Stakeholders task new JAMB registrar on fairness, innovation JAMB By Reporters Education stakeholders have urged the newly appointed Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Segun Aina, to improve access, fairness, inclusiveness, and technological efficiency in the conduct of examinations nationwide. Stakeholders spoke in interviews with theContinue Reading
By Jumoke Olaitan The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will conduct the 2026 UTME mop-up examination on June 13 for candidates who missed the examination in spite of successful biometric verification. JAMB disclosed this in a statement issued by its Public Communication Adviser, Dr Fabian Benjamin, onContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof. Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Prof. Is-haq Oloyede. Oloyede’s tenure expires on July 31. Aina, who turns 40 in July, is a distinguished academic and systems expert with extensive experience inContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released 279 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results earlier withheld for further investigation. The board disclosed this in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Thursday in Abuja. Benjamin said the released results were inContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has raised concerns over the Federal Government’s UTME waiver for NCE candidates, warning it may weaken education standards. NUT National President, Mr Titus Amba, voiced the position in Abuja during a news conference on education policy. The Minister of Education, DrContinue Reading
By Jumoke Olaitan/Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned tertiary institutions against granting admissions outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), describing such practices as illegal. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions organisedContinue Reading
By Jumoke Olaitan /Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 150 as the minimum admissible score for universities and colleges of nursing in the 2026 admission exercise. The board also placed the cut-off mark for polytechnics and monotechnics at 100. This decision was reached after severalContinue Reading
By Suleiman Shehu The Imam of the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Uthman Ibrahim, has tasked Muslims with kindness and goodness to humanity, irrespective of religion. Ibrahim, of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, UI, gave the charge at a seminar organised by The Rightly Guided Foundation (TRGF) inContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the sale of application forms for the 2026 Direct Entry (DE) admission exercise to May 8. The board announced the extension in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday in Abuja. Benjamin said the decisionContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates who currently see “No Result Yet” while checking their UTME results are underage applicants whose results have not been released. This is contained in a statement issued by the JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on TuesdayContinue Reading
