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JAMB releases 3,921 additional exam results, reschedules exams

By
Jide Ajia
Punchnewspaper


The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Sunday that the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration will now close on Monday, June 17, 2024.

To accommodate the increased number of prospective DE candidates, JAMB has expanded DE registration points beyond the Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) in the states experiencing high demand.

This decision comes in response to numerous requests and pleas from stakeholders and authorities over the past month for an extension.

Spokesperson for JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Sunday, listed centres in affected states as follows:

Lagos State, JAMB PRC, Ojora Road, Ikoyi Lagos; JAMB PRC, Isheri Road, Ogba, ETC Nig. JKK House Ikorodu, Road, Ilupeju.

Oyo State: JAMB PTC, JAMB Zonal Office, Agodi G.R.A, Ibadan; FCE Special, CBT Centre, Oyo and JAMB PTC, Igboho.

For Kwara State: JAMB PTC, National Headquarters Annex, Old Jebba Road, Ilorin, Kwara State and University of Ilorin CBT Centre, Mini Campus.

Osun State has JAMB PTC, Alekuwodo; OSPDC, Oroki Estate, Ilobu Road, Osogbo, Osun State and JAMB PTC, Gbongon.


The Board urged all eligible candidates to take advantage of this opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained, saying the previously announced criteria for DE registration remain unchanged.

On Kwasu Diploma, the Board stated,” Having held high-stake meetings with the principal officers of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) and the Kwara State University (KWASU), on the CAILS-KWASU Diploma programme, the Board has agreed to conduct a special registration exercise for the 3,633 prospective candidates, who did not participate in the 2024 UTME based on the assumption that they would be accommodated in the 2024 DE exercise.

“These candidates are, therefore, to register at any of the approved CBT centres in Kwara, Oyo or Osun State within the next one week (ending on Monday, 10th June 2024) to register for the UTME.

The Board urged all eligible candidates to take advantage of this opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained, saying the previously announced criteria for DE registration remain unchanged.

“469 others among this category of UTME candidates who had already taken the 2024 UTME need not retake the examination. The one they have already taken suffices”

This concession is to ensure that, while standards are being maintained, efforts are in place to support and promote the aspirations of qualified and willing candidates even if it requires bending over backwards.

The Board also announced that a supplementary 2024 UTME has been scheduled for Saturday, 22nd June 2024 for the following candidates: CAILS-KWASU candidates referred to above; some (20,550) of the candidates whose results are up till now under investigation; 2,702 candidates whose fingers could not be verified who are given the benefit of doubts to sit the 2024 UTME.

JAMB added, “The remaining 322 candidates have been migrated to the category of candidates under examination misconduct as a prima-facie case has been established that those who had registered were not those who appeared for the examination. Consequently, the number of examination misconduct has increased by 322 to 43.”

Similarly, as the Board analysed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centres where there are strong proofs of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards, it has rescheduled a retake for 24,535 candidates in their chosen examination towns on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

However, the statement added that 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that had been cleared have now been released.

It urged concerned candidates to check their results by sending RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to ascertain their status as those cleared would have their results while those rescheduled would be told that they had been rescheduled.

“The rescheduled candidates are to print their supplementary Examination Notification Slip from Tuesday, 4th June 2024 to ascertain their designated examination centres.

“This release brings the total results released to 1,883,350. The rescheduled examination, which is taking place on Saturday, 22nd June 2024, two weeks from now, is to give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.

“This notice does not concern candidates whose results have been released. Candidates with prima facie case(s) of examination misconduct, would be further interrogated to establish their culpability after which appropriate measures would be taken on them and announced”, the statement added.

JAMB releases 3,921 additional exam results, reschedules exams

By
Jide Ajia
Punchnewspaper


The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Sunday that the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration will now close on Monday, June 17, 2024.

To accommodate the increased number of prospective DE candidates, JAMB has expanded DE registration points beyond the Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) in the states experiencing high demand.

This decision comes in response to numerous requests and pleas from stakeholders and authorities over the past month for an extension.

Spokesperson for JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Sunday, listed centres in affected states as follows, Lagos State, JAMB PRC, Ojora Road, Ikoyi Lagos; JAMB PRC, Isheri Road, Ogba, ETC Nig. JKK House Ikorodu, Road, Ilupeju.

Oyo State: JAMB PTC, JAMB Zonal Office, Agodi G.R.A, Ibadan; FCE Special, CBT Centre, Oyo and JAMB PTC, Igboho.

For Kwara State: JAMB PTC, National Headquarters Annex, Old Jebba Road, Ilorin, Kwara State and University of Ilorin CBT Centre, Mini Campus.

