Governor of Zamfara State, Hon. Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle Maradun has approved the release of ₦100 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) as payment to enable students in the state to write the 2021 examinations and also clear the huge backlogs owed WAEC by past administrations.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has published the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results on Friday June 25. The board made the above revelation in a statement by its Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Friday morning. The board also added that results for subsequent days would be released daily, while urging candidates to check their results via messaging UTMERESULT to code 55019 through GSM number to obtain their results. The statement reads in part, “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 Computer Based Testing (CBT) centres for the 2021 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between Saturday, 19th and Tuesday, 22 June 2021.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the results of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be released on June 23. This was disclosed during a news conference in Enugu by the JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede.

The Federal Government has announced the approval of N18 billion as a take-off grant for 4 new universities. This was disclosed at a press conference on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Sunday Echono.