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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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 …
Read More »JAMB: Blind Undergraduate caught Attempting to Write 2025 UTME for “blind candidate”
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed a case where an individual with a physical disability impersonated another candidate with a similar disability during the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who made the disclosure at a press conference on Friday in Abuja, …
Read More »Teenage Girl Sues JAMB for Alleged Hijab Ban During UTME
A teenage girl, Lawal Hameedat Adenike, has filed a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the PEFTI Computer-Based Test Centre, alleging that she was compelled to remove her hijab before sitting the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The suit, filed through her mother and legal …
Read More »UTME: Parents Speak on Poor Candidates’ Performance
SOME parents in Lagos State, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, expressed disappointment and concerns over the poor performance of candidates in the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Some parents said the low performance could be attributed to a number of issues. The UTME results were on Monday …
Read More »JAMB Releases Statistical Analysis of 2025 UTME Results
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the statistical analysis of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The statistical analysis was released on Monday via the board’s official X handle. From the statistics released, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME, more than …
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