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Nigerian Lawyer Wins as Court Gives Order to JAMB on 16-Year Minimum Age Policy

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Good day ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to today Episode on ayoungisedutrend. My name is Zainab from ayoungisedutrend , On today Episode we will be chatting on A high court in Delta state has issued a restraining order against JAMB's 16-year minimum age policy for university admissions, pending further hearing A lawyer, John Aikpokpo-Martins, filed the suit on behalf of young candidates who passed the 2024 JAMB exams but fell below the age threshold Justice Anthony Akpovi granted the order to pause JAMB's directive, allowing an accelerated hearing.   Warri, Delta state - The Delta state high court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from implementing its policy requiring a minimum age of 16 for university admissions. ayoungisedutrend  gathers that this decision was made pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed against JAMB.  A high court in Delta state has issued a restraining order ag...

WAEC Announces Date for Commencement of Computer-Based WASSCE 2024

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Good day ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to today Episode on ayoungisedutrend On today Episode we will talking about The West African Examinations Council(WAEC). The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the commencement date for the 2024 November/December WASSCE CBT The examination board disclosed that the CBT will commence from Friday, October 25 to Friday, December 20, 2024 According to WAEC, The examination will adopt the hybrid mode of delivering the Nov/Dec WASSCE for Private Candidates  Yaba, Lagos state - The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024– Second Series will commence from Friday, October 25 to Friday, December 20, 2024.  WAEC also announced that the registration period had been extended to Tuesday, October 29, 2024.  Computer-based WASSCE will start on Friday, October 25  According to The Punch, this is conta...

UNIBEN Veterinary Medicine Faculty Shut Down, Reasons Surface

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Good day ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to today Episode on ayoumgisedutrends. My nameis Zainab from ayoungisedutrend as you all now, on today episode we will be chatting about UNIBEN Veterinary Medicine Faculty Shut Down, Reasons Surface. This headline is intriguing! It immediately raises several questions: What does shut down mean? Is the faculty completely closed? Are classes suspended? Are students being sent home? What are the reasons for the shutdown?  This is the most important question. Is it a temporary closure due to a specific incident, or a longer-term closure due to a more systemic issue? What are the implications for students and faculty? How are students being affected by the shutdown? What are the plans for the future of the faculty?  Reasons behinde the shotdown are: The Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) has visited some universities in Nigeria to check their standard of running the programme The council shut down the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Un...

Admission Of Candidates With Minimum Admisible Age Of (16) Sixteen Years

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Good day ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to today Episode on ayoungisedutrends   On today Episode we will be talking about issues of minimum age of admission nation's tertlary institutions was deliberated and decided at the 2024 policy meeting to be 16 years old for the 2024/2025 academic session. Subsequently, the cut-off date was puton the 31st of December 2024. This statement is clear and concise, but it could be improved for clarity and inclusivity. Here are some suggestions. "Improved Statement" "Candidates must be at least sixteen years old to be eligible for admission." *Explanation of Changes:* *Active Voice:* Instead of "Admission of candidate," the sentence uses "Candidates must be," which is more direct and active. *Clearer Language:* "Minimum admissible age" is replaced with "at least sixteen years old," which is easier to understand. *Inclusivity:* "Candidate" is replaced with "Candidates," r...

Jonathan Faults Supreme Court Verdict Which Led to Oshiomhole's Removal as APC Chairman

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 Good day ladies andgentlemen! Welcome to today Episode on  ayoungisedutrends My name is Zainab from ayoungisedutrends . On today Episode we weill be talking about  Goodluck Jonathan that has faulted the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole by his ward in Edo state Recall that the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court judgment, which led to the removal of the former APC national chairman from his position in 2020 Jonathan urged the apex court to review the judgment, adding that it is the root of the crisis in the PDP today. Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed worries over disturbing judgments from Nigerian courts, particularly in political cases. He made his concerns known at Prof. Mike Ozekhome's 67th birthday celebration in Abuja. Jonathan specifically criticised the Supreme Court's decision allowing a ward chairman to suspend a national party chairman. Supreme Court affirmed Oshiomhole's   removal Recall that the S...

FG warns of imminent flooding along Rivers Benue, Niger

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Good ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to today Episode On  ayoungisedutrends   On today Episode will we talking about the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA) has issued an urgent flood warning to communities along the River Benue and River Niger, following significant rises in water levels due to continuous rainfall. In a statement on Thursday, NHSA’s Director General, Umar Mohammed, urged residents near the riverbanks to evacuate, as water levels in the River Benue have reached critical points. He noted that water gauge data from key stations such as Lokoja, Umaisha, Makurdi, and Ibbi show consistently high levels, exceeding 9 meters between October 9 and October 15. “The map shows critical flood-prone zones across Nigeria, particularly around stations along the River Benue and River Niger. “Makurdi, in particular, has recorded dangerously high water levels, with Lokoja and other stations also nearing flood thresholds,” Mohammed stated. The agency also warned that the m...

Peller and Jarvis Attack Man Who Spoke Against Their Collaborations, Dumping AI Niche

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Good day ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to today Episold on  ayoungisedutrends On today Episode,we will be talking about Nigerian content creators, Influencer Habeeb Hamzat, aka Peller, and Jarvis, best known as Elizabeth Aminata Amadu, have replied to a man who spoke ill of their work recently.   previously reported that Nigerians had varying views about the now-confirmed relationship between Habeeb' Peller' Hamzat and Amadou' Jarvis' Elizabeth Aminata.   The duo became the topic of the media space when they kissed on stage during the Pulse Influencer Awards. The event unsettled many and triggered numerous comments online.   A popular techie on X known as Salako shared his view about Jarvis, to which many others contributed. He noted that Jarvis' association with Peller makes no sense, especially after she abandoned her thriving 'untapped' niche.   Reacting to the viral statement, Peller and Jarvis, during a live TikTok video, hurled insults at t...

Three economists awarded Nobel for pioneering research on institutions, economic prosperity

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Good day ladies and gentlement! Welcome back to  ayoundizedutrends. We are delighted to come back here for you guys.Today we willbe talking about the successful  Three economists awarded Nobel Prizes for pioneering research on institutions, economic prosperity. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago, have been awarded the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The trio was recognised “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity,” according to the press release published on the Nobel Prize website on Monday. According to the release, the groundbreaking research by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson highlights the critical role that societal institutions play in determining a country’s economic success.Their findings reveal that nations with inclusive, stabl...