The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rolled out stringent procedures for screening exceptional Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates who are still under the age of 16 for admission into Nigerian universities in the 2025/2026 academic session. The JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who made this known during a virtual meeting with vice
A notable achievement of this year’s Policy meeting of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is the consensus on the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into tertiary institutions countrywide. While the meeting marked a concerted effort to harmonise and stabilise issues of admission, the nagging issues of autonomy and maintenance of education standards remain
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has prosecuted a total of 110 people for examination malpractice. According to the examination body, 70 people were prosecuted between 2019 and 2024, and 10 people were convicted. Recently, JAMB mentioned that it was preparing to prosecute over 60 individuals for misconduct during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has collaborated with the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) to provide affordable housing units for its members nationwide. In a bulletin issued on Monday, July 28, 2025, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB’s Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, mentioned that the collaboration will make home ownership easier for JAMB employees. As
Chinedu Okeke, the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has shared the discipline, consistency, and sacrifices that earned him a remarkable score of 375. Okeke, 20, a graduate of St. Jude’s Private School, Festac, attributed his success to early preparation and structured learning. “I read almost every day from 4 pm
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, through the Nigeria Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (NIPEDS), has exposed 520 fake A-level results that candidates used for Direct Entry Admissions in the country. In an interview, Prof. Yahuza Bello, the NIPEDS Chairman, stated that the fake results were discovered during the verification of certificates for some Direct
Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), have agreed to settle Ojerinde’s fraud case out of court. Eteya Ogana, Ojerinde’s lawyer, revealed that though the ₦5.2 billion case was supposed to open on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, both parties
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has uncovered 9,469 fake admissions across 20 tertiary institutions in Nigeria for the 2024 academic session. The examination board revealed that the admissions were outside the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS). According to Mr. Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education, such an admission, “regardless of its intentions, is illegal.” Some
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reactivated the portal of Jamiu Basola, a Civil Engineering graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, after he was previously flagged for possessing a fake admission. Basola, who graduated in 2024 with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.41, said he sat for the Unified Tertiary
Bells University of Technology, Ota, has been officially approved by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as an authorised centre for the decentralised Direct Entry (DE) registration process for the 2025/2026 academic session. This significant development is part of JAMB’s strategic initiative to reduce congestion at its Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) and Professional Centres
