18 Items JAMB Forbids Candidates From Bringing to CBT Exam Centre

As the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) begins today (Thursday), the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates against bringing in some prohibited items into the examination halls.

JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said the items were prohibited in order to secure the sanctity and integrity of the board’s examination.

He said examination officials are allowed to scrutinise eye glasses or similar devices and when convinced that such items may compromise the sanctity of the examination, the examination official should confiscate them.
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Junior Achievement Nigeria to Train 1million Youths on Entrepreneurial Education

In order to tackle unemployment, a non-profit economic education organization, Junior Achievement Nigeria, JAN says it has concluded its plans to train one million youth on entrepreneurial education.

This was disclosed by the group’s Executive Director, Mrs. Simi Nwogugu during the group’s 20th anniversary celebration.

Speaking with Journalists, Mrs. Simi said the group is prepared to train young people and impact them with the knowledge to operate in the global economy as well as equip adults with the tools to earn and keep their job in the present of dispensation.
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N-Power Beneficiaries: FG Gives Update on Payment of March Stipend

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, Mr. Afolabi Imoukhuede has assured beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme that they would get their March stipend this week.

Afolabi made this known during an interview with Journalists in Abuja on Thursday.

According to him, the delay is from the Ministry of Finance and the Accountant General’s Office, adding that the Federal Government is addressing the issue.
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FRSC to Commence Full Implementation of Penalty Point on Traffic Offenders

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will commence full implementation of the penalty point system on traffic offenders from June 1.

Speaking on Wednesday at a summit on information technology at the national headquarters, Abuja, Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC’s corps marshal, said the penalty points are allotted to traffic offences accumulated in the driver’s record.

According to Oyeyemi, with the development, offenders who violate the regulations for a stipulated number of times will be sent back to driving school for a retraining.
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