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.
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
Following the poor performance recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), many Nigerian universities may begin to accept candidates with JAMB scores as low as 140, 150, or 160, according to emerging reports. The development has caused anxiety among students nationwide, especially those who had hoped to gain admission into highly competitive institutions.
Contrary to the overall decline in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2025, over 21% of JEXTOBAN students scored above 300, making it a 100% success rate. JEXTOBAN’s management revealed that all their students scored above 200, while 49% scored between 250 and 299. According to Adedayo Ojo, Director of Planning and Strategy at JEXTOBAN,
A Nigerian civil society group, the Coalition for Nigeria’s Sustainable Growth (CNSG), has publicly defended the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, following the recent controversy over errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scores. The group commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for openly admitting to technical mistakes in the
The Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH) in Igbesa has expressed support for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, following the technical problems that affected the recent JAMB examination. In a letter signed by OGITECH’s Rector, Dr Abiodun Oluseye, the institute commended Oloyede for accepting responsibility for the examination glitches,
A science student, Nwaorah Chidindu Emmanuel, has achieved an outstanding improvement in his 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score after being asked to resit the examination. His initial result was 170, but after retaking the test, he scored an impressive 301. This comes after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) discovered an error
The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo, has given a total of N1,000,000 as education grants to Oluwi Oluseyi Matthew, who scored 337 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), and to the highest-scoring student in Mopamuro Local Government Area. N500,000 was awarded to Oluseyi, while another N500,000 was set
The Southeast Senate Caucus has raised the alarm over the technical glitches that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in several centres across the region and Lagos State. A statement on Saturday by Enyinnaya Abaribe, chairman of the caucus, described the disruptions as “curious and highly suspicious,” warning that a recurrence would be
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