Osun State has JAMB PTC, Alekuwodo; OSPDC, Oroki Estate, Ilobu Road, Osogbo, Osun State and JAMB PTC, Gbongon.


The Board urged all eligible candidates to take advantage of this opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained, saying the previously announced criteria for DE registration remain unchanged.

On Kwasu Diploma, the Board stated,” Having held high-stake meetings with the principal officers of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) and the Kwara State University (KWASU), on the CAILS-KWASU Diploma programme, the Board has agreed to conduct a special registration exercise for the 3,633 prospective candidates, who did not participate in the 2024 UTME based on the assumption that they would be accommodated in the 2024 DE exercise.

“These candidates are, therefore, to register at any of the approved CBT centres in Kwara, Oyo or Osun State within the next one week (ending on Monday, 10th June 2024) to register for the UTME.


The Board urged all eligible candidates to take advantage of this opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained, saying the previously announced criteria for DE registration remain unchanged.

On Kwasu Diploma, the Board stated,” Having held high-stake meetings with the principal officers of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) and the Kwara State University (KWASU), on the CAILS-KWASU Diploma programme, the Board has agreed to conduct a special registration exercise for the 3,633 prospective candidates, who did not participate in the 2024 UTME based on the assumption that they would be accommodated in the 2024 DE exercise.

“These candidates are, therefore, to register at any of the approved CBT centres in Kwara, Oyo or Osun State within the next one week (ending on Monday, 10th June 2024) to register for the UTME.

“469 others among this category of UTME candidates who had already taken the 2024 UTME need not retake the examination. The one they have already taken suffices”

This concession is to ensure that, while standards are being maintained, efforts are in place to support and promote the aspirations of qualified and willing candidates even if it requires bending over backwards.

The Board also announced that a supplementary 2024 UTME has been scheduled for Saturday, 22nd June 2024 for the following candidates: CAILS-KWASU candidates referred to above; some (20,550) of the candidates whose results are up till now under investigation; 2,702 candidates whose fingers could not be verified who are given the benefit of doubts to sit the 2024 UTME.

JAMB added, “The remaining 322 candidates have been migrated to the category of candidates under examination misconduct as a prima-facie case has been established that those who had registered were not those who appeared for the examination. Consequently, the number of examination misconduct has increased by 322 to 43.”

Similarly, as the Board analysed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centres where there are strong proofs of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards, it has rescheduled a retake for 24,535 candidates in their chosen examination towns on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

However, the statement added that 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that had been cleared have now been released.

It urged concerned candidates to check their results by sending RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to ascertain their status as those cleared would have their results while those rescheduled would be told that they had been rescheduled.

“The rescheduled candidates are to print their supplementary Examination Notification Slip from Tuesday, 4th June 2024 to ascertain their designated examination centres.

“This release brings the total results released to 1,883,350. The rescheduled examination, which is taking place on Saturday, 22nd June 2024, two weeks from now, is to give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.

“This notice does not concern candidates whose results have been released. Candidates with prima facie case(s) of examination misconduct, would be further interrogated to establish their culpability after which appropriate measures would be taken on them and announced”, the statement added.

The federal government has launched a free gas cylinder distribution initiative to encourage using clean cooking energy nationwide.

This effort aims to transition at least one million households to clean cooking gas by 2030.

As part of the 'Decade of Gas' initiative, specifically the LPG grassroots penetration program, approximately 250,000 gas cylinders will be distributed to women in rural communities across the country.

During the program's launch in Abuja's Apo Resettlement area, the minister of state for petroleum resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, emphasised the current administration's commitment to boosting domestic gas consumption.

According to Vanguard, Ekpo oversaw the distribution of 1,000 gas-filled 3kg cylinders to rural women from the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory. He explained that promoting gas as the preferred cooking fuel would significantly enhance the health of women and girls, who are mostly at risk from using traditional cooking fuels.


He stated: “We’re not only introducing a program today; we’re on a mission to change millions of Nigerians’ lives in our six geographical zones. By 2030, we want to convert 250,000 houses a year to clean cooking gas, which is a lofty but attainable target." He noted that the program demonstrates Nigeria's unwavering commitment to reducing the dependence on solid fuels, such as firewood, kerosene, and charcoal, which have long been the primary energy sources for many households. In his remark, Mr. Ed Ubong, the coordinating director of the 'Decade of Gas' program, stated that the initiative, financed by the private sector, aims to eliminate the use of wood and kerosene in households.

China says its uncrewed craft has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon - an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go.

