based Test Centres at the University of Lagos. According to professor Oloyede, the sales of form will start January 10th and last for 6 weeks. Followed by the examination in March. He further disclosed that the board will not allow Cyber Cafe operators to register candidates because they are extorting candidates and overcharging them and also engaging in services that they do not have the capacity to do. The professor urged all prospective candidates to do their registration and access the board’s major services in any of its 718 accredited centres in the country. He assured that the general elections would not affect the sale of forms, adding that the board had adjusted its examination schedule ah...

The Federal Government has said that talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have so far been fruitful, expressing optimism that the ongoing strike by the university teachers, will soon be called off. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, this is predicated on the FG’s consideration of some of ASUU’s demands, including the submission of the union’s list of outstanding payments, and the identification of some areas in the universities in need of revitalisation as contained in the signed 2009 agreement. Ngige said: “There are areas that are still outstanding which we are going to address on the 17th. We have the issue of shortfall of salaries, that of some federal university workers. ASUU has given a list to the office of the Accountant General. “We agreed that by Wednesday that the list will be checked to find out really whether those universities were actually paid and they have to be visited and paid the outstanding lecturers t...

Report has it that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reduction in the cost of JAMB UTME, NECO SSCE and the Basic Education Certificate Examination forms. The reduction will be implemented from January 2019 with the cost of JAMB UTME Form dropping from N5,000 to N3,500 while NECO will drop from N11,350 to N9,850.

Candidate who sat for the last concluded WASSCE can now access their results from the waec result portal. 

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had confirmed that Registrations for the 2019 JAMB UTME will begin by the end of October, during a meeting with Journalists in Abeokuta. The statement directly meant that 2019 JAMB Forms should be on sale on or before 31st October, 2018.

Green Energy International Limited (GEIL), an indigenous oil and gas company and the Operator of Otakikpo Marginal Field in collaboration with it’s technical partner, Lekoil Oil & Gas Investment Ltd is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards for undergraduate and post graduate to suitably qualified students of Ikuru Town, Ugama Ekede, Ayama Ekede, Asuk Oyet, Asuk Ama and other communities located in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria.

Applications are currently accepted for the 2019 NNPC/Total National Merit Scholarship Scheme. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria (TUCN): Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (Total E&P Nig Ltd) and Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) are offering the 2019 NNPC/TOTAL National Merit Scholarship programme to Nigerian Undergraduates who are looking to pursue a degree program at any Nigerian Institution. This Scholarship scheme is aimed at promoting academic excellence and quality manpower development in the Country. Application Deadline:  31st October 2018 Eligible Countries:  Nigeria Type:  Undergraduate Eligibility: Applicants must be a Registered FULL TIME undergraduate in a recognized Nigerian University. Applicants must be a certified 100 or 200 level student at the time of application. Applicants must have a 2.50 CGPA of 5-point scale, or equivalent. Applicants must have...

Are you a Nigerian? Are you looking to acquire a scholarship program in Nigeria? Applications are invited for the Guinness Nigeria Scholarship Scheme which will be provided to Nigerians who are seeking to pursue a degree program in Nigeria. The scholarship will provide full tuition for students who are currently studying in Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics. Application Deadline: 12th October 2018 Eligible Countries: Nigeria Type: Undergraduate  Eligible Field Of Study: Engineering & Sciences – Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Lab Science, Microbiology, Bio-Chemistry, Marketing & Sales, Human Resources/Industrial & Labour Relations and Accounting. Eligibility: Applicants must be NigeriansApplicants must be first or second year students in Nigerian Universities or Polytechnics. Application Process: Interested and qualified candidates should send the following details below to: info.gn@diageo.com Full Name. Uni...

The Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company (SNEPCo) in collaboration with NNPC announces its National University Scholarship Program for Nigerians who are willing to study in Nigeria. This scholarship is provided to promote academic excellence and improve the skills of young Nigerians This scholarship program is open to FULL TIME students studying any of the under listed courses in Universities within Nigeria. Agricultural Science Chemical / Process Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Economics Electrical Engineering Finance Geophysics Geoscience / Geology Instrumentation Engineering Marine Engineering Materials / Corrosion Engineering Mathematics / Applied Mathematics Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering Medicine Metallurgical Engineering Mining Engineering Petroleum Engineering Pharmacy Physics / Applied Physics Process Control Engineering Application Deadline: 24th September 2018 Eligible Countries: Nigeria Type: Undergraduate Eligibili...

