The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Fabian Benjamin, the board’s national spokesperson, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday.

A total of 28,835 candidates participated in the supplementary examination, which was conducted on June 21 and 22, 2024.

Some of the participants were those who were unable to be biometrically verified during the main UTME while others were alleged to have been involved in exam malpractice.

Benjamin urged UTME candidates to refrain from soliciting score upgrades and generating fake results with higher scores.

“Some nefarious characters, who had attempted to impersonate bona fide candidates were apprehended and handed over to law enforcement agencies for further investigation and prosecution,” he said.

“The board would continue to ensure that no candidate benefits from any acts of infractions through the deployment of state-of-the-art technology before, during and after its examinations.

“Candidates are, therefore, urged in their interest to refrain from engaging in any form of irregularities during their examinations.”

Last month, the exam body released 36,540 withheld UTME results.

A father and his son were earlier arrested for alleged impersonation during the UTME.

To check their supplementary UTME results, candidates are to send UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019.

This is to be done on the same phone number with which they generated their profile codes at the start of registration.

Aisha Sani Maikudi, a professor of international law, has been appointed as the acting vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja).

Habib Yakoob, UniAbuja’s acting director of public relations, confirmed the appointment in an official statement on Thursday.

The appointment followed Maikudi’s nomination at a valedictory senate meeting held on the university’s main campus.

Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, the outgoing vice-chancellor whose tenure ended on June 30, said her appointment is in a temporary capacity.

He said it awaiting ratification by the university’s governing council.

Maikudi, in her acceptance speech, expressed gratitude to the senate members for their “strong support” for her.

Born on January 31, 1983, Maikudi is the youngest female professor of law in Northwestern Nigeria and at UniAbuja.

She attended Queens College, Lagos, where she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

She then proceeded to the University of Reading, graduating with an LLB in 2004, and earned an LLM from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 2005. She completed her PhD in International Law in 2015 from the University of Abuja.

Maikudi joined the UniAbuja as a Lecturer II on September 4, 2008, and rose to the rank of professor in 2022.

She was the first female deputy dean of the university’s law faculty in 2018 and later served as the pioneer director of the University of Abuja International Centre in 2019.

Maikudi has participated in numerous national and international conferences in countries including the UK, the US, South Africa, Germany, Italy, and Egypt.

She has also conducted extensive research on United Nations Law and has published prolifically in this area.

Maikudi is a member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the Nigerian Law Teachers Association (NLTA), and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has approved the disbursement of student loans to all successful applicants in its first rollout.

President Bola Tinubu enacted an initial version of the student loan policy in June 2023 to grant interest-free loans to students.

The scheme was to commence in October 2023 but implementation was repeatedly deferred until a re-enactment in April 2024.

NELFUND recently scheduled the opening of the pilot phase of the loan application and issuance portal for May 24.

The fund, in a statement on Thursday after its inaugural board meeting, approved the disbursement for its first rollout.

It said the approval of the loan is part of the organisation’s commitment to empowering students through financial support.

“By approving the immediate disbursement of the loans, NELFUND is taking a critical step in fulfilling its mission to support education and empower the next generation of leaders,” the fund added.

NELFUND had stated that the scheme’s pilot phase would only be open to federal tertiary institutions.

The fund also said the scheme would be open to state-owned tertiary institutions in its second rollout initially planned for June 25.

This second rollout was later postponed by 14 days to July 10 due to inadequate data.

NEFLUND said state-owned institutions failed to upload the required student and fee data to the verification system on its portal.