Lagos Coordinator, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun, has said the board would refund fees paid by deserving visually-impaired candidates for the purchase of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME forms. Olarenwaju, a former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), gave the assurance at the Distance Learning...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Monday that the Federal Government would consider the possibility of reviewing and pegging the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The Minister who gave the hint while monitoring the ongoing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its officials for asking a candidate wearing hijab to remove their headcover during the accreditation process before being allowed into the examination hall. JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in...
Parents of candidates who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) have complied with an order restricting them from coming close to any Computer-Based Centre (CBT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had directed all CBT centre...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has commended the public, especially parents, for their smooth conduct, noting that parents usually cause problems for students in previous exercises. Oloyode, who commended the parents while fielding questions from newsmen...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is partnering with the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF-NCCC) to address online scam-related issues seamlessly. To this end, bot assured candidates and the public of their firm dedication to ensuring a fair and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked all candidates, who have registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled to commence on Friday, 19th April 2024, to proceed to print the examination Notification Slip. The Board said the 2024...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the Direct Entry registration process. The board’s weekly bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede gave the figures when he received officials of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended by two weeks the ongoing registration for Direct Entry to enable all prospective candidates participate in the process. This is contained in a statement signed by JAMB Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Dr Fabian Benjamin,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned parents, against enrolling minors for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning while reacting to a suit, filed by one Mrs. Ifeanyi Eke, against the...
Barely one month when an Abuja Grade ” A ” court sentenced a CBT owner to jail for act of infractions,a federal High court sitting in Akure,has convicted an undergraduate of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba for impersonation and examination malpractice during the 2023UTME The presiding judge, Honourable...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that all candidates sitting the 2024 Mock-UTME scheduled to hold on Thursday, 7th March, 2024, are allowed to enter the examination hall with ordinary HB pencil for numerical analysis if they so desire. This...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the sale of Direct Entry nationwide and in selected foreign centres. A statement issued by the board’s spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the registration process starts on Wednesday, 28th February, 2024, and closes on Thursday,...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said the registration for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ends on Monday, Feb.26. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Lamido has registered no fewer than 5,000 students from his constituency for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This development which was in continuation of...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged candidates for this year’s UTME not to allow a third pa.rty do the registration for them. Registrar of the board, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede gave the advice while monitoring the ongoing exercise on Friday in Lagos. According to him, research...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The member representing Lafia Central constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Solomon Yakubu Akwashiki, has embarked on free registration for 170 students of his constituency for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Hon Akwashiki, who is the Minority Whip...
A Deputy Director with Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Yisa Usman, has filed a N150 million suit against the board over alleged unlawful dismissal. Usman, in the suit marked: NICN/ABJ/266/2023 and filed by his lawyer, Oseini Bamigbaye from the Chambers of Mohammed Shuaibu, at the National...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has certified 747 Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres for the 2024 UTME exercise scheduled to begin on Monday. The board made this know in a Bulletin issued in Abuja by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor(PAC), Dr Fabian Benjamin. The board had...