Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, has urged Nigerians to embrace integrity, courage, compassion and dedication to public service, saying the country needs more citizens who are willing to put national interest above personal considerations. Echono made the call in Ilorin on Monday,...
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As part of efforts at delivering on his resolve to provide swift and efficient service to the Board’s clients particularly, candidates desirous of tertiary education, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Segun Aina, has strengthened the Board’ Service Compact with All Nigerians (SERVICOM) Unit...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The newly appointed Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Segun Aina, on Monday unveiled an ambitious five-year strategic agenda designed to consolidate the Board’s achievements while transforming it into Africa’s most trusted, innovative and accessible assessment and admissions institution. Speaking...
Nigeria’s education community on Friday night celebrated the immediate past Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, as he formally bowed out after a decade of sweeping reforms that transformed the examination body into one of the country’s most transparent and accountable public institutions....
Outgoing Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, on Friday formally handed over the leadership of the examination body after a decade in office, expressing gratitude to God, successive administrations, stakeholders and JAMB staff for what he described as a transformative journey in...
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has renewed its call for stronger legal protection for whistleblowers, saying the case involving former Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) official, Yisa Usman, highlights the urgent need to strengthen safeguards for public officers who expose wrongdoing. The organisation made...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced registration for candidates seeking admission into Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes in Colleges of Education and Non-Technological Agricultural Programmes offered by polytechnics across the country. This is contained in a statement signed on Thursday by the Acting Director of Public...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned and handed over a multi-million naira office complex and a Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre, built by his administration, to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Maiduguri. The state-of-the-art facility, located along the Maiduguri-Dikwa Road, serves as the JAMB’s...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has honoured Master Michael Offorkaile, an indigene of the state who emerged as one of the highest scorers in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), after recording an impressive score of 367. The governor disclosed this in a post shared on his official...
No fewer than 4,216 candidates with disabilities have secured admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across Nigeria in the last 10 years through the intervention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG). Chairman of JEOG and former Executive Secretary of the National...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in partnership with Rite Foods Limited, will on Tuesday, 30 June 2026, host the Maiden Academic Excellence Recognition Award Ceremony in Lagos to celebrate seven exceptional Nigerian students who distinguished themselves through outstanding academic performance during the 2025 admission exercise. The initiative,...
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2026 UTME Original Result Slip will be available for printing on Wednesday, 17 June,2026. The spokesman of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Dr. Benjamin said the original result slip contains the candidate’s photograph, national ranking, and other security features. He said it is part of the official document required for post-UTME processing and consideration by tertiary institutions. The JAMB spokesman said: “Candidates can conveniently print their Original Result Slip from any internet-enabled device, whether at home, in the office, or at accredited business centres. “Candidates are advised to verify all details on the slip immediately after printing and keep a copy for future admission-related purposes”.
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exercise conducted for candidates who were unable to sit for the main examination due to technical challenges and biometric verification issues. Tge Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, announced this...
Since his appointment as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on August 6, 2016, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has led one of the most far-reaching reforms in Nigeria’s education sector. Reappointed in 2021, his decade-long tenure up to 2026 has been defined by a clear agenda built...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that candidates scheduled to participate in the 2026 Mop-Up Unfified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now print their examination notification slips ahead of the exercise slated for June 13. The Board said the notification slips contain crucial details such as...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Nigeria, has reaffirmed its commitment to support the Government of Sierra Leone in establishing a transparent, efficient, and technology-driven Centralized Admissions System (CAS) for tertiary institutions across the country. The assurance was given during a high-level stakeholder engagement convened by the Sierra...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, June 13, 2026, for the conduct of the mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who were unable to sit the examination during the main exercise despite being biometrically verified. The board disclosed that the mop-up examination would cater...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 279 results from those previously held for further investigation. This is in addition to the results earlier released by the Board. Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, noted that the release follows ongoing...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on July 31, 2026. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to...
Once pushed to the margins of society and too often defined by limitation rather than potential, persons living with disabilities in Nigeria are finding renewed hope through the work of the Let’s Talk Humanity Initiative (LTHI), led by Fatima Ganduje-Abiola Ajimobi. With a growing focus on inclusion, empowerment and...