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Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB releases pre-registration tips for candidates preparing for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released some pre-registration tips for candidates preparing to write the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) via its Twitter handle @jambhq. JAMB PRE-REGISTRATION TIPS FOR UTME 2017. 1. Candidates 10 fingers will be captured for biometrics. So get your fingers ready 2. Candidates are expected to have a valid email address. This will be used to create individual profiles on the portal. 3. Candidates Please request to have a personal profile created for you. DO NOT allow the centres to use their profiles for you. You can create your 2017 UTME profile on jamb.org.ng It is a free service. Don’t be swindled. 4. Candidates will also be required to get their O’Level results ready, as they will be uploading these during the registration....

The Registrar of the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has disclosed that the 2017 UTME registration will commence within the next two weeks. He further mentioned that the examination itself will be coming up later in May so it won't clash with any SSCE examinations, and help the board check any form of malpractice, especially upgrading of results. “Normally, we conduct our examinations around March and the results will be ready within two to three days. But when do we need the results? It is always between July and August. This gives room for all forms of suspicion. “If you go on the net, you will see people claiming that they could help candidates to upgrade their results because the results are lying fallow between March and July” “Now we want to shorten the period in such a way that the time between the examination and when the results will be used will be very short. There will be no opportunity for anybody to even dream of upgr...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said results of the series of medical checkups he carried out in the cause of his medical vacation had shown that he needed longer period of rest. He said this necessitated his staying back in London, United Kingdom longer than initially planned. The President said this in a four-paragraph made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Adesina did not disclose how long the President’s “longer period of rest” will take. He however thanked Nigerians for their prayers and good wishes while assuring them that there is no cause for worry. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari thanks millions of Nigerians who have been sending good wishes and praying for his health and well-being in mosques and churches throughout the country. “The President is immensely grateful for the prayers, show of love and concern. “President Buhari wishes to reassure Nigerians that there is no cause for worry. ‘”Durin...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have announced that the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will hold in May 2017. This was made known by the JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, through the Board’s Twitter handle @jambhq According to him, actual dates will be announced soon. He also advised candidates to beware of false dates and fraudsters. “2017 UTME is scheduled to hold in May 2017. Actual dates will be announced soon. Beware of false dates and fraudsters,” he said. Meanwhile, JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has explained why an unusual delay has preceded the sales of application forms. He said the ongoing switch-over in the major thrust of the sale of form which is the scratch card to direct payment into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) was responsible for the delay. Oloyede said: “We are changing the major trust of the sale which is the scratch card. Candidates used to buy scratch cards to access the forms online and that has been abus...

Ponzi Schemes are now making waves in Nigeria. It’s now the topic most youths are now talking about. Ponzi Schemes in Nigeria are now rampant even more than Football betting. Though, people see it as the fastest way to get extra money by providing and getting help from one another with some percentage attached to it. Incase you don’t know the meaning of Ponzi Scheme; First definition: It’s a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a non-existent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors. Second Definition: It’s a fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operators by new investors, rather than from profit earned through legitimate sources. The first definition was paraphrased to my taste. Though, both definitions are very correct but the first definition explained it better. The wo...