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BREAKING: Sowore Has Been Arrested

Newsflash: Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist, has just been arrested at the Federal High Court by the Nigerian police. In a video clip circulated on the social media, he was seen arguing with a set of police men. He was later asked to go with them to the station. Sowore earlier met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at the Federal High Court today. Sowore wrote: "The man is powerful and unrelenting. We greeted and hugged and the bond is strong!" 
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Has FG Banned UTME?



The viral information that UTME/JAMB has been banned has been rejected by the Federal Government. The press release from the federal ministry of education only modifies some guidelines for admissions into our various tertiary institutions.




The viral online report that stated that the Federal Government of Nigeria has put an end to the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been debunked by the federal ministry of education. 


Though some claimed that the rumoured reform was long overdue and that it was a welcome development in the Nigerian educational sector. As over the years, many students have met much disappointment through the cumbersome methods of securing admissions into our various tertiary institutions. They said the bar of credibility should now be raised in the organisation of ordinary level examinations across the 36 states of the federation.


However, the FG has denied scrapping the UTME requirement for admission into tertiary institutions, following reports circulating online that the UTME/Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is no longer required for admission into tertiary institutions in the country.


In a statement issued today by the Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, described the online claim as “false and baseless."


The minister also added that the viral post did not originate from the ministry. In his words: “At no point did the Ministry issue or authorise any statement suggesting that JAMB is no longer mandatory for admission into tertiary institutions."


He assured that JAMB remains the statutory and legally empowered body responsible for conducting entrance examinations and coordinating admissions into all tertiary institutions across the country.


Alausa urged the general public, particularly prospective students, parents, and tertiary institutions, to rely solely on official communication channels of the Ministry and JAMB for accurate and verified information regarding admission policies in the country.


The minister equally emphasised the ministry’s continued collaboration with JAMB and other relevant agencies to uphold transparency, fairness, and credibility in Nigeria’s tertiary education admission system.


"We remain committed to protecting the integrity of the admission process and ensuring that merit and due process guide all admissions into higher institutions,” Alausa stated.

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