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​ Candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would from this year spend two hours instead of three hours to write the exam. Candidates sitting for 2017 UTME would spend two hours instead of three hours to write the exam. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Registrar/Chief Executive Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Wednesday, March 29, stated this in Kaduna, during the opening ceremony of a strategic planning retreat on the monitoring, supervision and evaluation of 2017 UTME with the theme: “Inclusiveness and sensitisation of key external actors.” According to JAMB, a total of 240,000 candidates have so far registered for the examination which has been scheduled for May 20, barely one week after the commencement of the sale of forms which is expected to end on April 22. The organisation said the reduction of hours was in line with international best standards and practices where no candidate is kept in an examination such as UTME fo

​ An antigraft forum is set to hold in France  Nigeria's vice president has departed for the event which holds in Paris Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria's vice president, has departed for Paris in France. Osinbajo is off to attend the anti-corruption and integrity forum of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development holding Thursday and Friday, March 29th and 30th. BREAKING: VP Osinbajo jets off to Paris for antigraft forum The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement. According to him, Osinbajo will speak at the forum which brings global leaders, government ministers, business leaders and civil society representatives together to discuss the cost of corruption, the use of political donations to buy influence, developments in corporate liability for graft and the role of export controls in countering bribery. Daily Trust reports that the vice president's

​ On Wednesday, March 29, President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Federal Executive meeting at the Presidential Villa. On Wednesday, March 29, President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Federal Executive meeting at the Presidential Villa. On Wednesday, March 29, President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Federal Executive meeting at the Presidential Villa. President Buhari sent two nominees to the Senate today Today's FEC meeting comes after the president forwarded the name of two nominees for ministerial appointment. The meeting comes after the president has sent name of ministerial nominees to the Senate The list which was sent to the Senate through the Senate President Bukola Saraki contained the names of Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman Hassam (Gombe). Minister of sports and youth development Solomon Dalung and others The ministers present at the FEC meeting include: the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun; minister of communications and tec

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed down the rate at which it was selling dollars to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators nationwide. CBN introduces new forex rate for Bureau De Change operators nationwide Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday that the buying rate for BDCs would now be N350 and would sell at N360 to the dollar. NAN reports that before now, BDCs were buying dollars from the CBN at a forward rate of N381 to the dollar and selling at N399 to the dollar. Gwadabe commended the CBN for heeding the appeal of BDCs for a level playing field for all players in the foreign exchange market. The ABCON chief pledged the commitment of all BDCs in collaborating with the apex bank to sustain the gains recorded by naira against the dollar. NAN further reports that the CBN, had on Monday, pegged the selling rate for Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) at   N360

​ President Muhammadu Buhari met some governors at the Presidential Villa on Thursday, March 16 - The governors are attending a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) - Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting President Buhari this afternoon met state governors during the ongoing NEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock. Governors signing the attendance register at the meeting According to Daily Trust, President Buhari went round inside the Council Chambers to shake hands with all the governors in attendance. After the president exchanged pleasantires with the governors, journalists were thereafter asked to leave. Few minutes later, the president left for his office, even as it is not clear what the president discussed with the governors. Cross section of the governors at the meeting This is the president's first interaction with the state governors since his return to Nigeria on Friday, March 10 from his medical va

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the registration of candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be for a period of one month. Speaking to newsmen on the sideline of a stakeholders’ meeting attended by owners of CBT centres nationwide, organised by JAMB at the University of Lagos on Monday, March 13, the registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said that the sale of the 2017 UTME forms will begin on March 20 and end on April 19. This is unlike previous years which used to be for a period of three months. According to him, the period of registration was reduced to eliminate all ills associated with prolonged registration of candidates. He stated that the board would not extend the period of registration of candidates the Computer Based Test (CBT) UTME. Oloyede added that over 600 public and private centres had been approved for the conduct of this year’s UTME nationwide. JAMB first introduced the computer-based test (CBT) meth