The Federal Ministry of Education has announced a significant shift in Nigeria’s tertiary admission process, declaring that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will no longer serve as the primary requirement for entry into higher institutions. Under the new directive, universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the countryContinue Reading
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the commencement of the sale of application documents for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry admissions for the 2026/2027 academic session. “This was detailed in a release signed by the Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and sharedContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, rejected the no-case submission filed by Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, the former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in the alleged N5.2 billion fraud charge. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling, held that the elements of the offence preferred against Ojerinde hadContinue Reading
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA) has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede for admitting glitches in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and taking remedial measures for the affected candidates. The commendation was given byContinue Reading
By The coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and concerned citizens have decried silence of the region’s governors and commissioners of education over the 2025 JAMB’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB leadership recently admitted and took responsibility of the widespread irregularities and apparent systemic failures that marred theContinue Reading
FOLLOWING the widespread complaints over the mass failure in the 2025 UTME, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has admitted to errors that affected students’ performance during the exam. Below is the full text of his press conference: MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES Press Conference AddressContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has exonerated the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB), of alleged misappropriation of funds in its 2024 budget implementation. Chairman of the committee, Sen . Sani Musa in a statement on Thursday, said the board was erroneously accused ofContinue Reading
By Fabian Benjamin (Ph.DPCA) Abuja (Flowerbudnews) The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday 13th January, 2025 appeared before the Joint Committee of both the Senate and the House of Representatives on Finance to defend its 2025 budget proposal, in compliance with statutory requirements. It is crucialContinue Reading
Mr Yisa Usman, a former Deputy Director in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has filed a N12.5 million fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; Mabel Ishaku and others. Usman, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1518/2024 and filed by his lawyer, Oseini Bamigbaiye, suedContinue Reading
