The Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) mock examination, originally planned for Thursday, March 16, has been postponed by JAMB to Thursday, March 30.
According to Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, this change was necessary due to the governorship elections being postponed from March 11 to March 18. He shared this information with reporters in Abuja on Monday. Dr. Fabian Benjamin said in a statement; “Candidates who registered early and indicated their willingness to take the Mock-UTME would be notified as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slips, which would contain their centres and other details. “The Mock-UTME is an optional examination introduced by JAMB to provide opportunity for candidates to have hands-on experience with the system. “It also affords JAMB an opportunity to ascertain its readiness and that of its partners for the main UTME scheduled to hold between April 29 and May 12, 2023. “The board also uses this opportunity to announce that the 2023 UTME would witness some ground-breaking innovations to address observed infractions and centre failures. “For instance, in the new regime, if there is a delay of up to one hour before the commencement of a particular session, that session stands cancelled and would be rescheduled along with the candidates.’’ Furthermore, Benjamin emphasized that no examination would commence one hour after the scheduled start time, as any available vacant slot would be utilized for the session. “JAMB has made it mandatory that candidates must be notified of their new scheduled sessions or centres, as the case may be, before they leave their original centre. “In addition, no candidate would be allowed to spend less than one hour before submission of responses during the UTME. “Similarly, the new regime would make it impossible for candidates to login after one hour of activation of examination. “If for any reason an examination session is cancelled or cannot hold, candidates are not to panic as they will simply be scheduled for the next available session, which could be that same day,’’ he added. “Candidates are to note that any rescheduled examination is strictly to accommodate only those whose examination session could not hold on account of one reason or another. “It is not for those who were marked LATE or ABSENT for their session,’’ he stressed.
The scarcity of the new naira notes, fuel scarcity and many other pending issues in Nigeria have caused protests across states, where some citizens have been captured on cameras vandalizing banks and government properties, with some lives, lost. In the midst of the brouhaha, Mama Rainbow has revealed that she has traveled to the holy city, of Jerusalem. The veteran Yoruba actress, who is worried about the ongoing protests among Nigerians, revealed she is currently interceding on behalf of Nigeria and hoped the issues would have been sorted prior to her return. “I’m in Jerusalem all because of you NIGERIA 🇳🇬 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬😡🤔😢😢😭😭😭😢😢😢🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🤔🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭😭😭😭🤯🤯🤬🤬😡😡😡🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬”, she said as she shared a video of herself in a white garment in a video shared. However, some netizens have mocked the actress over her move and prayers for Nigeria. @Prince commented: “rayer ya being prayin since 1945 😂. we need to pray to ogun lakaye this time he fastly answer prayer than strange jesus 😍👏 Na everyday una dey go church,mountain pray for nigeria na stil be same 🚶♀️ using bible and dem quran. swea nothing hapPen 👏 people need to Wise up”. @adebayorsey also wrote, “Mama we didn’t need prayer anymore nah common sense will need , God has already gave us everything, we didn’t need prayer for bad Government we choose them , if we want better Nigeria we need to choose as well , mama comot for sun go and relax we love you”. @sent_onemedia: “I’m sorry but how will God in Jerusalem answer for Nigeria. Nigeria will have to solve her problem just as Jerusalem did.”. @ay_baba: “Our mumu too much @Sirthermo “Get your pvc and Vote the right and best candidate (PO), no polling unit in Jerusalem.”. Watch the video below… 
