Izuchukwu Okosi
The Management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Friday announced a new date for the 2021 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The School made this disclosure a statement signed by Chief Chris Igbokwe, the Registrar of the university.
Igbokwe stated that the screening which was earlier scheduled to start on Monday Jan. 17, would now commence on Tuesday, Jan. 25 and end Jan. 29.
“The university wishes to inform candidates who made UNN their first-choice institution in the 2021 UTME, owing to compelling logistic reasons, the screening exercise earlier scheduled to commence on Monday Jan. 17, 2022 will now start on Tuesday Jan. 25,” he said.
According to the registrar, in Day 1 (Tuesday, January 25), the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, faculty of Biological Sciences and faculty of Business Administration will write the exam.
“On the second day Jan. 26, will be for Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
“The third day being Jan. 27 will be the turn of Faculty of Health Science & Technology and Faculty of Engineering.
“While faculty of Medical sciences and faculty of Law will write on the fourth day, Jan.28,” he said.
The last day on November 29 last day, would be a day for Faculty of Social Science, Mop-up and Direct entry candidates.
Igbokwe informed that UNN’s portal was still open for candidates who had not registered to do so.
A detailed timetable that contains venues for the screening would be made known.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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