The House of Representatives has ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to remit N3.602 billion to the Federal Government Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Rep. Bamidele Salam, the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, who gave the order during an investigative hearing in Abuja, said that the remittance demanded by...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to direct their hb grievances regarding the non-mobilisation of some Higher National Diploma (HND) students for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the appropriate authorities. Given the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Contrary to recent claims by some Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates castigating the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their inability to participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, the board has denied having hand in their admission. The...
Following cases of fake certification recently detected by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), examination boards in Kenya and Uganda are now writing Nigeria to verify records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their respective countries. JAMB made this known in a document ‘Registrar’s Report...
The University of Ilorin has emerged the best institution at the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award) for the year 2021 and 2022. The ceremony was held during the 2024 JAMB policy meeting and 4th edition of the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), as well as the Federal Government have pegged the cutoff mark for admission into Nigerian universities at 140 in the new academic session, 2024/2025. The decision was taken at the 2024 Combined Policy meeting on admissions...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Stakeholders currently participating at the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting were rattled when the Minister of Education, Prof Mamman Tahir announced that candidates seeking admission into higher institutions must be 18 and above. Immediately the Minister made the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates, who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between June 21 and June 22. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday by the board’s spokesperson,...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Friday, July 18, 2024, for the Policy Meeting to deliberate on admissions cut-off marks into tertiary institutions. The meeting which is expected to set minimum cut-off marks for 2024/2025 admissions, would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has expressed worries over the low turnout of candidates as the 2024 Direct Entry registration draws to a close It would be recalled that in a bid to ensure that all desiring 2024 Direct Entry (DE)...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has opened the application portal for the first phase of the student loan scheme, for students from federal institutions across the country. The loan website which became active in the early hour of Friday had the scheme’s pilot phase opened to students...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Two students of MaryGold International School have displayed academic excellence, by emerging as shining stars in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB). Ms. Josephine Okon Thomas, 17, scored an impressive 357 out of...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the results were in addition...
JAMB says some candidates with high score may not secure admission The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said some candidates may not secure admission despite their high score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Spokesman of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in an interview with Arise...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMBb) has released additional 531 results of the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), taking the total number of results released to 1,842,897. This is contained in a statement by the Public Communication Advisor of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin on...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is excited over reports indicating that students from across public and private schools in Kwara are recording impressive results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Governor AbdulRazaq in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during an ongoing press briefing in Bwari, Abuja. Oloyede also noted that the...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the registration for Direct Entry has been extended till a later date. The Public Communication Advisor of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos....
The National Assembly has said it would come up with a robust legislation to support 18 years old as entry limit for admission into tertiary educational institutions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, said this at the ongoing monitoring of the 2024 Unified...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Members of Nigeria Senate on Tuesday put its weight behind the Federal Government move to pegg the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The support was made known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of the...