Many Nigerians have written extensively on the concept and consequences of examination malpractices. On 12th July 2012, Chinedu Ugwu, a final year student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan, posted an article on examination malpractice on the Internet. Ugwu defined examination malpractice as a deliberate wrong doing contrary to official examination rules designed to place a candidate at …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has directed that Mmesomma Ejikeme, the student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, who has been at the centre of a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score controversy, undergo counselling. In a letter to the principal of the school, Soludo directed the immediate commencement of psychological counselling and therapy sessions for the candidate. The …

In 1999, a handsome young man contested a House of Representatives election in his constituency. He did not want to stop there; he also wanted to be the Speaker when he got to the House. Young Salisu Buhari knew that a beautiful university degree would spice up his CV. He had none but believed he could acquire one. “A lot …

The controversial “best candidate” of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme has confessed that she manipulated the result in which she was said to have scored 362 out of 400 points, according to the finding of the panel set up by the Anambra State government to investigate the matter. According to the report of the …

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, …

It is often said that crime, criminal activities and criminals are one or two steps ahead of the law, law enforcement and law enforcement agents or agencies. So, the latter often have to engage in catching up with the former. Everyone admits that prevention is better than cure and to be proactive is far better and less expensive than shutting …

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged forgery of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by Ejikeme Mmesoma. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during plenary on Wednesday, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker from Rivers State, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante. Since the release of the 2023 UTME …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has banned Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, who is embroiled in the result controversy in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The candidate would not be allowed to write the examinations for three years, JAMB said on Monday. JAMB said it has also cancelled the controversial result that announced Ejikeme as the candidate with …