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Stop Enrolling Unqualified Graduates into NYSC- DG Warns Versities

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The Director- General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has expressed disappointment and warned Tertiary institutions in the country against enrolling unqualified graduates in the scheme. He said the NYSC would blacklist any higher institution guilty of fraudulent mobilization of unqualified graduates in order to serve as a deterrent to others. The Scheme is set to mobilize its Batch B prospective corps members by June amid reports from the Ministry of Finance that the monthly allowance paid to the members has been increased to N30,000, which is also the new minimum wage. While addressing Data Entry Officers, from Tertiary Institutions and Development and Relocation Officers from NYSC at a workshop held in Abuja on Monday, the DG warned that unqualified graduates should not be enrolled in the forthcoming mobilisation. In his words, " Corps-producing institutions are warned not to enroll unqualified graduates into the mobilization pro...

SERAP Sues Governor Okowa Over Alleged Poor Primary School Funding

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The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has been sued by the Anti-Corruption group, Social-Economic Rights and Accountability Project over alleged poor funding of primary education in his state.

8 Things You MUST Do To Avoid SARS/Police Harassment. No 4 is important

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It is no longer news that SARS have been harassing young men in Nigeria and we don't see that stopping anytime soon. Why we won't blame them sometimes is because they end up arresting the guilty ones but how do we isolate ourselves from such harassment if we are innocent?

NDU Medical Student Plunges into A river After Failing An Exam

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A 300L Medical student of the Niger Delta University who failed his first MBBS exams has allegedly died after plunging into Amassoma River in Bayelsa State.

Updated: JAMB blacklists 116 centers for malpractices

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The results of 1,792,719 candidates were earlier released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board today out of 1,886,508 that sat for the 2019 UTME exam in April.

Jamb To Release 2019 UTME Results Today

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The registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; yesterday announced that the board would release the 2019 UTME result today.