The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced three key requirements that candidates must fulfil to be included in the National Matriculation List. The announcement, made during its 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, follows mounting concerns over admission irregularities that recently affected thousands of graduates across the country. According to the new directive, candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised questions about the UTME 2025 result of Chinedu Christian Okeke, who scored the highest mark of 375. JAMB suspects something is wrong and is investigating possible foul play. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, stated that Okeke had already been admitted to study medicine at the University
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 150 as the new minimum cut-off score for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025/2026 academic session. For polytechnics and colleges of education, the cut-off is 100, while colleges of nursing sciences have a cut-off of 140 marks. The matriculation board made this announcement through its
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 accused of possessing a fake admission. Legit.ng reported that Basola, who graduated in 2024, stated that he sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has overseen the staff promotion exams for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). In a statement, JAMB spokesman Fabian Benjamin said that Prof. Oloyede thanked TETFund and other agencies for entrusting JAMB to conduct the exams. He also appreciated the Nigerian Maritime
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has issued a directive barring candidates found guilty of examination malpractice from sitting for any external examinations for three years. The directive, outlined in a letter to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), was communicated by JAMB’s Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Tuesday. It
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the results of the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released on Wednesday, May 21 2025. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this while addressing journalists on the outcome of the rescheduled examinations, which were conducted between Friday and
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu, has called for an independent audit of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) following technical and administrative challenges during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Kalu emphasised the need for JAMB to develop a more
Nigerian politician and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has called for the immediate scrapping of JAMB, NYSC, TETFund, and NELFUND, describing the agencies as “extracurricular bureaucratic busybodies.” Sowore made the call in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday, reacting to JAMB’s admission that technical glitches had affected the performance of several candidates
The much-anticipated 2025 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results are set to be released soon, with candidates eagerly awaiting the outcome of their examinations. The examination body oversees university admissions in Nigeria and is expected to announce the release date in the coming days. JAMB conducts the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) annually, and
