Tag: JAMB

Mass Failure: JAMB Engages VCs, Experts To Probe UTME Results

Ganiyu Amodu

Following widespread complaints about poor performance in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has investigated alleged technical glitches. The board collaborates with vice chancellors and IT experts to determine the root cause and ensure that affected candidates receive appropriate remedies if any errors are confirmed. JAMB’s public communication advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a press statement yesterday. It was earlier reported that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for this year’s UTME scored below 200…

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JAMB Releases 2025 UTME Results, Withholds 39,834

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 1.951, 811 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) while withholding 39,834 results. This is even as it revealed that 80 suspects are currently under interrogation for examination fraud as Anambra State tops with 14 suspects, Lagos, 9, Delta, 8, Kano, 7, Kaduna and Rivers 6 each. Ebonyi and Enugu followed with 5 each, Imo and Ondo, 3 each, Nasarawa, Abia, Plateau , 2 each while the other 8 states had 1…

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2025 UTME: Over 1.5m candidates score less than 200 – JAMB

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that more than 1.5 million candidates scored below 200 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB disclosed that 1,955,069 candidates sat for the UTME, which commenced on April 24, 2025. The examination body, in a statement on Monday, May 5, said 420,415 candidates scored above 200 in the 2025 UTME. The board added that while 4,756 candidates scored above 320, 7,658 candidates scored between 300 and 319. According to the data released by JAMB, 75% of candidates scored below…

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Man Registers For UTME At Age 94

Ganiyu Amodu

A 94-year-old man has registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The nonagenarian, identified as Adedapo Idowu, featured on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s latest bulletin publication. In the publication, the 94-year-old said his fears of acquiring tertiary education have now been dispelled. “I can now attain my dream at an advanced age,” he said. He said the process of his UTME registration was seamless. Idowu commended the board’s integration of National Identity Number (NIN) for easy data collection. He said the decision helped in eradicating the…

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FULL LIST: 10 Most Sought-After Nigerian Varsities Emerge

Efe Wellington

‘Figures don’t lie,’ Statistics from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on admission into 270 tertiary institutions reveals 10 universities that are mostly sought-after by applicants (students) in the 2024 UTME. Number nine may shock you   Over 1.5 million Nigerians seek tertiary institution admission every year through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) organised entrance examination. JAMB applicants make their choices from over 270 tertiary institutions according to their selection metrics. Top 10 Best Universities In Africa Emerge Here are the most sought-after institutions in Nigeria in…

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JAMB Postpones 2025 UTME Registration

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the postponement of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration until Monday, February 3. The registration, initially scheduled to commence on Friday, January 31, was postponed to “allow the Board to implement essential adjustments to its registration templates.” The Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, announced this via its official X handle on Friday. “These adjustments come in light of the recent suspension of certain law programmes at selected universities, as submitted to the Board by the Council for Legal Education. Sultan…

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JAMB Suspends Law Admission In KWASU, Redeemers Varsity, Six Others

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board would no longer conduct admissions for the Law programme in eight universities. JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin announced the development in a statement on Wednesday. According to Benjamin, the decision was taken following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws programme by the Council of Legal Education for the 2025/2026 academic session at the said universities. The affected universities are Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Kwara State, Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State. Others include;…

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JAMB Generated N22.9bn, Remitted N6bn To Nigerian Govt – Board

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a remittance of over N6bn to the coffers of the Nigerian government in 2024. According to the board’s weekly bulletin released on Monday by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB generated a total income of N22,996,653,265.25 in 2024, out of which N6,034,605,510.69 was remitted to the government. Additionally, the board noted that the reduction of N1,500 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination form fees for candidates, multiplied by the number of beneficiaries, increased the effective remittance to N9,013,068,510.69. The board…

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GOCOP Rallies Boss Mustapha, Kukah, JAMB, INEC Bosses As Kogi Hosts 2024 Confab

Abibat Babalola

. ‘First conference to be hosted by state government,’ Details the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) wants the world to know about 8th confab + Why it’s focusing on “Power, Insecurity, Digital Economy.”       The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has said that its 2024 annual conference will be held in Kogi state on Thursday, October 3. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of GOCOP, Sir Remmy Nweke, quoted the 2024 Conference Planning Committee Chairman, Danlami Nmodu, mni and Secretary, Mr. Olumide Iyanda, to have said…

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JAMB Okays Use Of Pencil As Mock-UTME Holds Thursday

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has said the 2024 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination will be held on Thursday, March 7,2024. The Board said all candidates sitting for the 2024 Mock-UTME would be allowed to enter the examination hall with an ordinary HB pencil for numerical analysis if desired. The JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday, said the clarification became necessary following the series of enquiries from candidates and the general public regarding whether HB pencils were permitted in the examination hall as a writing…

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