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UTME fraud: NANS commends JAMB on sanctity, seeks pardon for Anambra pupil

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has commended Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-led Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for maintaining the integrity and sanctity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, it conducts. NANS, in a statement issued by the Vice President, External Affairs, Comrade Akinteye Afeez, also called on body to pardon for Miss…

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Reps move to investigate recruitment into NSITF, other agencies under Labour ministry The Informant247

Mmesoma: Reps set up probe committee, direct JAMB to stay punitive action

The House of Representatives on Wednesday waded into the alleged forgery of the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result by Ejikeme Mmesoma. The Informant247 gathered that the resolution was reached following a motion moved by Awaji-Inombek Abiante on the floor of the House. It could be recalled that Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary…

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Investigations into Anambra pupil’s result falsification concluded – Oloyede

…says not only Mmesoma detected for forgery Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday, said that the Board had concluded investigations on the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidate, who was accused of fraudulently inflating her 2023 UTME score. Oloyede made this disclosure in a…

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Alleged fake result: JAMB bans Anambra pupil for three years

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday, said it has banned Mmesoma Ejikeme, an Anambra pupil who was accused of inflating 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result from taking the board’s examinations for three years, insisting that the pupil forged her result adding that the board concluded high-level investigations before coming to the…

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Alleged forged result: I printed my result from JAMB portal, Anambra candidate, Mmesoma reacts

A student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State, Ejikeme Mmesoma, accused of inflating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, has denied the allegation. It could be recalled that the JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Sunday, had said that the widely celebrated student over 362 score, said to be the…

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JAMB adopts 140 minimum point for universities, 100 for others

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Saturday, announced the National Minimum Tolerable score for admission into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education as 140, 100 and 100 respectively. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, while disclosing this at the 2023 Policy Meeting of Tertiary Institutions in Abuja, added that all institutions must abide…

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JAMB considers using mobile phones for UTME, DE

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations, on Saturday, said that it is planning a “Bring Your Own Device” initiative for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations and the Direct Entry Examinations. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Board, while making this known during the 2023 policy meeting ongoing in Abuja at the National Judicial Institute,…

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”At the post-examination analysis held to conduct a post mortem of the examination, the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed that the mock- examination, conducted in 757 centres across the nation, was held with little or no hitches.  He stated that the board was primed to deliver the most seamless examination ever, come May 6.     The statement also quoted the Registrar as advising proprietors of Computer-Based Tests (CBT) centres nationwide, not to rest on their oars, but consolidate on the success recorded in the mock exercise.  Oloyede added that the centres must deliver a better outcome in the main examination in May.  He reiterated that the mock examination was instituted to principally test its facilities and ascertain its readiness for the main UTME.  It was also instituted, he explained, to provide candidates with the opportunity to experience the testing system and how to apply it in the main examination.  ” Taking the mock examination had proved to be one of the most effective tests of readiness for the main examination, ” Oloyede said.  NAN reports that a total of 1.8 million candidates had been registered for this year’s main UTME The Informant247

2023: JAMB releases UTME results, explains how to check results

On Tuesday, May 2nd, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) made accessible the results of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The results of the external examination conducted last Monday and Tuesday were released on Tuesday, May 2nd. This was announced in a statement released by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, of…

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2021 UTME: JAMB issues advice to candidates with incomplete registration

2023 UTME: JAMB fixes Saturday for candidates with hitches

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, 6th May, 2023 for candidates who could not sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) owing to technical issues. The Informant247 recalls that The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), last week Tuesday rescheduled the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates who…

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JAMB has no power to decide over varsities admissions: ASUU The Informant247

JAMB reveals date to release 2023 UTME results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that it would begin to release the results for candidates who participated in this year Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as from Tuesday, May 2, 2023. This was revealed in a statement released by spokesperson of the Board Dr. Fabian Benjamin on Monday May 1. Benjamin…

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JAMB has no power to decide over varsities admissions: ASUU The Informant247

UTME: 66,000 out of 947,000 candidates faced technical problems within 2 days ― JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said that about 947,000 candidates sat for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) within two days. The Board said about 60,000 candidates were affected by technical issues and would be retaking the examination. This was revealed by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr…

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Key witness in ex-JAMB registrar, Ojerinde’s trial over alleged N5.2b dies

Dr. Jimoh Olabisi, the key witness in the alleged N5.2 billion fraud trial of former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Jibu Ojerinde, Dr. Jimoh Olabisi Olatunde, has been announced dead. Olatunde, who happened to be Ojerinde’s kinsman and trusted confidant, from Igboho in Oyo State, served as the Accountant/Deputy Director…

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2023 mock-UTME: Notification slips ready for printing from March 23 — JAMB tells candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered its candidates, who put in for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) optional Mock-UTME slated for Thursday, March 30, to start printing their notification slips from Thursday 23, 2023. According to the JAMB Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, all candidates who put in…

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