Tag: Professor Ishaq Oloyede

19 Year-Old Girl Committs Suicide Over Low Score, Hours Later JAMB Admits To Errors In UTME

ADEOLA YUSUF

    . “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” How JAMB registrar, in tears, admitted 173,387 candidates to retake 2025 UTME . “Merely 30 minutes after her death, a provisional admission message from JAMB arrived in her Gmail inbox,” sad details of how the 19 year old took own life in Ikorodu Lagos   The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday finally admitted to errors which affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Platforms…

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Adam Al-Ilory: Man of Markaz And His Memorabilia Among Muslims

ADEOLA YUSUF

“I have always bellyached to no end over the poor visibility and recognition the late Sheikh (and his peers) enjoys in mainstream Nigerian media,” African journalist, Oladehinde Olawoyin, documents one of the best memorabilia for the Man of Markaz   From Babatunde Jose, described as ‘the legendary doyen’ of Nigerian journalism by the Guardian and for me the most consequential figure in Nigerian media history, through to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB helmsman, and everyone in-between, Markaz must have produced the highest number of (Yoruba) Muslim professionals across disciplines in…

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JAMB Approves Cut-off Marks For Varsities, Polytechnics

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Thursday, approved cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics in the country. The decision was taken after a heated session comprising officials from JAMB, the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, and the National Board for Technical Education among others. For the polytechnics, 120 cut-off mark was approved while 140 was approved for universities. READ ALSO: Super Falcons Boycott Training Over Unpaid Allowances How, Why NCAA Revoked Dana Air License, Suspended Operations Why Grid Collapsed, TCN Gives Details After Fixing 6th System Failure…

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3,135 Candidates With High UTME Scores Denied Admission – JAMB

ADEOLA YUSUF

A total of 3,135 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations candidates who scored 300 and above in 2018, 2019 and 2020 did not gain admission into tertiary institutions. The figure is based on the admission statistics prepared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for the three years. The statistics for 2018, 2019 and 2020 were made available on the board’s website. The board is still working on the 2021 statistics following the conclusion of the 2021 admissions. The PUNCH reports that while tertiary institutions are at liberty…

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