The Chang'e 6 touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 06:23 Beijing time on Sunday morning (22:23 GMT Saturday), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.
Launched on 3 May, the mission aims to collect precious rock and soil from this region for the first time in history.
The probe could extract some of the Moon's oldest rocks from a huge crater on its South Pole.
The landing was fraught with risks, because it is very difficult to communicate with spacecraft once they reach the far side of the Moon. China is the only country to have achieved the feat before, landing its Chang'e-4 in 2019.
After launching from Wenchang Space Launch Center, the Chang'e 6 spacecraft had been orbiting the Moon waiting to land.
The lander component of the mission then separated from the orbiter to touch down on the side of the Moon that faces permanently away from Earth.
During the descent, an autonomous visual obstacle avoidance system was used to automatically detect obstacles, with a visible light camera selecting a comparatively safe landing area based on the brightness and darkness of the lunar surface, the CNSA was quoted as saying by state-run Xinhua news agency.
The lander hovered about 100m (328ft) above the safe landing area, and used a laser 3D scanner before a slow vertical descent.
The operation was supported by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, the CNSA said.
Chinese state media described the successful landing as an “historic moment”.
The state broadcaster said “applause erupted at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center” when the Chang’e landing craft touched down on the Moon early on Sunday morning.
The lander should spend up to three days gathering materials from the surface in an operation the CNSA said would involve "many engineering innovations, high risks and great difficulty".
"Everyone is very excited that we might get a look at these rocks no-one has ever seen before," explains Professor John Pernet-Fisher, who specialises in lunar geology at the University of Manchester.
He has analysed other lunar rock brought back on the American Apollo mission and previous Chinese missions.
But he says the chance to analyse rock from a completely different area of the Moon could answer fundamental questions about how planets form.
Most of the rocks collected so far are volcanic, similar to what we might find in Iceland or Hawaii.
But the material on the far side would have a different chemistry .
"It would help us answer those really big questions, like how are planets formed, why do crusts form, what is the origin of water in the solar system?" the professor says.
The mission aims to collect about 2kg (4.4lb) of material using a drill and mechanical arm, according to the CNSA.
The South Pole–Aitken basin, an impact crater, is one of the largest known in the solar system.
From there, the probe could gather material that came from deep inside the lunar mantle - the inner core of the Moon - Prof Pernet-Fisher says.
The Moon's South Pole is the next frontier in lunar missions - countries are keen to understand the region because there is a good chance it has ice.

Schlumberger is recruiting into the following positions. To apply go to:
https://careers.slb.com/job-listing

Apply for the PTDF internal scholarship if you are a graduate in 200 level and studying oil and gas related courses like mechanical, electrical/electronics, petroleum, chemical engineering, geology, geophysics, etc.

Postgraduates and doctoral students in mechanical, electrical/electronics, petroleum, chemical engineering, geology, geophysics, etc. departments are also eligible to apply.

And you must be in a Federal University in Nigeria.

The expiration date is 24 June, 2024.

NNPC, Schlumberger sign agreement to boost upstream operations
NNPC Ltd says the agreement with Schlumberger is part of strategic reforms aimed at unlocking opportunities in the nation’s oil and gas industry.
ByMary Izuaka May 24, 2024 Reading Time: 2 mins read
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Energy Services Limited (EnServ) and Schlumberger (SLB) on Thursday signed a technical partnership agreement towards bolstering upstream operations.

The signing of the agreement took place at the NNPC Ltd headquarters in Abuja with senior management teams from both companies in attendance.

In a statement by Olufemi Soneye, its chief corporate communications officer, NNPC Ltd said the agreement is part of strategic reforms aimed at unlocking opportunities in the nation’s oil and gas industry.

Monday 27 May is children's day and it is going to be a public holiday for Nursery, primary and secondary schools. But not for workers.

Teachers and pupils will go to the stadium for the march pass which different schools will participate to have a winner and a prize or prizes.

Parents find out about your children's school preparations and activities for that day.

Monday 27 May is children's day and it is going to be a public holiday for Nursery, primary and secondary schools.

Teachers and pupils will go to the stadium for the march pass which different schools will participate to have a winner and a prize or prizes.

Parents find out about your children's school preparations and activities for that day.

Monday 27 May is children's day and it is going to be a public holiday for Nursery, primary and secondary schools.

Teachers and pupils will go to the stadium for the march pass which different schools will participate to have a winner and a prize or prizes.

Parents find out about your children's school preparations and activities for that day.

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Are you a young graduate interested in international relations? Are you curious to learn more about work of a diplomatic mission and how the EU Delegation represents EU interests and values in Nigeria?

