Education
Just in: JAMB reschedules UTME exam for 24,000 candidates
Just in: JAMB reschedules UTME exam for 24,000 candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has rescheduled its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for 24,535 candidates.
JAMB rescheduled the UTME due to the substantial non-compliance with its standards in the centres of the affected candidates.
The board also directed affected candidates to print their supplementary Examination Notification Slips from Tuesday, 4th June, 2024, to ascertain their designated examination centres.
In a statement he signed on Sunday, JAMB’s spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the Board has also released additional 3,921 withheld results.
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The statement reads in part: “The Board has painstakingly analysed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centres where there are strong proofs of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards.
”Consequently, 24,535 candidates have been rescheduled to retake the examination in their chosen Examination Towns on Saturday, June 22, 2024.
”Meanwhile, 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that had been cleared have now been released.
”Therefore, concerned candidates are urged to check their results from Saturday,1st June,2024 by sending RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to ascertain their status as those cleared would have their results while those rescheduled would be told that they had been rescheduled.
”This release brings the total results released to 1,883,350. The rescheduled examination, which is taking place on Saturday, 22nd June,2024, two weeks from now, is to give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.”
Just in: JAMB reschedules UTME exam for 24,000 candidates
Education
ASUU of ABSU gives Abia govt two-week strike notice
ASUU of ABSU gives Abia govt two-week strike notice
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abia State University (ABSU) branch has given the Abia State Government a two-week ultimatum to address its demands for improved welfare among others.
It threatened to shut down academic activities if its demands were not met.
During a press conference at Abia State University, Uturu, on Friday, Mrs. Happiness Uduk, ASUU’s Zonal Coordinator for the Calabar Zone, stressed the urgency of these demands.
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Uduk highlighted the government’s failure to fulfill commitments under the 2009 FG-ASUU agreement, which has led to stagnant salary scales and minimal welfare improvements over the past 15 years.
“ASUU members have been on the same salary scale for 15 years without any change. We urge the government to complete the negotiations initiated over 13 years ago, considering current economic realities such as inflation and exchange rates,” Uduk stated.
ASUU of ABSU gives Abia govt two-week strike notice
Education
JUST IN: JAMB releases UTME supplementary results
JUST IN: JAMB releases UTME supplementary results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 21 and 22, 2024.
This board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
According to JAMB, 28,835 applicants who were not able to provide biometric verification during the main 2024 UTME took the supplementary exam.
In a similar vein, the board stated that students who were given a second opportunity to take the exam but were suspected of engaging in examination misconduct during the main UTME comprised the other category of candidates.
“The exercise, which recorded a huge success nationwide, was marked by heightened security measures put in place by the board to preclude any instance of examination infractions.
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“As such, some nefarious characters who had attempted to impersonate bona fide candidates were apprehended and handed over to law enforcement agencies for further investigation and prosecution,” the board noted.
It said it will continue to ensure that no candidate benefits from any acts of infractions through the deployment of state-of-the-art technology before, during, and after its examinations.
JAMB, therefore, urged candidates, in their interest, to refrain from engaging in any form of irregularity during their examinations.
The board also prohibited applicants from soliciting score upgrades from fraudsters or mutilating their result sheets to manufacture fraudulent result sheets with higher scores.
It also advised candidates to check their supplementary UTME results by texting UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019, using the same phone number they used to obtain their profile codes at the start of registration.
JUST IN: JAMB releases UTME supplementary results
Education
UniAbuja names 41-year-old law professor Aisha Maikudi acting vice-chancellor
UniAbuja names 41-year-old law professor Aisha Maikudi acting vice-chancellor
The Senate of the University of Abuja has appointed Prof. Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor, pending the inauguration of the University Council and the appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor.
The announcement was made on the university’s official Facebook page on Thursday.
Prof. Maikudi, a distinguished professor of International Law, previously served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) before this recent appointment. Her selection followed a nomination at the valedictory Senate meeting held on Wednesday.
Outgoing Vice Chancellor Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, whose tenure concludes on June 30, 2024, stated that Maikudi’s appointment is in a temporary capacity, effective after his tenure and awaiting ratification by the Governing Council.
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In her acceptance speech, Maikudi expressed her gratitude to the Senate members for their trust and support. “I want to extend my deepest respect and appreciation to you all for the strong support and unwavering commitment that you have accorded me,” she said.
Born on January 31, 1983, Maikudi is recognized as the youngest female professor of Law in Northwestern Nigeria and at the University of Abuja. She attended Queens College, Lagos, for her secondary education before proceeding to the University of Reading, where she obtained her LLB in 2004. She earned her LLM from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 2005 and later completed a PhD in International Law at the University of Abuja in 2015.
Prof. Maikudi joined the University of Abuja as a Lecturer II on September 4, 2008, and rose to the rank of professor in 2022.
UniAbuja names 41-year-old law professor Aisha Maikudi acting vice-chancellor
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