I’m not sure what breaks the heart more: her insistence on her innocence or the prospects of a future that now hangs in the balance. For a young adult with a promising future, the emerging facts only suggest one thing: it doesn’t rain, it pours. Mmesoma Ejikeme was one of the numerous students of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS), Nnewi, …

The Anambra State government has faulted the position of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the way it has handled the development concerning the University and Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result presented by Mmesoma Ejikeme. In a statement on Wednesday, the state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu said that investigation was still ongoing on what transpired about …

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Tuesday, said the Board had concluded investigations on the case of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused of fraudulently inflating her 2023 UTME score. In a transcript from Windhoek, Namibia, Oloyede said: “The truth is that JAMB has concluded the investigation …

The Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Mr. Cornel Osigwe has called for an investigation into the allegations of certificate forgery against Mmesoma Ejikeme who paraded herself as the top scorer of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a post via his official Twitter handle, @cornelosigwe, Osigwe said: “The girl I met doesn’t have the brain and capacity …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to a statement by the Board, Ejikeme allegedly used her manually inflated score to attract a N3 million scholarship …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 points and above as cut off mark for 2022/23 admissions into universities across the country. During a presentation at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and awards on Saturday in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said that 100 points had been approved as cut off mark into …

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have said they are exploring means to strengthen collaborations to boost service delivery to Nigerians. In a statement, TRCN’s Registrar, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye said that the move was in tandem with an inter-agency partnership in the Ministry of Education. On Monday, Ajiboye joined JAMB Registrar, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed it paid N1,478,416,000.00 to owners of non-JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide for services they rendered during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. In a statement on Thursday, its Director of Public Affairs and Protocol of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin said that it was only proper to promptly settle obligations …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will decide the cut-off for 2023 admissions into universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions on 24th June. The event, which will hold at the National Judicial Institute, will have in attendance all heads of tertiary institutions and regulatory bodies such as the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education, and the National …

Fifteen-year-old Michelle David has scored 99 per cent in Mathematics at the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examination, according to a statement by her school. Michelle, who hails from Delta State and said her ambition is to study Software Engineering, is a Fountain Heights Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos State. In all, she scored 334 out of 400 in …