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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of over 650 tertiary institutions in the country have agreed on cut-off marks for the 2018 admission exercise. The cut-off marks were part of decisions taken at the 2018 policy meeting by JAMB, university Vice Chancellors, Polytechnic Rectors and Provosts of Colleges of Education, and other heads of tertiary institutions. The policy meeting also approved that the 2018/2019 admission exercise will start on July 17 to October 15 (merit), second choice start October 17 and admission will end December 17. Based on appeal and vote by the heads of tertiary institutions, the policy meeting approved that private universities should end their admission by February ending. The 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was taken by 1, 653, 127mllion candidates. A breakdown showed that 1,558,686million (94.29%) candidates applied to universities, 24,524 (1, 48%) applicants picked colleges of educatio...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N133 million for the construction of a new computer based facility for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the council’s meeting in Abuja. Mr Shehu said the purchase of the computer based facility would enable JAMB take control of its examination processes to avoid leakages that usually affect the conduct of the examination “JAMB had ran their test for people who seek admission for universities using computer based testing agencies which has been attended by leakages over time.” Mr Shehu said JAMB has been able to set up infrastructure for conducting examinations but the board had realised that it had not sufficiently covered the grounds. “They have requested for government to buy up one of the CBT test organisations for N133 milli...

UEFA has banned AC Milan from the Europa League next season for violating financial fair play rules after the club took on risky levels of debt. “The club is excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next two (2) seasons,” UEFA said in a statement on Wednesday. The Italian club has already qualified for the Europa League from 2018-2019 so the ban will take effect from then. However, Milan said later Wednesday that they will appeal against the decision. “After taking note of the aforementioned ruling, AC Milan has instructed its legal team to appeal the decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, seeking for a prompt review of the ruling,” said a club statement. “AC Milan fully trusts the CAS will hear its arguments and will refrain from commenting further pending the arbitration.” UEFA announced last month that the seven-time European champions had failed to convince officials they ar...

Apple and Samsung have ended a years-long patent battle over copied iPhone design with an undisclosed settlement, according to a US court filing Wednesday.   The world’s two biggest smartphone makers reached a truce in their seven-year-old court battle a month after a federal court jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple some $539 million for copying patented iPhone features. That award was seen as a victory for Apple, which had argued in court that design was essential to the iPhone. Financial terms of the settlement were not revealed and neither company elaborated on the brief court order which dismissed the litigation dating back to 2011. “Whereas the court has been advised by the parties that the above-entitled action has been settled, all remaining claims and counterclaims in this case are hereby dismissed with prejudice,” US District Court Judge Lucy Koh wrote. When contacted by AFP for comment, Apple referred to a statement released last month after the jury ann...

Gear up for an action-packed Saturday at the World Cup, with Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba among those set to feature. There were victories for Uruguay and Iran plus a thrilling draw between Portugal and Spain on Friday, with eight more teams beginning their World Cup 2018 campaigns and there is a tournament debut for Iceland, who face the daunting prospect of Argentina (2pm). Peru will be making their first appearance at the World Cup since 1982 when they take on Denmark (5pm), with France kicking off the day at 11am as they take on Australia in Group C. Croatia and Nigeria also round off Saturday's bumper offering (8pm). Who's playing today? France v Australia (Group C) - Kazan, 11am Argentina v Iceland (Group D) - Moscow (Spartak), 2pm Peru v Denmark (Group C) - Saransk, 5pm Croatia v Nigeria (Group D) - Kaliningrad, 8pm What's the deal? Saturday kicks off with one of the World Cup favourites, France, taking on Australia in Group C, with the likes...