The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has described Nigerians as religious people, who are not necessarily godly. According to him, many Nigerians shun hard work but turn to prayers, thinking being religious will guarantee them results. Oloyede called on Nigerians to harness the vast endowment of the country to turn its situation around. He said …

Over 260,000 candidates yesterday sat for this year’s Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock UTME) in 793 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country. The JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, announced this after monitoring the exam in some centres in Abuja. Oloyede, who expressed delight over the seamless conduct of the exercise nationwide, said the exam was meant to …

A Deputy Director of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Yisa Usman was arraigned yesterday on allegations bordering on threatening Mrs. Raheemat Oloyede on phone with the intent to blackmail her husband, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the board’s registrar. Usman was arraigned by the police on behalf of the Federal Government on a five-count charge before Justice Nkeonye Maha of …