The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to accredit 1,039 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, disclosed this on Wednesday in Ilorin during an inspection and accreditation tour of CBT centres. He said 52 accreditation teams had been deployed…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for the completion of the 2025 admission processes into all public universities to Monday, November 17, 2025. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. According to the statement, the extension became necessary following appeals from…
There was mild drama at the National Assembly on Wednesday when representatives of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staged a walkout during an investigative session with the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, was absent and sent Director Mufutau Bello to represent him….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has blamed parents for 80% of the infractions recorded during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was disclosed by Jake Epelle, Chairman of JAMB’s Special Committee on Examination Infractions, during an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said, “Eighty per cent of these infractions are…
The JAMB Special Committee on Examination Infractions (SCEI) has exposed massive tech-driven malpractices in the 2025 UTME, including 4,251 cases of fingerprint manipulation (“finger blending”) and 190+ instances of AI-assisted impersonation via image morphing. Committee chair Jake Epelle reported these findings to JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, citing widespread complicity involving parents, tutorial centres, schools,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has instructed all candidates who uploaded their O-Level results before the official release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results to revisit accredited centres and re-upload their results. This directive was announced in an official bulletin shared on the Board’s X (formerly Twitter) handle…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to conclude their 2025 admissions before the end of the year. According to a bulletin released Monday, the deadlines are as follows: The directive aims to streamline the academic calendar and ensure timely resumption.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has launched a probe into 6,458 candidates suspected of engaging in technology-driven exam malpractice during the 2025 UTME. At the inauguration of a 23-member Special Committee on Examination Infraction in Abuja, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede described the rise in sophisticated cheating methods — including biometric fraud, image…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results for candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit. According to a statement from JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, out of the 336,845 candidates scheduled for the exam, 21,082 were absent. This figure accounts for candidates after excluding affected centres and…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has admitted that there were errors that affected the performance of candidates during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination held across different centres in the country. The Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, also broke down in tears while admitting to…
