No fewer than 85 candidates, who will be below 16 years by September have been offered admission by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The candidates were offered an admission after a rigorous and comprehensive screening process conducted under its exceptional admission policy. According to the Board, in a statement by its Public Communication…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a stark warning about the growing threat posed by sophisticated, technology-enabled malpractices, which are jeopardizing the integrity of Nigeria’s admission process. This announcement follows the findings from its Special Committee on Examination Infractions, which shared its report with JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede in Abuja. Dr….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that all candidates who uploaded their O-level results before the official release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results must return to accredited centers to re-upload their credentials. In its weekly news bulletin released on Monday, JAMB clarified that it has cleared…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a special committee to investigate instances of technology-driven malpractice uncovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The inauguration of the 23-member Special Committee On Examination Infraction took place on Monday in Abuja. JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, expressed deep concern about the increasing sophistication…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a dedicated committee to oversee the admissions process for underage candidates, which was announced by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during the committee’s inaugural meeting in Bwari, FCT. Oloyede explained the committee’s role in determining the selection process for what he termed “specially gifted candidates.” He…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the minimum admission scores for the 2024/2025 academic session in Nigeria. During a policy meeting held in Abuja, stakeholders, including heads of tertiary institutions, agreed that the cut-off mark for universities will be set at 150. For polytechnics and colleges of education, the acceptable minimum score…
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the no-case submission filed by Dibu Ojerinde, the former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Ojerinde is facing an 18-count charge related to an alleged ₦5.2 billion fraud. “The witnesses presented by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
The result of the resit 2025 Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted for over 300,000 candidates affected by system glitches has been released, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed. The Board, while disclosing this on Sunday via its official X (formerly Twitter), in a statement signed by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed plans for a new round of mop-up examinations to accommodate the over 5.6 percent of candidates who were unable to participate in the just-concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). During a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede stated that this…
The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has officially called for the resignation of Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), following the widespread failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This demand was made in a statement released by the Caucus Leader, Rep. Igariwey…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially acknowledged significant errors that adversely affected the performance of candidates during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted across various centers in the country. In a heartfelt media briefing held in Abuja, JAMB Registrar Ishaq Oloyede stated, “Once again, we apologise and assure you that…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following numerous public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and abnormally low scores. In a statement released by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the Board acknowledged the “unusual volume of complaints” received since the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). During a press briefing in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, revealed that “39,834 results remain unreleased due to suspected examination malpractices.” Oloyede disclosed that of the more than 1.9 million candidates who took the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed disturbing statistics regarding the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), noting that over 75 percent of candidates scored below 200. This information was disclosed in an official report released on Monday. Out of a total of 1,955,059 registered candidates, only 420,415 achieved scores of 200 and…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced a new commencement date for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which will now begin on Thursday, April 24, 2025, instead of the originally planned date of Friday, April 25, 2025. This change was communicated in a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor,…
In a bid to support education, the Omar Bolaji Gambari Foundation has distributed free JAMB UTME forms to students across all 16 local government areas of Kwara State. The initiative, according to a statement made available to The Informant247 on Monday, aims to help students from different backgrounds, ensuring that financial constraints do not stop…
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The Dele Shittu Foundation (DSF) has launched its first educational initiative for 2025, offering a JAMB scholarship to support students across Kwara State. Announcing the program, Mr. Toyeeb Ibrahim (MBA), Manager of DSF, stated that the scholarship will cover JAMB registration fees for eligible candidates from all three senatorial districts—Kwara North, Kwara South, and Kwara…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has postponed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration scheduled to commence Friday, January 31, 2025 (today) until Monday, February 3, to “allow the Board to implement essential adjustments to its registration templates.” The Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, while disclosing this in a statement posted on its…
Following the suspension of admission into the Law programme at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the management of the institution has assured that the recent one-year ban does not affect students currently running their programmes in its Faculty of Law. Dr Saeedat Aliyu, the Acting Director,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the suspension of the Law admission in eight universities. Fabian Benjamin, the JAMB spokesman, while announcing the development in a statement on Wednesday, said the decision was taken following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws programme by the Council of Legal Education for the 2025/2026 academic…
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has cleared the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board of alleged misappropriation of funds in its 2024 budget implementation. According to the committee chairman, Senator Sani Musa, in a statement on Thursday, the board was erroneously accused of reckless spending, given the documents submitted to the committee by JAMB,…
….as the board remits over N6bn to FG The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that no fewer than N50 billion in the last seven years have been committed to the national treasury under the leadership of its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede. According to the board’s weekly bulletin released on Monday by…
In preparation for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the commencement of the accreditation of centres across the thirty-six states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to a statement by Fabian Benjamin, the JAMB’s spokesperson, JAMB, affirmed the importance of meeting stipulated requirements for…
The University of Ilorin has emerged the overall winner of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M). The award comes with a total sum of N500 million naira prize money. The announcement and the award ceremony took place shortly after the 2024 policy meeting on admissions into tertiary…
Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, conducted a supervisory visit to schools in the Kwara South Senatorial District, commending schools and students for their exceptional performance in recent JAMB exams. During her tour of schools in Irepodun, Offa, and Oyun LGAs, Commissioner Kawu monitored the conduct of the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME. The Informant247 had earlier reported that no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country. Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of JAMB, announced the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday, announced the extension of the Direct Entry registration till further notice. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor of the board, while disclosing this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the decision was to ensure that no Nigerian child is denied access…
No fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said. Oloyede, while stating this on Wednesday in Kaduna, during an inspection of the Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing 2024 UTME…
Some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have been sanctioned for demanding that a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Lagos must remove her headgear. According to reports, the officials at one of the examination centres had insisted that the removal of the hijab by the candidate was a…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has directed the 2024 UTME candidates to reprint the UTME Notification Slip, showing the candidates’ date, venue and time of their examination. According to a statement by JAMB spokesperson Dr Fabian Benjamin on Thursday, the board urged candidates who have registered for the UTME scheduled to commence on…
