The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has clarified that candidates are not required to remove their hijabs during registration, following a video that raised concerns about alleged discrimination against Muslim candidates at Afe Babalola University. In a video shared by social media user AsakyGRN, a man lamented that his sister …
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JAMB panel uncovers over 6,000 AI, biometric malpractices
The Special Committee on Examination Infractions set up by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has uncovered more than 6,000 cases of technology-enabled malpractices in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The committee’s chairman, Dr. Jake Epelle, disclosed the findings while presenting its report in Abuja on Monday. Epelle said …
Read More »FUEK opens JAMB Portal for Admission
The Federal University of Education, Kontagora (FUEK) has announced the opening of its Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) portal for candidates who wish to change their institution of choice. The announcement is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the university’s …
Read More »JAMB awards N710m to 6 Institutions
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has awarded N710 million to six tertiary institutions during this year’s National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M). Speaking on how the winners emerged, JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, said the board judged the institutions by five criteria. He said this in Abuja on …
Read More »BREAKING: FG approves new Admission Age Into Tertiary Institutions At 16
The federal government has officially pegged entry admission year into the nation’s tertiary institutions at age 16. This came as the government warned that any admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be illegal and perpetrators would be prosecuted. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said …
Read More »BREAKING: JAMB releases mop-up results
…Gives updates on fake admission The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results from its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on June 28. In a statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday, the …
Read More »JAMB to sanction 11 CBT Centres over Irregularities in 2025 UTME
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended tough penalties for 11 Computer‑Based Test (CBT) centres found culpable of examination infractions in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during a stakeholder meeting on examination infractions in Abuja on Tuesday, June …
Read More »JAMB Releases Results of 2025 UTME Resit Exams
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the recently conducted 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at impacted centres. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said of …
Read More »2025 UTME: Ondo School Records Dominant Performance, As Top Student Scores 362, Others get 300/400 marks
Dominion Science Academy, Owo, Ondo State is in a celebratory mood as eleven students scored over 300 marks in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The results of the duo of Arokoyo Oluwafemi Daniel and Odewale Phillip Ebunoluwa were quite impressive. While Daniel scored 77 in English Language, 96 …
Read More »Mass Failure: UTME Candidates to Sue JAMB for Technical Glitches
THOUSANDS of candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are set to file a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, following widespread complaints of technical glitches and incomplete questions that allegedly marred the exam. Last week, JAMB announced that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 …
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