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JAMB Increases Exam Service Charge, Cites High Diesel Cost

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Candidates who will be participating in the 2022 mock Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will have to pay N1,000 as a service charge to computer-based testing centers they are assigned to sit for the examination.

JAMB noted that it increased the service charge from N600 to N1,000 due to the high cost of diesel in the country.

It had earlier been reported that JAMB promised to provide a soft-landing for CBT centers due to the hike in the price of diesel in the country.

The board also reiterated its stance that the mock examination was optional.

JAMB made this disclosure in its weekly bulletin, which was made available by its head of media and public relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Monday.

The mock examination will hold on Saturday.

Benjamin stated, “All candidates who had indicated their interest to sit the optional mock-UTME are to pay N1,000 as a service charge to the CBT centers they are assigned to sit for the examination.

“The optional mock-UTME examination was introduced by the JAMB to give candidates the opportunity to be familiarised with the CBT environment. The candidates who indicated their interest to take the examination are expected to pay N1,000 at their respective centers for the use of the private facilities to be deployed for the examination.

“Candidates assigned to the JAMB-owned centers would not be required to pay for the use of such centers. Much as the board would like to keep the cost at a minimum, the prevailing high cost of diesel and other consumables has necessitated the increase from N600 to N1,000, to enable the CBT centers to provide the needed infrastructure as partners of the board and host the examination scheduled to hold on Saturday.

“The board has thought through this increase and resolved that instead of canceling the mock-UTME, it is better to increase the service charge to make the exercise worthwhile to the CBT centers.”

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BREAKING: Customs Chief Abdullahi Magaji Shoots Self Dead In Kano

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Abdullahi Abdulwahab Magaji, a Chief Superintendent of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has tragically taken his own life in Kano State.

According to Daily Sun, Magaji, who was serving at the NCS headquarters in Abuja, reportedly shot himself with a pump-action gun at his residence in Kano a few days ago.

The motive behind his action remains unclear.

It was gathered that the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the incident, stating that “a full-scale investigation has been initiated.”

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Police Confirm Rescue Of 14 Kidnapped Confluence University Students In Kogi

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May 13, 2024

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The Nigeria Police, Kogi State Command, has confirmed the rescue of 14 students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, who were abducted by unknown gunmen on Thursday, May 9 while on campus preparing for their first semester examinations.

According to Daily Post, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya via a WhatsApp message on Sunday, confirmed that 14 students were rescued by the joint security operations carried out since the incident happened on Thursday.

He said the rescued students have been taken to hospital for medical assistance, stressing that the police and other security agencies in the state will continue to guarantee security of lives and properties.

Earlier, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kingsley Fanwo had issued a press statement on the rescue of the students from the kidnappers.

He commended the gallant efforts of all the security agents who went all out to rescue the students from their abductors, saying the unknown gunmen were confronted with superior power that made them abandon their victims.

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Labour Unions Picket NERC Offices In Lagos, Abuja Over Electricity Tariff Hike [PHOTOS]

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May 13, 2024

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Members of organised labour are currently occupying Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) offices nationwide.

The rise in energy rates for users in the Band A category is being opposed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and other affiliated organisations.

The power rate for users in the classification was approved by NERC on April 3 and is now N225 per kwh instead of N66.

The demand from organised labour is for the increase to be reversed and for talks to resume.

The unionists, on Monday, arrived at the NERC office located at Novel House in Ikeja, Lagos, around 9:40am.

Addressing workers at the complex, Funmi Sessi, NLC Lagos chairperson, asked them to vacate their offices.

Sessi said the unions do not understand the regulatory functions of NERC amid the epileptic power supply in the country.

In Abuja, the unions besieged the NERC office located in the Central Business District.

Labour has also shut NERC offices in Jos, Akwa Ibom, Benin, Kaduna and in other capital cities across the country.

 

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