JAMB
6 May
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged Nigerians to verify claims of excellent performance by candidates in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) before awarding scholarships. The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, gave this advice over the weekend while interacting with media executives. JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin quoted the JAMB Registrar as…
5 May
The member representing Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara, Tunji Olawuyi, popularly known as Ajuloopin, has congratulated the duo of Victor Olusola Olukayode and Victor Oluwafemi Aransiola...
4 May
As public outrage continue to trail the mass failure in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the President's Schools Debate Nigeria has said its activities would promote a reading culture and academic excellence among Nigerian students. PSDN Chairman, Usman Mohammed, stated this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja. Mohammed announced that the…
29 Apr
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has just released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Specifically, the examination body released the results of 1,842,464 candidates out of 1.98 million registered for the exercise. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a press conference on Monday in Abuja. According to him, 64,624 results…
25 Apr
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested a father for impersonating son during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
24 Apr
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of…
24 Apr
No fewer than 61 candidates, including those with blindness, autism and Down syndrome, among other challenges, yesterday, sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Enugu centre under the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG).
22 Apr
The Federal Government is considering pegging the age limit of admission seekers in Nigeria's tertiary institutions at 18 years. This is even as it has expressed worry over the issue of minors seeking admission to higher institutions across the country. Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, stated this on Monday after visiting the Kogo Computer…
21 Apr
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has condemned a Lagos-based Computer Based Test (CBT) centre for stopping hijab-wearing candidates from writing the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Specifically, the examination body insisted that it has no policy barring candidates from sporting religious paraphernalia peculiar to their religious persuasions during its exams. JAMB spokesperson,…
19 Apr
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has monitored the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise in Abuja. Prof. Oloyede who monitored the exercise at the Kogo Computer Based Tests (CBT) Centre in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, expressed satisfaction with the process. He reiterated the examination body's earlier order…
19 Apr
Of all the ills plaguing Nigeria as a country, none is as serious as the current scourge of unemployable graduates whose horizon has continued to expand beyond imagination and now assuming an utterly frightening dimension.
19 Apr
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, found near any of their facilities during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which begins today.
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