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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised the alarm over circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board said the messages were being disseminated by suspected fraudsters with the intent to defraud unsuspecting individuals.
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1 week ago | 
allafrica.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina has disclosed that the African continent loses between $7-15 billion a year due to climate change, adding that if the current trend continues, it will rise to $50 billion by 2050. This is even as he pointed out that the continent is witnessing the largest 'carbon grab' in history as several countries give away their lands and rich carbon sinks in exchange for financing.
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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 Mock UTME, conducted on Thursday, April 10, 2025. JAMB’s Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin who disclised this in a statement on Sunday, said candidates can check their results by sending “MOCKRESULT” to either 55019 or 66019 using the phone number (SIM) registered for the examination.
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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has disclosed that the terrorist groups, Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been largely dissipated and “on their last legs.”He said before, they were holding territories especially in the northeast part of Nigeria, local governments, towns and cities, but now, it’s no longer the case as they are crushing them, adding that they no longer have the kind of force that they had at the beginning.
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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has tasked Africa to overhaul its approach towards achieving fast-paced growth and development “because the era of aid and free money is gone”. Adesina said this in his speech as the Special Guest Lecturer at 14th Convocation lecture of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja on Friday. The programme had as its theme, “Advancing Africa’s Positioning within Global Development and Geopolitical Dynamics”.
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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Pro-Chancellor & Chairman of Council, Usumanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof Attahiru Jega has said Nigerian universities are certificating illiterates and awarding degrees to many persons without worthy character. Jega stated this while speaking as the Chairman of the ongoing 14th Convocation lecture of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja on Friday. President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, delivered the keynote address at the lecture.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said no fewer than 211,000 candidates on Thursday sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock exam conducted by the Board across designated Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in the country. This is even as the Board said it deployed a decoy website targeting rogue websites that assist candidates to engage in cheating during the exam. JAMB Registrar, Prof.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The management of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) says it will confer a honorary degree on the President of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas for their exceptional contribution to the country. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Peters Olufemi disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja ahead of the school’s 14th convocation ceremony coming up on Saturday.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
It has become a common norm now to see parents take to their social media to rant over the way and types of homework given to their children from school. Some of these parents complained that some of the homework is beyond the level of their kids and as a result, it is left for them to handle while others complained that they as parents cannot handle some of the homework as well.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
Engineer Dr. Taofeek Adekunle Abdul-Hameed is the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ayede, Oyo State, one of the six established in 2021. In this interview with selected journalists, he spoke on how the institution is fairing and why he supports parity in tertiary education. As a newly established institution, how are you doing in terms of enrolment? SPONSOR ADIn terms of enrolment, of the six polytechnics that were established at the same time, we are the one with the highest number of students.
