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...
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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...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the top-performing candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a University of Lagos (UNILAG) aspirant emerging as the overall best scorer nationwide. The announcement was made during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja on Monday released the official minimum admissable cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the 2026 academic session. The examination body made announcement at the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at Body of Bencher Auditorium, Abuja. According...
Candidates seeking admission into Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes in Colleges of Education will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, announced this on Monday during JAMB’s 2026 policy meeting in Abuja.Under the new guidelines, prospective students...
I have long maintained that a disquieting number of UTME candidates no longer submit themselves to disciplined study. This conviction was reaffirmed by an experience I had in Enugu while accompanying a friend who was sitting for the examination. We gathered at the centre, awaiting our summons into the...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, 2026, respectively. JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced this in a press statement on Sunday. He said...
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued 13 passengers who were abducted from a Benue Links commercial bus along the Makurdi–Otukpo road, including students travelling to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. The passengers were among 17 travellers kidnapped on April 15 while en...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the ongoing 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is progressing smoothly nationwide, with only minimal technical and operational challenges recorded. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during an inspection visit to the University of Ibadan Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre in...
Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the reported abduction of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates in Benue State, describing the incident as a tragic reflection of leadership failure and worsening insecurity in Nigeria. In a statement, Obi expressed deep concern over the safety of young Nigerians...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the first batch of results for candidates who participated in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB confirmed that 632,788 candidates who sat for the examination...
As the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise enters day 2, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured candidates whose examinations were disrupted that they would be rescheduled to write them at a later date. Public Communication Advisor of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure on...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the incident at the Esther Oshikoya CBT Centre, Ibadan where a candidate was asked to remove her hijab was not in line with its operations. JAMB Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Thursday said the Board promptly intervened by calling...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted several candidates travelling for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Benue State after attacking a Benue Links commercial bus. The incident according to Channels TV, reportedly occurred between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, near Burnt Bricks...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed circulating rumours about the safety of some examination centres in a North Central state ahead of the 2026 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, assuring candidates and parents that robust security measures have been put in place nationwide. In a statement issued...