We offer:
A traineeship of up to 6 months within the Regional Cooperation & Trade Sections of the EU Delegation to Nigeria, starting in mid-June 2024.

The trainee will share their time between Regional Cooperation Section (OPS4) and the Trade & Economics Section (T&E).

The Regional Cooperation Section of the EU Delegation is in charge of managing regional programmes and the relationship with ECOWAS. The regional programmes span over sectors such as peace & security, transport, energy, trade, maritime security, blue economy, agriculture etc. The geographical scope is dependent on the programme but includes the broader West Africa region, all of ECOWAS member states, Gulf of Guinea etc.

The Trade & Economics Section of the EU Delegation is responsible for monitoring relations with Nigeria in trade and economic sectors. This includes analysis and reporting on developments in these sectors within Nigeria and on occasion in the West African region.

Main tasks:

Conduct research and analysis on key trade and economic developments between EU and Nigeria;
Review regional trends, as well as programmes and activities undertaken by the international community;
Contribute to the programming, identification and appraisal of programmes and projects in close cooperation with the beneficiary institutions in ‘ECOWAS’ region;
Draft reports on regional events and contribute to sector analysis;
Contribute in the follow-up of the implementation of projects and the performance of project managers and partners;
Attend, and draft reports of, public events and meetings with ECOWAS and various implementing partners;
Media monitoring of developments in Nigeria-EU trade and economic developments;
Monitoring progress of legislative changes in the area of trade and investment (analysis of the new draft laws);
Follow positive developments of EU companies operating in Nigeria.
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Qualifications or special requirements:

Taking into account the local health and security conditions, citizens of Nigeria currently residing in Abuja will only be considered;
Young graduates with at least a Bachelor Diploma (or equivalent)
Maximum one year of professional experience
No previous experience of more than six weeks in the EU Institutions
How to apply?
Candidates must apply to the e-mail address Delegation-Nigeria-Recruitment@eeas.europa.eu and send the following documents:

A detailed standard Europass curriculum vitae (CV) https://europa.eu/europass/en (CVs in other format will not be considered)
a cover letter describing why you want to participate in a EU traineeship
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Please mention in the subject of your e-mail: Funded Traineeship – OPS4-T&E

Important information to read before applying
Before applying you are requested to examine the dedicated website as well as the general eligibility criteria for a paid traineeship (Article 8 of the Decision ADMIN(2017)28 – Paid traineeship).

Each selected trainee will receive a monthly grant to cover living expenses. All costs related to travels, visa, insurance, accommodation must be borne by the trainee.

Applications from non-eligible candidates will not be considered. After the evaluation of all applications, shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for an interview. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified by email. In case the selected candidates are not able to present the required documents, their application will be rejected.

The traineeships can only be offered in compliance with the local legislation.

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The PTDF internal scholarship is still on. To apply go to:
https://ptdf.gov.ng/application-for-2023-2024-petroleum-technology-development-fund-ptdf-in-country-scholarship-scheme-iss-for-undergraduate-postgraduate-scholars-in-nigerian-federal-universities/

Apply it's still on

Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF is calling on undergraduates, graduates, and those who want to study for doctoral degrees to apply for the PTDF scholarship in the Internal Scholarship Scheme (ISS). It will start from May 13 and end in June 24, 2024 and will be in the country in Nigerian Federal Universities only.

The scholarship will be for studies in oil and gas related courses only.

To apply go to: https://ptdf.gov.ng/application-for-2023-2024-petroleum-technology-development-fund-ptdf-in-country-scholarship-scheme-iss-for-undergraduate-postgraduate-scholars-in-nigerian-federal-universities/

Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF is calling on undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral students to apply for the PTDF scholarship in the Internal Scholarship Scheme (ISS). It will start from May 13 and end in June 24, 2024 and will be in the country in Federal Universities only.

The scholarship will be for studies in oil and gas related courses only.

To apply go to: https://ptdf.gov.ng/application-for-2023-2024-petroleum-technology-development-fund-ptdf-in-country-scholarship-scheme-iss-for-undergraduate-postgraduate-scholars-in-nigerian-federal-universities/

Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF is calling on undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral students to apply for the PTDF scholarship in the Internal Scholarship Scheme (ISS). It will start from May 13 and end in June 24, 2024 and will be in the country in Federal Universities only.

The scholarship will be for studies in oil and gas related courses only.

To apply go to: https://ptdf.gov.ng/application-for-2023-2024-petroleum-technology-development-fund-ptdf-in-country-scholarship-scheme-iss-for-undergraduate-postgraduate-scholars-in-nigerian-federal-universities/