Nigeria’s national exam body, the National Examinations Council (NECO), has announced new legal and technical measures to fight rampant exam malpractice, much of it facilitated via encrypted WhatsApp groups. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, Mr Ahmed Bagwai, who chairs NECO’s Annual Posting Calendar Implementation Committee, revealed that the council is…
A political scientist and lawyer, Prof. Babafemi Badejo, says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) 150 cut-off mark should not be seen as a definitive measure of an individual’s academic worth. Badejo, a former Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has opposed the new admission cut-off marks approved by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), describing them as a threat to the integrity of Nigeria’s tertiary education system. Reacting in an interview, the president of the Union, Comrade Shammah S. Kpanja said, “Honestly speaking, the fixing of…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has awarded N710 million to six tertiary institutions during this year’s National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M). Speaking on how the winners emerged, JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, said the board judged the institutions by five criteria. He said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2025 policy…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has “suspected” foul play in the results of Chinedu Okeke, the best candidate in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, at the 2025 policy meeting of the board on Tuesday in Abuja, announced that Okeke, an indigene of Anambra, emerged the best…
Stakeholders at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting have set 2025 admission cut-off mark into universities at 150, polytechnics at 100, and School of Nursing at 140. Similarly, the admissions cut-off for Colleges of Agriculture and Education were set at 100. The resolution was made at the 2025 policy meeting on admissions…
The Federal Government has declared that any admission into tertiary institutions conducted outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), will be deemed illegal. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa gave the directive in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Alausa, therefore, warned universities, polytechnics,…
The Federal Government has formally pegged the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions at 16 years. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). ”This policy decision reflects a balance between cognitive maturity and academic preparedness….
Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of the Emir of Lafia, Sidi Muhammad Bage, as the new Chancellor, North-West University, Kano. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson Sunusi Bature on Sunday in Kano. The decision, hailed by stakeholders as visionary, reflects the administration’s commitment to strengthening the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the mop-up examination conducted on Saturday, June 28, 2025. According to a press statement released by JAMB on Sunday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, out of the 96,838 candidates scheduled to sit for the mop-up exam, only 11,161 were confirmed present…
