The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has condemned the decision of officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to walk out of an oversight session at the National Assembly on Wednesday. The Committee, chaired by Hon. Oboku Oforji had invited JAMB to defend its 2023–2024 budget performance, internally […]
By Babatunde Opalana The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja on Tuesday released the official minimum cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the 2025 academic session. The examination body made announcement at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. According to […]
…bemoans low turn out at UTME mop- up examination By Tunde Opalana Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed that the examination body has made a strange discovery of students disguising as albinos to perpetrate malpractices. He said the latest plot deployed by cheats is false declaration as albino […]
By Tunde Opalana To effectively conclude the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it will conduct a mop- up examination on Saturday, June 28, 2025 for a total of 96,838 candidates. The coming examination, the examination body said, applies strictly to the 2025 UTME […]
By Agency Report The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 UTME reset examination conducted for candidates affected by technical glitches during the main exams. In a statement issued on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the board confirmed that the resist, which was meant […]
By Msugh Ityokur The House of Representatives committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has called for an independent and thorough investigation into the errors that occured during the recently conducted University Tertiary Matriculations Examinations, UTME “We are all aware of the unfortunate situation that our children faced during the UTME/JAMB exams, a situation that […]
By Our Reporter The South East Senate Caucus (SESC) has expressed concern over the recent JAMB examination glitch in some centers in Lagos and the entire South East region, describing the incident as “curious and highly suspicious.” In a statement by its Chairman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the caucus hinted at a possible conspiracy to harm […]
By Tunde Opalana A group under the aegis of Fix PDP to Fix Nigeria Group has demanded immediate sack of both the Minister of Education, Mr. Tunji Alausa and the Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede for crisis of confidence over the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The […]
By Our Reporter A tragic accident on the Oyo-Ogbomoso road in Oyo State has claimed the lives of several students who were on their way to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. In a video clip seen by SaharaReporters, the incident occurred on the morning of Saturday. It involved a commercial […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all institutions to disclose within one month, details of all candidates they illegally admitted prior to 2017, or risk recognition and condonment. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Communication Advisor (CPA), disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Sunday, in Abuja. Benjamin said […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pegged the 2024/2025 admission cut-off marks for universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COE) at 140, 100 and 100 respectively. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was speaking at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Abuja on Thursday. Oloyede said that the policy […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says a supplementary 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 24,535 candidates has been scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 2024 for some candidates. This is disclosed in a statement to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the rescheduled examination, taking […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who participated in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with 64,624 results under investigation. The Board Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this at a news conference in Bwari on Monday. Oloyede said that 1,989,668 candidates registered for the examinations held in […]
BY ADA DIKE The umbrella body of the national examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was established in 1978 to test and admit would-be undergraduates that want to study in tertiary institutions (monotechnics, polytechnics and universities) in Nigeria. The validity of the results is one year. Since May 2014, the UTME is now […]
A committee has been established by the House of Representatives to investigate discrepancies in the remittances of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to the Federal Government. Naija News understands that the decision was made due to the non-reconciliation found in the records of the examination body and the account of the Office of […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has paid the sum of N1.4bn naira to owners of Non-JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide for the services they rendered during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was contained in a statement by Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Protocols, JAMB […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that its 2023 Direct Entry e-PIN sales will close on Saturday, May 26, 2023. In a statement the acting director of Public Affairs, JAMB,Fabian Benjamin, also stated that registration of those who obtained the e-PIN ends on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 The exam […]
Says, DE, UTME candidates can now sit for same exam By Doosuur Iwamb Again, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) has remitted N2billion as its interim surplus for the 2023 operating year, more would be remitted as its operations for the years are completed. This was contained in a statement by Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head […]
Says, students will be integrated into nation’s universities By Doosuur Iwambe The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that they will provide necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. Speaking while playing host to Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike […]
JAMB has rescheduled examination for candidates who technical challenges prevented from writing the Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Tuesday. The board’s spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the declaration in Abuja on Tuesday after the board’s management meeting at the close of the first day of the examination. “Following the announcement, candidates who for technical […]