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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dissociated itself from the ongoing circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates who registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said these messages were being disseminated by suspected fraudsters with …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has deployed a decoy website to tackle malpractices in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Thursday, while monitoring UTME Mock at some Computer Based Test, CBT centres in Abuja. No fewer than 211,000 candidates participated in the examination that …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2025 UTME-Mock Notification Slip is now available for printing for candidates who registered for the optional UTME-Mock examination. In a statement on Wednesday, JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin said: “This Notification Slip includes crucial information such as the examination date, venue (centre), time, and other …
In an inspiring turn of events, 94-year-old Adedapo Idowu has registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), aiming to fulfill his lifelong ambition of studying Political Science at the University of Ibadan. This remarkable development marks the first instance in the over 40-year history of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) where …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given reasons for postponing the commencement of registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) earlier scheduled to begin yesterday. In a statement by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the board said the registration will commence on Monday, 3 February. JAMB said the postponement became necessary to …
The Federal Government has responded to remarks made by Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), regarding the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Sanusi, speaking during the 21st Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Lecture in Lagos on Wednesday, stated that he would withhold economic advice from the government, citing …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that the onus of declaring illegal admissions rests more with tertiary institutions than with students. This clarification follows the board’s recent directive giving institutions a one-month ultimatum, starting in early August, to declare all admissions processed outside of the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). JAMB introduced …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a statement clarifying its position regarding recent accusations by some Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates who blamed the board for their inability to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, Okay.ng reports. JAMB firmly denied any responsibility for the issue, urging the public to disregard the …