 We have found out that majority of the students are still finding it difficult to check their UNN Post UTME Result Using ATM card. I have decided to come with this helpful and final solution.  In the previous post, we saw how candidates can check their result after making payment of N1000. If you didn’t go through it, kindly read it HERE    Follow this six (6) steps to check your Result  Pay using your ATM Card or proceed to any bank with your printout for payment. Another page load which reads: Hello CANDIDATE NAME, You have not generated payment invoice for the 2018/2019 Screening Result Checking. Your JAMB registration number is 12345678GJ. Kindly click on the button below  Click on Generate Invoice  Click on Pay Using ATM Card. Now this is where the work starts. A page loads which will take you to Remit website. Kindly fill in those details. If  master Card or Visa , choose wisely, and click  SUBMIT. An OTP Pass...

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka administration wishes to inform all prospective students who took part in the 2018/19 Screening Examination that their results are now available online. The result checker platform is available after the payment of the sum of  N1,000  only at all designated banks or through your ATM Card on the Remita platform. HOW TO CHECK UNN POST UTME RESULTS 2018/19 To check your results, kindly follow the steps outlined below: Visit the UNN Portal- unnportal.unn.edu.ng Click on Prospective Students. Click on 2018/19 Screening Result. Enter your JAMB Registration Number. Proceed to generate an invoice which contains your RRR Number. Pay using your ATM Card or proceed to any bank with your printout for payment. Return to the Portal. Enter your Registration Number. Your result is available to you.   DO you find this information helpful? Share this post to others as well. You can also subscribe to our newslette...

If you are interested in Abia State University admission, then we have some information for you that you should not miss. Find out about Abia State University Post-UTME screening, including when it is happening and what you should know about it. For some reason, Abia State University, as well as many other reputable universities in Nigeria, suffers from a very poorly made website. Information is hard to find, and some links just do not work at all. Luckily for you, we have been able to unearth all the important information about the university’s Aptitude Test, and we want to tell you all we know. First of all, let’s get the most important thing out of the way — the application deadline. With some digging across the website, we have been able to figure out that the application was available from July 5 to July 27, 2018. Thus, if you have not applied yet, unfortunately, it is too late now. Moreover, we know that only people who scored Abia State University cut off mark of 150 or ...

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The David Oyedepo Foundation calls for applications from Africans who are looking to pursue an Undergraduate degree program in Landmark University and Covenant University Nigeria. The scholarship program awards scholarships to qualified individuals who are indigenes and residents of African countries, and have been offered admission to specific universities in Nigeria This scholarship program covers Full Academic fees for a maximum of 4-5 years, Travel allowances, Feeding allowances and Medical/Health Insurance or allowance. Application Deadline: 15th July 2018 Eligible Countries: Africa Type: Undergraduate Eligible Field Of Study: Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Information & Communications Technology, Petroleum Engineering, Architecture, Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Microbiology, Computer Science, Economics, Accounting, Animal Science, Soil Science, Crop Science, Agricultural And Biosystem Engineering, E...

The NNPC/NAOC/OANDO Joint Venture in pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility invites applications from Nigerians who are looking to pursue a Postgraduate degree program in any Nigerian Higher Institution. This scholarship program applies to tuition, books, accommodation, living expenses for selected one-year course of study. Application Deadline: 20th July 2018 Eligible Countries: Nigeria, Best performing graduates in the chosen disciplines below in company's operational areas in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta & Imo states. Great Deal for you! Click here now Type: Masters Eligible Field Of Study: Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, Electrical/Electronics, Civil/Structural & Mechanical)Petroleum EconomicsGeologyGeosciences (Oil & Gas related) Eligibility : Applicants Must possess a minimum of second class upper Bachelor's degree from any Nigerian University.Applicants Must have secured admission for  one year Master's Degree programmme in ...