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Newly Admitted students of the University of Lagos have been warned that they will  undergo drug screening.

The University of Lagos is to screen its newly-admitted students for hard drugs, an official said on  Wednesday in Lagos

A total of 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).


He made the disclosure on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists at the information and communication technology (ICT) retreat organised for stakeholders in Abeokuta, Ogun state.

The retreat was attended by civil society groups, students and other stakeholders in the education sector.

“We are expecting 1.7 million candidates to sit for JAMB this year and we want to make sure we satisfy them within a week or thereabout,’’ he said.

Last year, 1,561,443 candidates sat for the UTME.

Oleyede said the board was also planning to increase its computer based testing (CBT) centres in order to the make the examination exercise unified.
He said although he could not guarantee a hitch-free examination, the innovations being put in place “will send some illegal operators, who are defrauding candidates in the past, out of business”.

He said the major objective of the retreat was for stakeholders to critique the board’s processes, “because we will not want to continue in the wrong direction”.

“Frankly, I cannot promise a hitch-free examination because we are testing certain things,” he said.

“We are changing certain things; we want to question the status quo and we expect a fight back by interests that will be trampled upon.”

Oloyede noted that the board had envisaged that there would be hitches, but that these would not be insurmountable.
“This is to enable us harvest good ideas that can improve what we are doing,’’ he said.
He said the CBT had come to stay, adding that four African countries had indicated interest to understudy the process in Nigeria.

Having earlier warned people to be wary of fraudsters, Oloyede said JAMB would soon begin the sale of forms for the 2017 UTME.

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In an attempt to curb the ‘indecent’ fashion demeanour of its students on campus, the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has issued a new dress code notice.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Friday, announced the release of the 2016 results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The body said its withholding the results of 137,295, representing 8.89% candidates.

According to the released results, a total of eight hundred and seventy eight thousand and forty (878,040) candidates, representing 52.97%, obtained credits in five (5) subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

” The Head of Nigeria National Office, Nigeria, Mr Olu Adenipekun while briefing journalists explained that the withheld results are in connection with various cases of examination malpractice, adding, “the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council in due course for consideration.”

According to him, a total number of 1,552,758 Candidates sat for the May/June examination.

A  total of 1,014,573 candidates, representing 65.70% obtained six (6) credits and above; one million one hundred sixty seven thousand four hundred and eighty four (1,167,484) candidates, representing 75.60% obtained five (5) credits and above, while one million two hundred and eighty two thousand two hundred and four (1,282,204) candidates, representing 83.03% obtained credit and above in four (4) subjects.

” He added that one million three hundred and seventy thousand forty nine (1,370,049) candidates, representing 88.72% obtained credit and above in three (3) subjects, while one million four hundred and thirty eight thousand six hundred and seventy nine (1,438,679) candidates, representing 93.16% obtained credit and above in two (2) subjects.

The results will brighten the hope of many candidates who wrote the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, who had applied for admission to higher institutions while awaiting the result.

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has given cnditions for the 2016 admission, saying it will only give approval after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.

The Registrar/Chief Executive Of Jamb,prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in a statement on sunday.

Ojerinde said,"The Joint Admission Matriculation Board wishes to state that the latest lists of candidates sent to all the tertiary institutions contain candidates who qualified for screening based on the individual institution's capacity.

As promised by the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB), the portal for candidates to determine the institution they have been posted for 2016 admission has been enabled.


Candidates can actually check the institutions they have been posted for 2016 admission. The portal is yet to be made official on its website, which goes to show that the candidates details are still being uploaded.

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday, reiterated the Federal Government’s ban on Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Post- UTME, conducted by tertiary institutions for admission into universities and other higher schools of learning in the country.

 Adamu told journalists in Abuja that any institution that violates the directive will be punished by the Federal Government. He said: “The ban is with immediate effect and under no circumstance should any institution violate the directive.

Michael Diekola, a 42-year old school principal, has been docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly collecting N1.2 million from his students under the pretext of enrolling them for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

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I happened to write Jamb yesterday in a school named Felicia and Barnabas School, Along Owerri-Aba Road, Ngor Okpala LGA, Imo State.

81-year-old Muhammad Modibbo, who is said to be the oldest secondary student in
Nigeria has died.

Premium Times reports that Mr. Modibo who is a Junior

The Academic Board of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, has expelled 73 students of the

The management of Adeleke University, Ede in Osun State, has offered the 18-year old girl who was seeking admission in UNILAG but got raped by a part-time lecturer of the institution, Mr Akin Baruwa. The school management said they got touched that she wanted to further her education but got raped instead. We are willing to grant her admission, the VC said.