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JAMB will decide the official 2018 Cut-Off Marks for Admissions into tertiary institutions for the 2018/2019 academic session in the month of JUNE. This was disclosed by The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Fabian Benjamin, during an interview held in Lagos today. ALSO READ: JAMB Begins Change of Course, Institution & Data Correction For 2018 He also stated that no Institution is allowed to Admit any student until the cut-off mark for admission has been decided, pointing out that any school admitting students before then, is doing so illegally. Mr Benjamin confirmed that the policy meeting will hold in June, and this will be chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. It is clear that at this point, No Cut-Off Mark has been released by JAMB for 2018 Admissions. No official date in June has been announced for this policy meeting.

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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has disclosed that at least 1, 178,665 candidates scored 100 and above in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). He further revelaed that out of 1,840,225 candidates who wrote the examination, only 800,000 had the five credits ordinary level (O’ level) minimum requirements. He said: “There are 767 tertiary higher institutions in Nigeria and about 560,168 candidates have been admitted. About 20 per cent of the candidates are in SS2, they only took JAMB for trials.” The JAMB registrar however stated that the involvement of parents in examination malpractice remains a major challenge for the Board as most parents can go to any length to ensure their children pass the examination at all cost. He pointed out cases of parents paying huge amount of money into fraudulent account in order to pave way for their wards.

This is to inform all 2018 JAMB candidates that JAMB has opened the portal for the change of course and institution as well as data correction. All candidates who wish to effect changes on either their course, institution or their bio-data details can proceed to do so at the closest JAMB CBT accredited centre. You can also correct your Bio-data which include your name, date of birth, gender, State and Local Government of origin. What You Should Know About JAMB 2018 Change of Course/Institution & Data Correction  You are required to verify the usual cut-off mark for your school of choice to make sure they do not have a very high cut-off mark. You can change all the courses and institutions at the same time if you want. Once you make your changes and submit. You can not change again. So go through your selections and ensure it is what you want before submitting  Ensure that the course you are changing to is in line with your UTME subject combination. If you select a

We know many 2018 JAMB candidates who wish to change their course or institution are eager to know if the JAMB change of course/institution for 2018 has commenced. At the moment, there has not been any official announcement as to whether or not the process has commenced for 2018. There have been rumours that the process has begun. We are yet to confirm the credibility of this. However, we are going to use this thread to monitor this and confirm if it has actually started and if not, then this thread will equally help us to know when it has commenced.. So if you have been able to process your change of course or institution or have a valid proof of someone who has been able to effect his or her own, please let us know in the comment section. All 2018 JAMB Candidates who wish to make any changes in their course/institution are advised to ensure they keep visiting this thread from time to time to check comments, and see if anyone reports that the process has started.

Very soon, schools will start releasing their post-UTME screening forms. While candidates wait for their school of choices to announce the sales of screening forms, it is important that candidates equally know what to expect during the Post-UTME Screening exercise. The Post-UTME screening is a means schools use to ensure they pick qualified candidates for admission. The methods usually used by schools to achieve this include Online Screening, Physical Screening and Aptitude Test Screening. Some schools may use just one of these screening methods while some may use two or all three of these screening methods. Nevertheless, many schools (if not all) use the Aptitude Test Screening in selecting the qualified candidates for admission. Now let’s briefly explain what's involved in these 3 different methods of Screening. 1. Online Screening In this case, you will be required to upload your results and other relevant documents on the school's portal. The school will the

Black panther has hit another box office milestone surpassing Titanic to become the third highest-grossing film of all time in the US. As of Friday (6 April), Ryan Coogler's Disney-Marvel film had amassed totals of $659.3m (£468m) in just two months with sales overtaking James Cameron's 1997 haul of $659.5m (£468.2m), not adjusted for inflation. The top two spots belong Star Wars film The Force Awakens - with $936.7m (£665m) - and Avatar, also directed by Cameron, which racked up $760.5m (£539.9m) according to Box Office Mojo. Just last month, the groundbreaking film - which stars Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan and Danai Gurira - overtook Avengers Assemble's $624m (£443m)  to become the biggest-selling superhero film of all time. Black Panther's global takings of $1.29 billion (£915.7m) position it as the tenth biggest selling film of all time. 33 Superhero films set for release between 2016 and 2020 34 show all The positioning of

One of the important things you need to know is the possible cut-off mark of you school of choice for 2018/2019 admission. This will enable you to know if you qualify for your school admission screening and equally help you determine if you need to go for JAMB change of course and or institution when it begins. At the moment, JAMB and institutions have not announced their official cut-off marks for this year. So what we have here is based on what it was last year. Please note that these cut-offs are subject to change by the individual institutions, depending on the performance of students that selected them. Below is a list of the possible Cut-off marks of various institutions for 2018/2019. S/N INSTITUTION Cut Off 1 AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE 180 2 COVENANT UNIVERSITY, CANAAN LAND, OTA, OGUN STATE 180 3 ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY, IPETUMODU, OSUN STATE 180 4 PAN-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, AHMED ONIBUDO STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS STATE 180 5 VERI

- School fees payable by students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state have been astronomically increased - The fees have been increased from N25,000 to N120,000 for some students while some departments have been billed to pay N150,000 above - Pro- chancellor of the institution, Dr Tunji Abayomi, however, appealed to students of the institution to take the increment in good faith Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state, has increased students' school fees for 2017/2018 session by over 500 percent according to some students of the institution. This, according to observers, is a way of fashioning the fees in the mold of Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, where students are made to pay an average of N180, 000 per session. The sharp increment in the institutions' school fees affects both freshers and returning students, lyonsblog can authoritatively report. The fees was increased from N25,000 to N120,000 for som

Most controversial Big Brother Naija reality TV star Cee-c is at it again but this time around, she plans to do things her own way. She plans to stop eating the food prepared by other housemates. It could be recalled that on Saturday, April 7, housemates Rico Swavey and Alex got into an argument over food. Rico accused Alex of wasting food and during the argument, Tobi said he was biased. PAY ATTENTION : you can now download our mobile app to get easy experience Following the tension between Alex and Rico, Cee-c wades in as she supports Rico. In the process of making her point, she disclosed that she would no longer eat any meal prepared by another housemate until the show is over. Cee-c said: “It’s going to get worse than this because me Cee-c I will not eat anybody’s food again in this house. I will make my food because we are animals, we behave like animals. No problem after all it remains two weeks and afterwards all these will be over. In this house there is nothing ne

- MMM has officially shut down operations worldwide following the death of its founder, Sergey Mavrodi - Mavrodi, the founder of the scheme died on March 26, after a heart attack - The administrators of the site reminded participants of an earlier warning on the risk associated with the scheme download our App now for free to get a better experience Participants in the world’s most popular ponzi scheme Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), are counting their losses as administrators of the programme have officially shut down operations worldwide following the death of its founder, Sergey Mavrodi. It would be recalled that Mavrodi died on March 26, after a heart attack. The administrators of the site had in a statement issued on April 6, 2018 reminded participants of an earlier warning on the risk associated with the scheme. The statement read: “Dear participants, after much deliberation, we have made the conclusion that continuing the System operation, without our leader and