The House of Representatives is to investigate alleged imposition of multiple processing and administration fees by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and its accredited agents on candidates The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sergius Ogun (PDP-Edo), at plenary on Wednesday, in Abuja. In...
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated its stand to close its 2022 registration exercise on Saturday, March 26, as earlier scheduled. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB said that the sale of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday said the ongoing 2022 UTME/DE Registration exercise scheduled to end on 26th March, 2022 would not be extended. In a statement, JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the time scheduled for the registration exercise from...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is investigating six accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres for alleged exploitation of candidates in its ongoing exercise. The board disclosed this in the Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, JAMB on Monday,...
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Aliyu Azeez, wants the National Identity Number (NIN), to become a mandatory requirement for accessing government services. To this end, he solicited the support of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, (BPSR) on Thursday in Abuja. Azeez, made the...
Registration by candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) began on Saturday, with a slow start noticed in some centres visited in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there were different experiences at some of the registration centres monitored as the exercise kicked off....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the 2022/23 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) and Direct Entry(DE) registration exercise earlier scheduled to start on Saturday, February 12, has been postponed to Saturday, February 19 The Head of Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, Dr....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would introduce self-registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examinations. Head of Media and Information of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Examinations Council (NECO) , Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum for his regular payment of NECO examinations fees since he assumed office in 2019 to date. Professor Wushishi also requested Borno State...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced Computer Studies and Physical and Health Education as part of its UTME subjects. The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin released by the Director of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Head, Media and Public Relations of The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Dr. Fabian Benjamin, has dragged Mr Ahmed Isah of Human Rights Radio (2nd defendant) to court over injurious broadcast, false allegations and innuendos which amounted to defamation of the claimant’s...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not commenced the sale of 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) application forms. The board, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Thursday in Abuja, dismissed speculation and misinformation in some quarters...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board directed admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – All candidates, clients and other members of the public below the age of 18years are not required to produce any vaccination card before being allowed access to our facilities. In a statement by the board spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, this category of persons are...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – To match words with action, the Management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in the outgoing week inspected some prospective centres to be used for the Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Berlin, Germany, beginning from the 2022 UTME. According to...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked all prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to acquire their National Identification Numbers (NIN) ahead of the exercise. The board stated this on Monday in its weekly bulletin released by the Office of the Registrar in...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has refunded the registration fee of N5,500 to each candidate in his constituency who registered for the 2021 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations. No fewer than 2,000 candidates from Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam, local governments of the state benefitted from the refund. Gagdi,...
As part of its preparations for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded all arrangements to validate and accredit centres to be used for the 2022 UTME. At the final briefing for Chief Technical Advisers, Zonal Directors, State Coordinators and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions And Matriculations Board (JAMB) has changed the literature texts in four language subjects and Literature- in-English, ahead of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB stated this in its weekly bulletin issued on Monday that the four language subjects are...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the allocation of land for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) Computer-Based Test (CBT) center in Maiduguri. Govenro Zulum gave the directive on Thursday, when he received the registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede at the...