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, on Monday in Abuja. According to the him, the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will begin an option of “Bring Your Own Device” for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from 2027. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions on Monday in Abuja. Oloyede said candidates would be…
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 organised by the board on Monday in Abuja. Oloyede said…
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 decision was aimed at ensuring that no eligible candidate…
Rewrite this news story in 2 different version with Headline as a News for publication in United Kingdom English: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 135 candidates with special needs in Kano centre. The examination, organised by JAMB’s Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), is being…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has continued the release of results for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with nearly 1.9 million candidates now able to check their scores. In a statement issued in Abuja, the board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, confirmed that 1,264,940 results from the 17 and 18 April sittings…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock, conducted on March 28. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Communication Adviser, said candidates can check their results by sending “MOCKRESULT” via SMS to 55019 or 66019 using the phone number registered for the 2026 UTME. He…
Authorities in Kwara State have lifted the usual movement restrictions associated with the monthly sanitation exercise to enable candidates to attend the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) mock examination. In a statement issued by Shakirat Muritala, spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment, the Commissioner, Nafisat Musa-Buge, confirmed that the sanitation exercise would proceed as…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has begun the sale of application documents for the 2026 Direct Entry programme. JAMB announced this via its official X account yesterday. The board confirmed that registration commenced today, Monday, 2 March 2026, and will end on Saturday, 25 April 2026. It stated that the entire registration process,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday completed the final phase of its automation process with the digitisation of question authoring for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at the University of Ibadan during a training programme for test developers. Oloyede said the board began…
