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Have we all forgotten about her? Leah Sharibu is a fifteen year old girl that was among the 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State that was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on February 19th last year, she was 14 as at that time. When other girls were released in March last year by the terrorists, only Leah was left behind because she refused to renounce her faith as a Christian. Her Parents(Nathaniel Sharibu and Rebecca Sharibu) weeped profusely when they heard of the news, they begged the Federal government to do something about it. Today is exactly one year that Leah Sharibu was abducted and nothing is heard about her. Many others were abducted before her and after her that are still yet to be released. This terrorists are violating the rights of our fellow teenagers, their right to life, education, right to freedom of religion and lots more. Therefore, I beg all Nigerians to pray about the release of Leah Sharibu and other girls like he...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday warned candidates to adhere strictly to the registration procedure for the 2019 UTME to avoid creating issues for themselves. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin gave the warning in an interview in Lagos. The registration of candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) started nationwide yesterday in more than 700 accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centres. According to Dr Fabian Benjamin, all candidates desirous of registering for the the examination therefore must ensure that he or she start of by sending their full names, (surname first) to the code provided by the board. In doing this, candidates must ensure that no other person had used that telephone number for that purpose. “No two persons must use a single GSM number in commencing the registration process as it will not be acceptable. “The way it is configured is one individual to one telephone number that will...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB) has said that it is set to commence sale of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) form for prospective candidates on January 10, 2019. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this at a meeting with Computer Based Test ( CBT) centre operators in Lagos, also said that about 50 centres had been sanctioned by the board for various infractions and unethical practices. He said: “Cyber cafes have been banned from registering candidates for the year 2019 examination over allegation of extortion. They were extorting and overcharging candidates, doing services that they do not have capacity to do. They keep on deceiving candidates and we have no way of tracking them because they are not registered. That’s why we banned them. “We know there will be uproar because these cyber cafes make illegitimate money from candidates but we cannot leave the students at their mercy, particularly when people will say it...

This is to notify the general public especially anticipating candidate of WAEC that following the publication of the 2019/2020 WAEC May/June Registration Guidelines, that the West African Examinations Council has released the registration closing date for the 2019 examination. WAEC internal  registration   2019 May June registration has been scheduled to close by the West African Examinations Council on the 20th of February, 2019.

There will be two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2, both of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be composite and will be taken at one sitting. PAPER 1: This will consist of fifty multiple-choice objective questions drawn from the entire syllabus. Candidates will be required to answer all the questions in 1 hour for 40 marks. PAPER 2: This will be a 2-hour essay type test consisting of two sections, Sections A and B as follows: Section A: Elements of Government Shall contain five questions out of which candidates shall be required to attempt any two. Section B: Political and Constitutional Developments in West Africa and International Relations Shall contain sets of five questions each; one set for one member country. Each candidate is to answer two questions chosen from the set on the country in which he is taking the examination. The paper shall carry 60 marks. DETAILED SYLLABUS SECTION A: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT 1. MEANING AND SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT MATT...

There will be three papers – Papers 1, 2 and 3. Papers 1 and 2 will a composite paper and will be taken at one sitting. Paper 1 will be a multiple choice objective test. It will contain fifty questions distributed as follows: (a) Twenty questions on General Knowledge of Literature; (b) Five questions on an unseen prose passage; (c) Five questions on an unseen poem; (d) Twenty context questions on the prescribed Shakespearean text. Candidates will be required to answer all the questions within 1 hour for 50 marks. Paper 2 will be an essay test with two sections, Sections A and B. Section A will be on African Prose and Section B on Non-African Prose. Two essay questions will be set on each of the novels prescribed for study. Candidates shall be required to answer one question only from eachsection within 1 hour 15 minutes for 50 marks. Paper 3 will be on the Drama and Poetry components of the syllabus. It will be put into four Sections, Sections A, B. C and D as foll...