The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has screened 176 exceptional candidates below the age of 16 who scored 320 and above in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exercise, held simultaneously in Abuja, Lagos, and Owerri, followed JAMB’s new policy enforcing the 16-year minimum age requirement for university admission. However, the screening
The University of Ilorin has released details of its registration procedure for the 2025/2026 Post-UTME screening exercise. In a statement made available to reporters in Ilorin by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, mnipr, disclosed that “registration for the Post-UTME Screening Exercise commenced on Monday, July 28, 2025, and it will end
JAMB has held the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in seven countries outside Nigeria. The examination was conducted on July 12, 2025. This move is part of JAMB’s plan to encourage Nigerians living abroad and international students to apply for admission into Nigerian universities. The countries where the examination was held include the United
JAMB has uncovered major issues surrounding Chinedu Okeke, the top scorer in the 2025 UTME. According to the board, Okeke is from Lagos State, not Anambra as widely claimed online. JAMB said this was confirmed through data from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). It was also revealed that Okeke is already a 400-level medical
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised the alarm over the growing threat of digital examination fraud in Nigeria, revealing that more than 3,000 cases are currently under investigation. Speaking in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, described the development as both alarming and sophisticated, warning that the trend poses a serious risk
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that only the results from the recently conducted rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be considered valid. JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Fabian Benjamin, stated that the earlier results had been invalidated, and only the resit results would be recognised. “You cannot have two results. One
A socio-cultural group called Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative (CPE) has urged the Federal Government to find lasting solutions to ongoing issues with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Speaking at a webinar attended by education experts, tech innovators, and parents, the group discussed the public outcry over the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
The Imo State Governor and Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma, has called on the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) to intensify investigations into the suspected hacking of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) website. Governor Uzodimma made the call in a statement on Saturday, in
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has strongly criticised lawmakers from the Southeast region and academic staff at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), for calling on the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, to resign. This follows technical issues that disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that 379,997 candidates will retake the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) due to technical issues that compromised their initial test sessions. During a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede made this disclosure. He explained that the decision
