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Senate reduces UTME registration fee to N2, 500, extends validity period to 3yrs

The Senate today passed a resolution reducing the registration fee of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to N2,500 from N5,650 that was paid by prospective university students this year. At the plenary session today, the senators recommended the extension of the validity period of the UTME to three academic year. The resolution was taken following the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund on the inquiry into the new admission policy of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). They also resolved t

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Steve Job’s Seiko Watch Sells at Auction for $42,500

A quartz Seiko watch isn’t exactly the most remarkable of timepieces, nor is it usually highly valued by collectors — unless, of course, it was owned by the late, great Steve Jobs and worn in one of the Apple co-founder’s most iconic photos. At a recent auction for Steve Jobs memorabilia, a nondescript quartz Seiko wristwatch from the 1980s was sold for a head-scratching $42,500, a figure that was almost certainly inflated in light of its historic status. (more…)

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