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July 5, 2023

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Anambra Student Mmesoma Confirms Receiving JAMB Text Message with Score of 249

In the ongoing controversy surrounding her UTME result, Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student accused of manually inflating her score, has provided confirmation that she received an automated text message from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stating her score as 249.

During an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television, Mmesoma shared this information, countering JAMB's previous claims that she had sent messages showing an aggregate score of 362 to the board's automated telecoms system. The text message she received appears to contradict those allegations.

Responding, Mmesoma said the only SMS she sent to JAMB was through its support system: “That’s the only SMS I sent there.”

Asked if she got any feedback, she said, “They didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System, they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply.”

On the claim that she used an Airtel line, Mmesoma replied: “Yes,” but she added it was “not through USSD code”.

“The one I checked through the USSD code is the one of 360 that I saw,” she explained further.

August 18, 2022

August 18, 2022 IFMNEWS

YABATECH: Nigeria’s First Tertiary Institution Demands University Status

The institution possesses the infrastructure, as well as the prerequisites, for an update.

The renowned Lagos State Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has requested to be recognized as a university.

The federal polytechnic, Nigeria's first school of higher learning, was established in 1947.

The university possesses the requirements, including the infrastructure, for an update, according to Joe Ejiofor, the deputy registrar.

More than 150 PhDs have been awarded, he revealed, and more academics are pursuing PhD degrees.

“YABATECH has all it takes in all capacity to compare with any university in Nigeria. So, if the government decides otherwise, YABATECH can always fit in”, he told NAN.

Ejiofor listed manpower, resources, equipment, studios as some of the assets that can match those of universities.

The official added that the school is under the supervision of the National Board for Technical Education and awards National Diploma and Higher National Diploma.

In order to build and implement a Security Management Certification Programme, Yaba College of Technology decided to collaborate with a top provider of security solutions in Nigeria in June 2019. The program is aimed for people who want to work as modern security managers, as well as people who are already employed in security or who want to enter the field at the managerial level.

Uduak Inyang-Udoh, Director of Yabatech Consult Limited, said during a recent ceremony organized by the institutions to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the collaboration will close the knowledge gap in achieving a worldwide security standard.

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Tajudeen Adolabi Adeola, Olusegun Adejumo, Abayomi Adebayo Barber, Segun Dangote, Kafayat Oluwatoyin, better known as Kaffy, Omoba Jide Kosoko, Ruth Kadiri, and many others are notable YABATECH alumni.

Ondo Rep Offers N50m Scholarship To 1000 Students

The Akoko area of Ondo State's native Mr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, a member of the House of Representatives from the state, has introduced a N50 million scholarship program for 1000 needy children.

The politician, who represents the Akoko North-East/North-West Federal Constituency, said that the goal of the program was to help the nation's poor students who were enrolled in academic schools.

The House Committee on Niger-Delta Affairs Chairman, Tunji-Ojo, said in a statement made available to our reporter on Monday that the action was a part of his efforts to support the educational advancement of his district and the state as a whole.

According to the announcement, impoverished students from the Federal Constituency were eligible to register for the scholarship program, which had started on Monday.

This is in fulfillment of my education support drive, which has seen me facilitate several classroom blocks, computer sets, educational materials, free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination forms, coaching for 2,000 students, and other notable interventions in the education sector, according to the statement.

“The education support drive is to help reduce the burden of education on the parents and also ensure that no child is denied access to quality education.”

“The registration form is totally free and can be obtained from presidents of students’ bodies in each community in the Federal Constituency. This is to ensure that nobody is denied access to the form.”

The National Youth Service Corps has sanctioned 131 corps members of the 2021 Batch B in seven states over misconduct.

While some of the corps members will repeat their mandatory one year service, others got an extension of service year as punishment.

The states include Ekiti, Gombe, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Anambra and Bauchi.

In Ekiti State, the NYSC asked 11 corps members posted to repeat their mandatory service year for absconding from their places of primary assignment.

NYSC State Coordinator, Mrs Mary Chikezie, said that seven other corps members in the state were punished with extension of service year.

Chikezie, who spoke in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, during the Passing-Out Parade of the 2021 Batch B corps members, said six of the 1,416 corps members for the batch, were rewarded for their outstanding performances in touching positively the lives of their host communities.

“Seven corps members have been found wanting and have been sanctioned with extension of service year. Eleven corps members will be remobilized for absconding,” she said.

She listed those honoured as Anuoluwa Balogun, Tom Udoudo, Dr Racheal Bob-Yellowe, Joachim Kolawole, David Onaolapo and Goodness Stephen.

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