By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Government has declared that any admission into tertiary institutions conducted outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) is illegal. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this declaration at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja....
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised concerns about the authenticity of the result of Chinedu Okeke, the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Okeke scored 375, the highest score in the examination, and applied for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos. According...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Government has officially fixed the minimum entry age into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions at 16. Education Minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this declaration on Tuesday while speaking at the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja. The Minister...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on June 28. The board also provided an update on its ongoing crackdown on a widespread fake admission letter syndicate. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that over 80% of candidates eligible for the nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) failed to turn up for the exam. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, attributed the low turnout to intensified security measures targeting impersonators and exam cheats. “We...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, June 28, 2025, for the conduct of a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 96,838 candidates. In a statement released on Sunday by the Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended tough penalties for 11 Computer‑Based Test (CBT) centres and their registrants involved in fingerprint irregularities during registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the no-case submission filed by Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in an alleged N5.2 billion fraud case. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ruled that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has announced that the screening test for shortlisted applicants for the 77 Regular Course will be held on June 14. In a statement released on Thursday, the Academy Spokesman, Maj. Mohammad Maidawa, disclosed that the shortlist is based on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a warning to the public about fraudulent messages circulating via a spoofed version of its 66019 shortcode. These messages are instructing candidates to reprint their examination slips for a resit examination, despite having already sat for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its resit examination for candidates affected by the 2025 UTME technical error. The results from JAMB’s original 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination were released on May 9. An analysis showed that more...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced scholarship to Borno female indigenes who scored 250 and above in the 2025 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Zulum made the announcement on Saturday at the inauguration ceremony of new executive members of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- No fewer than 20 suspects are currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force, in Abuja, for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The suspects are part of...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it would conduct additional mop-up examinations for candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting with key stakeholders to address the challenges encountered during the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said there was no secret plot by the board to shortchange the South East. Prof. Oloyede, therefore, dismissed claims of conspiracy theories against a part of the country following the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has called for outright cancellation of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), requesting that a new date be fixed for a fresh UTME examination across the country. In a statement, Caucus leader, Igariwey Iduma Enwo...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Ebonyi has described the resit of the 2025 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as “inactive”. The group in collaboration with the Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room made the statement during a one-day match to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation...
South East Senate Caucus has expressed worries over the recent UTME examination glitch in some centres in Lagos and in the whole of South-East. The caucus, in a statement issued by its Chairman, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe on Saturday in Abuja, described the development as curious and highly suspicious. He...
Information Technology experts have attributed the recent technical glitch experienced during the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination to inadequate testing of the system. The experts spoke during a television broadcast monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday night. The experts said that the system...