Beaf: I am really shocked that Imo could beat Delta!
More Delta peeps need to go to school; serious levels of awareness needs to be created.

Rank State Population
1 Lagos State 9,313,534
2 Kano State 9,383,682
3 Kaduna State 6,066,562
4 Katsina State 5,792,578
5 Oyo State 5,591,589
6 Rivers State 3,185,400
7 Bauchi State 5,676,465
8 Jigawa State 4,348,649
9 Benue State 4,219,244
10 Anambra State 4,182,032
11 Borno State 5,151,193
12 Delta State 3,098,391
13 Imo State 2,934,899
14 Niger State 4,950,249
15 Akwa Ibom State 2,920,208
16 Ogun State 2,728,098
17 Sokoto State 4,696,999
18 Ondo State 2,441,024
19 Osun State 2,423,535
20 Kogi State 3,278,487
21 Zamfara State 4,259,846
22 Enugu State 3,257,298
23 Kebbi State 3,238,628
24 Edo State 3,218,332
25 Plateau State 2,178,712
26 Adamawa State 3,168,101
27 Cross River State 2,888,966
28 Abia State 2,833,999
29 Ekiti State 2,384,212
30 Kwara State 2,371,089
31 Gombe State 3,353,879
32 Yobe State 3,321,591
33 Taraba State 2,300,736
34 Ebonyi State 2,173,501
35 Nasarawa State 2,863,275
36 Bayelsa State 1,703,358
- Abuja Federal Capital Territory 1,405,201

bashr8:

your crying for delta, what will you say about lagos that should be the first position with its population and virtually everything including schools located there.

jedisco: The post is not full.

Well congrats to UNIZIK (2nd most preferred university) and the eastern states in general.

As for the north, their movement to abolish western education is really yielding results.

Abuja recorded the lowest number with 3,380 candidates, Sokoto placed next with 5, 664 candidates while 5,713 candidates sat from Zamfara

Beaf:

It might be even worse next year. Something drastic needs to be done about the core-North and education.

Can you imagine this?

Beaf:

It might be even worse next year. Something drastic needs to be done about the core-North and education.



Can you imagine this?

bashr8:

your crying for delta, what will you say about lagos that should be the first position with its population and virtually everything including schools located there.

Abagworo:

JAMB is done by State of origin and not State of residence. Many of the Imo citizens could be based in Lagos. This is a micro indicator of ethnic population irrespective of residence. I have a firm belief that Anambra is the most populous State in Nigeria closely followed by Imo. If you look at these States from google, the lower half of Anambra and the upper half of Imo is the most densely populated part of Nigeria.

Imo has been leading in University enrollment and graduation in Nigeria for more than 30 years now. I wonder why anyone would argue about the most educated State in Nigeria.

nanos:

Anambra can't be more populated than Lagos, Kano and Oyo. It may be the next in rank (4th) if no rigging is done. Density correlates well with land mass and both Anambra and Imo are small in land mass.

Abagworo:

I don't mean by residence. I mean if all Anambrians are counted as Anambrians irrespective of their place of residence, they should exceed 10 million while Imo should be around 8 million.

Lagos will come out smallest if census is done that way.

nanos:

But you can't do census based on state of origin at the expense of state of residence. Residence is the major yardstick, and then of course ethnicity or tribe must be accounted for in the census questions.

[size=14pt]JAMB releases results[/size]
On March 30, 2012 · In News [Edit]
4:35 pm

By Favour Nnabugwu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Friday indicted eight states over alleged extortions and special centres just as it has withheld results of 52 centres thus affecting the timely release of results of 27, 266 candidates in those centres.

Registrar of the board, Prof Dibu Ojerinde at a press briefing held in Abuja Friday, told newsmen that the release of results of the 52 centres is subject to findings on ongoing investigations being carried out by the board which is expected to be concluded in a forth night.

Ojerinde said that of the eight states from which the 52 centres’ results were withheld, Rivers State top the list with 24 centres, followed by Lagos with 11 centres while Imo had state 6.

Others are Benue and Delta states with 3 centres each; Abia and Cross Rivers had 2 centres a piece while Nasarawa had only 1 centre results withheld.

The JAMB boss noted that of the total of 1,503,931 candidates that sat for the 2012 UTME exams, 833, 082 were males with 660,522 females thus representing 55.78 percent and 44.22 percent respectively.

181 prisoners

Of the total figure of over 1.5 million, 181 prisoners took part in the March 24, 2012 exams. The JAMB boss stated that the prisoners were from Kaduna and Ikoyi prisons in Lagos.

States with highest states/lowest candidates

Ojerinde noted that six states top the list of highest number of candidates with Imo leading by 123, 865 candidates; Delta, 88,876; Anambra, 84,204; Osun, 73, 935; Oyo, 71, 272 and Ogun with 71, 173.
Also, six states mostly northern, recorded the lowest number of candidates while all other states fell within the average.

