By JOHN ONAH, Abuja –. Over 41,000 underage candidates, out of the 2.03 million registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), participated in the examination. However, NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the hurdle between them and admission is, they must score at least 70 percent in both UTME,...
JAMB
The Federal Government has directed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) to adopt full Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for all their examinations by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials, in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said anyone with proof that any 2025 UTME candidate was assigned exam centre other than their chosen centres should come forward for a handsome reward. This was contained in a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has arrested 27 impersonators in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board stated that the 27 impersonators apprehended have been handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution. It also announced that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Senate Committee on Education has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) surveillance infrastructure at the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Senate Committee Chairman on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Muntari Dandutse lauded the Board when he led a delegation to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has begun across Nigeria, with nearly two million candidates participating at hundreds of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres. The examination started as planned at all accredited CBT centres in Abuja and likely across other locations nationwide. A visit...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said its 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will begin on April 24 and not April 25 as earlier announced. JAMB spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Benjamin said that adjustment had been made...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has raised an alarm over the circulation of fraudulent, misleading, and criminal messages, targeting candidates registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday, said...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured that no candidate would sit for the board’s examination outside their state of registration. Public Communication Advisor, JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the assurance in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Benjamin...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – An interactive meeting by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) aimed at introducing Principal Officers of the newly established upgraded and adopted universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education to the proper admission procedure into their different institutions was on Monday held in Abuja. Speaking...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of the 2025 Mock UTME, conducted on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Spokesman of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, advised candidates to check their results by...
Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has reiterated that only studying hard allowed candidates to pass examinations and not cheating. The registrar gave the advice while speaking with newsmen during an assessment of the 2025 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Thursday, at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – No fewer than 211,000 candidates on Thursday sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock exam conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) across designated Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in the country. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disbursed a total of N397,030,900 as transport allowances to 1,909 officials participating in the conduct of the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled for April 10, 2025. This was disclosed by the Board’s Director of...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – In an efforts to bridged the educational gap and empowering young people with the tools they needed to succeed in their academic pursuits, the Hon. Shehu Bawa ABG Foundation has officially flagged off its 2025 JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) training for 5,000 students across...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged candidates sitting for the 2025 optional UTME-mock examinations to print their notification slip to enable them participate in the examination. The Public Communication Advisor ofJAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement made available...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has urged candidates, who applied for admission through the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) mode using awaiting results from IJMB or JUPEB to upload their results as soon as they are released. This is contained in a statement...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has rescheduled the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, from April 5 to April 10, 2025. In a statement by the board spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday, the Board said the “adjustment aims to ensure...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially closed the registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The registration process, which began on February 3, 2025, saw a total of 2,030,627 candidates successfully completed their registration, allowing them to participate in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced the commencement of sales for the 2025 Direct Entry (DE) application documents, set to begin on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. In statement on Monday in Abuja by the Spokesman of the board, Dr Fabian...