President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on July 31, 2026. Professor Aina, who will be 40 in July, is a distinguished academic and systems expert with extensive …
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released 279 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results that had earlier been withheld for further investigation. The board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, confirmed the development on X on Thursday, noting that the latest release was in addition to results previously published by the board. According …
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Police operatives and JAMB have uncovered an examination malpractice syndicate during the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Warri, Delta. Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed the breakthrough on Friday during a news conference in Abuja. Placid said investigators acted after intelligence exposed attempts by criminal elements …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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…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 …
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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 …
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