Kaduna State University (KASU) has directed all candidates who completed Post-UTME registration for the 2025/2026 academic session to upload their O’Level results on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) portal without delay. The university said the upload is a mandatory requirement for admission processing, warning that failure to comply could affect candidates’ chances of
A Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) committee has uncovered a large-scale cheating scandal involving 6,319 candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Presenting its report in Abuja on Monday, the committee, chaired by Dr Jake Epelle, said the malpractice was sophisticated and enabled by technology. It documented 4,251 cases of “finger blending”,
The Oyo State chapter of the Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) has suspended its Secretary, Ogundokun Olufunso, for calling for a five-year single term for registrars of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Olufunso, in a recent interview, had argued that the non-renewable five-year tenure would block loopholes. He also faulted JAMB’s policy,
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced more challenging entry conditions for candidates below the standard admission age, escalating a long-running debate over regulation and readiness in Nigeria’s tertiary admissions. Under the new measures, “underage” applicants must score at least 320/400 in UTME, attain 80% in a single sitting of WAEC or NECO
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has again notified tertiary institutions in the country of the Federal Government’s specific deadlines for admissions into the 2025/2026 academic session. In its Weekly Bulletin on Monday, JAMB stated that according to the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, public universities are expected to complete their admissions by
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed public universities in Nigeria to wrap up the 2025 admission processes by October 31, 2025. In addition, the board stated that private universities should also finalise their admission processes by November 30, 2025. Other tertiary institutions, whether private or public, should complete admission by November 30,
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a special committee to investigate 6,458 cases of technology-driven malpractice detected during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The 23-member panel was inaugurated on Monday in Abuja by JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who expressed concern over the increasing sophistication of examinationm fraud. “This year
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set up a 23-member committee to investigate cases of high-tech cheating discovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who inaugurated the panel in Abuja, said the results of 6,458 candidates are currently being withheld over suspected involvement in technology-driven malpractice.
University of Ilorin 2023 best graduating student with CGPA of 4.97, Ayodeji Akinsanya, has begun a fully funded Doctor of Philosophy programme in Mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States, where he will also serve as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Akinsanya, who arrived in the United States three weeks ago, described the new
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended 11 Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centres and their registrants for sanction due to fingerprint irregularities during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The leadership of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with some critical stakeholders, hereby recommends that Any registrant who has registered more than 50
