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Published 15 May 2021
Grace Edema and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole
Published 15 May 2021
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Is’aq Oloyede, has said 600,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination applicants are unable to register for the exam due to inability to obtain their National Identification Numbers.
Oloyede said the board would on Saturday (today) decide if there was the need to extend the registration period and change the exam date due to the challenge.
Oloyede said this on Friday at a Zoom meeting titled, ‘Briefing session for the committees on 2021 UTME.’ The exam had been slated to hold between June 5 and 19.
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Published 4 May 2021
The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities have both faulted the Federal Government’s attitude towards the incessant kidnappings of students and officials of tertiary institutions across the country.
Recall that some institutions, including Olabisi Onabanjo,Ogun State, Greenfield University, Kaduna, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Kaduna, to mention afew were schools from which gunmen kidnapped some of their students recently.
ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in an interview with
The PUNCH said it was unfortunate that the schools and tertiary institutions were becoming prime targets for kidnappers, bandits, and terrorists.
“We need to deploy the power that God has given to the church to stop all the malpractices of the enemy that is going on. For all the lovers of this country, this prayer should be prayed everyday from now on. You can pray it anytime in the day. Make sure you pray for our nation Nigeria,” he urged.
Olukoya who picked his Bible reading from Jeremiah 51:20-22, added, “This month is a strategic month, every service in MFM, you must come with anointing oil. We’ll be praying on it throughout this month, you anoint your head then anoint your street, beginning from tomorrow.
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