The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has opened the application portal for the first phase of the student loan scheme, for students from federal institutions across the country. The loan website which became active in the early hour of Friday had the scheme’s pilot phase opened to students...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Two students of MaryGold International School have displayed academic excellence, by emerging as shining stars in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB). Ms. Josephine Okon Thomas, 17, scored an impressive 357 out of...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the results were in addition...
JAMB says some candidates with high score may not secure admission The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said some candidates may not secure admission despite their high score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Spokesman of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in an interview with Arise...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMBb) has released additional 531 results of the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), taking the total number of results released to 1,842,897. This is contained in a statement by the Public Communication Advisor of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin on...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is excited over reports indicating that students from across public and private schools in Kwara are recording impressive results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Governor AbdulRazaq in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during an ongoing press briefing in Bwari, Abuja. Oloyede also noted that the...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the registration for Direct Entry has been extended till a later date. The Public Communication Advisor of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos....
The National Assembly has said it would come up with a robust legislation to support 18 years old as entry limit for admission into tertiary educational institutions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, said this at the ongoing monitoring of the 2024 Unified...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Members of Nigeria Senate on Tuesday put its weight behind the Federal Government move to pegg the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The support was made known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of the...
Lagos Coordinator, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun, has said the board would refund fees paid by deserving visually-impaired candidates for the purchase of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME forms. Olarenwaju, a former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), gave the assurance at the Distance Learning...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Monday that the Federal Government would consider the possibility of reviewing and pegging the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The Minister who gave the hint while monitoring the ongoing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its officials for asking a candidate wearing hijab to remove their headcover during the accreditation process before being allowed into the examination hall. JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in...
Parents of candidates who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) have complied with an order restricting them from coming close to any Computer-Based Centre (CBT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had directed all CBT centre...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has commended the public, especially parents, for their smooth conduct, noting that parents usually cause problems for students in previous exercises. Oloyode, who commended the parents while fielding questions from newsmen...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is partnering with the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF-NCCC) to address online scam-related issues seamlessly. To this end, bot assured candidates and the public of their firm dedication to ensuring a fair and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked all candidates, who have registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled to commence on Friday, 19th April 2024, to proceed to print the examination Notification Slip. The Board said the 2024...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the Direct Entry registration process. The board’s weekly bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede gave the figures when he received officials of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended by two weeks the ongoing registration for Direct Entry to enable all prospective candidates participate in the process. This is contained in a statement signed by JAMB Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Dr Fabian Benjamin,...