answers: 1978
context: NIFES saw the beginning of the evangelical students movement in Nigeria which started when some British graduates from the Inter-Varsity Fellowship of the UK iniatiated annual camps through which a number of African students’ leaders emerged and caught a vision for starting students groups, and there was a need to start an evangelical movement in Africa. The Pan-African Fellowship of Evangelical Students (PAFES) came into being with a vision to encourage national movements in all the countries involved with her in the African continent. The first Nigerian PAFES conference was held at Ilesha from 31 August to 4 September 1967. </s> this new plan was the erection of the school building to be named the Cox Memorial Auditorium - (for Melville B. Cox, in observance of the Methodist Mission work he started.) In 1904, by an act of the Liberian Legislature, the college was officially recognized and confirmed as the College of West Africa. By 1925, as a result of the grave personnel and financial difficulties, and political interference, the College was forced to close its collegiate department, but continued to function as a secondary school with the appointment of the Rev. R. L. Embree as its new president. Rev. Embree </s> Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions. The board conducts entrance examinations for prospective undergraduates into Nigerian universities. The board is also charged with the responsibility to administer similar examinations for applicants to Nigerian public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and colleges of educations. All of these candidates must have obtained the West Africa School Certificate, now West African Examinations Council, WAEC, or its equivalent, National Examination Council (Nigeria), NECO. The pioneer Registrar was Mr. Michael Saidu Angulu who served from inception in 1978 to 1986. Every
question: when was the first jamb conducted in nigeria