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Enugu State Government says it has cancelled this month’s sanitation exercise scheduled for Saturday to enhance candidates’ access to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination centres. Mrs Amaka Anajemba, Managing Director of Enugu State Government Waste Management Authority made this known on Friday in Enugu. Read Also: ASUU Dismisses FG’s N52.5bn, Says Strike Likely Soon Anajemba said, in a statement, that the state government had to cancel the exercise because all movement, especially vehicles, would be restricted between 6am and 10am. She, however, regretted any inconvenience the cancellation would have caused other residents of the state.  

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 25 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country for poor performance at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held nationwide on Saturday, June 19. A statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, by Dr Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson for JAMB, said the delisted centres failed during the conduct of the 2021 UTME held for one million applicants. “Candidates posted to any of these centres are required to await further directives by checking their profile, email addresses and SMS on their registered phone for a new date,” Benjamin said. The delisted centres were in 11 states and the FCT, with Lagos having the highest at 6, followed by Kaduna 4, Edo 3, Ondo 2, Plateau 2, FCT 2, and Oyo, Osun, Delta, Benu...