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JAMB suspends admission into law programme of some selected varsities due to violation of procedures JAMB

JAMB suspends admission into law programme of some selected varsities due to violation of procedures

Offor Callistus January 29, 2025
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced the suspension of admission into the law programme of 8 universities over violation of regulatory procedures. The Board’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, announced the suspension in a statement on Wednesday. In Abuja Benjamin...
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NASU, ASCSN backs JAMB”s proposed increase in allocation for staff feeding in 2025 budget JAMB

NASU, ASCSN backs JAMB”s proposed increase in allocation for staff feeding in 2025 budget

Offor Callistus January 19, 2025
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Two major labour unions at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the National Association of Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), have thrown their full weight behind the proposed increase in allocation for staff...
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National Assembly absolves JAMB of alleged misappropriation JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede

National Assembly absolves JAMB of alleged misappropriation

Offor Callistus January 16, 2025
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has exonerated the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), of alleged misappropriation of funds in its 2024 budget implementation. Chairman of the committee, Sen . Sani Musa in a statement on Thursday, said the board was erroneously accused of reckless spendings, given...
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UTME 2019: Abuja court convicts ‘Professor’ for impersonation Court

UTME 2019: Abuja court convicts ‘Professor’ for impersonation

Offor Callistus November 3, 2024
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced ‘Professor’ Jide Josiah Jisos to six months in prison for impersonation during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It was reported that ‘Prof.’ Jisos was apprehended by officials of the Joint Admissions and...
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NNPCL, NLNG, FIRS, Delta, Lagos, JAMB, T-Pumpy, others partner GOCOP for 2024 conference  GOCOP Partners

NNPCL, NLNG, FIRS, Delta, Lagos, JAMB, T-Pumpy, others partner GOCOP for 2024 conference 

Bode September 21, 2024
More partners are lining up for the eighth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Delta State and Lagos State, as well as the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board...
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JEOG holds 1st Africa regional conference on equal of access to higher education in Abuja on Tuesday IMG 20240916 WA0049

JEOG holds 1st Africa regional conference on equal of access to higher education in Abuja on Tuesday

Offor Callistus September 16, 2024
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Equal opportunity Group (JEOG) will hold its First Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education (ARCEAHED), on Tuesday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the Idris AbdulKadir Conference Hall, National Universities Commission...
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Non mobilisation of HND students: JAMB admonishes NAPS to channel grievances to NYSC, others JAMB

Non mobilisation of HND students: JAMB admonishes NAPS to channel grievances to NYSC, others

Bode September 6, 2024
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to direct their hb grievances regarding the non-mobilisation of some Higher National Diploma (HND) students for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the appropriate authorities. Given the...
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Fake certificate: Uganda, Kenya write JAMB to demand students’ verification JAMB

Fake certificate: Uganda, Kenya write JAMB to demand students’ verification

Bode August 21, 2024
Following cases of fake certification recently detected by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), examination boards in Kenya and Uganda are now writing Nigeria to verify records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their respective countries. JAMB made this known in a document ‘Registrar’s Report...
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Stakeholders protest as education minister pegs 2024 admission age at 18 Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman

Stakeholders protest as education minister pegs 2024 admission age at 18

Bode July 18, 2024
    By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Stakeholders currently participating at the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting were rattled when the Minister of Education, Prof Mamman Tahir announced that candidates seeking admission into higher institutions must be 18 and above. Immediately the Minister made the...
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