The six states are Jigawa with 11, 529 candidates; Kebbi, 7, 364; Yobe, 6, 389; Zamfara, 5, 713; Sokoto, 5,664 and FCT with 3, 380 candidates.

Candidates’ most preferred universities

Also Registrar said that candidates have preference for some universities than the other, stating that 11 varsities stood out as the most preferred. They are University of Lagos with a total candidates of 83, 865; Nnamdi Azikiwe, Akwa had 82,148; UniBen, 80,048; UNN, 79, 398; Unilorin, 76,276; OAU, 64,702; ABU, 56,708; Uniport, 48,439; UniUyo, 44,397; Imo state University, 43,353 and UI, 40,011.

JAMB chief said, “Our experience this time is consistent with the previous trends- that Nigerians have a higher preference. For some universities ahead of other tertiary institutions”

“Unfortunately those universities still have constraints with 83,865 candidates recorded the highest applications of 99, 115 in 2011 UTME and from the carrying capacity figure given by National Universities Commission, NUC can admit only 9,507. Thes figure are only for most preferred choice and do not those who chose Unilag as their second choice”

Exam malpractices

Ojerinde said that the board was still battling with exam malpractices as candidates have device other means to out smart examination boards including JAMB with supposed answers in gsm phone and fake calculators..
“We also Know that those engaging in examination malpractices will not stop at nothing in achieving their aims in this 2012 edition, we have made some discoveries and new tricks on display by these crooks”
Some candidates smuggled gsm phones to the hall while two had specialised slippers on with phones containing answers were buried inside the slippers save for metal detectors that uncovered their dastard arts.

Incomplete/invalid results

901 candidates scored above 270 – 299; 71,339 made 250 – 269; 601, 151 scored 200 – 249; 374, 920 scored 170 – 199 while 336, 330 scored below 170.

However, the board recorded a significant reduction in the number of invalid and incomplete results of 5,161 this year compared to 2011 figure of 28,069 which was also far below 2010 figure of 96,451 invalid results which might be cancelled at the end of the day.

Capt.Barbosa:
Where is the refrence to this story? I don't believe this story due to the fraudulent nature of the OP. Thesame lying dolt that went to the extaent of editing article to suit his greedy self.

Another "SE and SS contributing 91% of economy"?. Ibos can go to any length to satisfy their greediness.

BRING ON your sources! Fake news!

Ejiné:

Here it is, knucklehead. Fresh from the channels website:

[url]channelstv.com/home/2012/03/30/jamb-releases-2012-utme-results-3-score-above-300/[/url]

I hope with this, you can now repackage all that juvenile crap you just spewed up here, and shove them right back up your gaping arse.

Capt.Barbosa:
^
So, Unilag still have the highest number of applicants? No wonder the fool edited that part out to suit his fraudulent nature. Nonsense!

Capt.Barbosa:
Read between lines . . .was I doubting the figures or the OP? The OP is fraud and thats it.

Is it not natural to see those that have been selling spare parts are now trying to go to school and hence rushing up to apply for jamb? Fool

Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bashr8: 20 days & 5 hours Professor Itse Sagay, Constitutional Law expert: “I have been following the debate like others; unfortunately, those who speak on
behalf of the Niger Delta on the issue have failed to hit the nail on the head. They should
be bold enough to ask their northern colleagues, where does the nation’s revenue
come from- instead of caressing the issue rather cautiously. The northern part of this country does not contribute anything to the national purse.
If the area that produces the resources has just a token of 13 percent, the remaining
87 percent is free gift to the entire nation, particularly the North that has nothing to
show for its existence. At the Political Reform Conference in 2005, we went to the
Federal Ministry of Finance to get figures and facts about what each of the zones
contributed to the commonwealth. What we saw was amazing; the North-West brings nothing, the same with the North-Central and North-East. South-West brings
minor but the South-South and south east contributes 91 percent. The posture of the northern governors is the height of ingratitude and insult on the
people of the oil-producing areas because they would have been bankrupt if not for the
revenue that has been accruing to them from the proceeds of oil and gas. This is a wake-up call on the people of the oil-bearing region. For instance this is the
time to come together and fight intellectually for the anomaly in the uneven allocation of
oil blocs in the country. You will observe that because of the long stay of the north in
power at the centre, they manipulated the process and cornered these blocs to the
disadvantage of the south; today, you have all juicy oil blocs in the hands of the north.
Now that Jonathan is there, I would not want to sound being immodest by calling for a revocation of the blocs allocated to the northern businessmen, but from the look of
things, they have decided to take the entire South for a ride, so Jonathan should ensure
that he corrects this imbalance by allocating more oil-blocs to people in the South to
make up for the inequity in the sector.”