Nigeria’s university admissions board, JAMB, has scheduled a mop-up examination for 28 June 2025 to accommodate thousands of candidates affected by previous biometric or logistical issues during the UTME exercise. The development was confirmed in a press statement issued on Sunday by Dr Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The exam,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended tough penalties for 11 Computer‑Based Test (CBT) centres and their registrants involved in fingerprint irregularities during registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, stated this after a brainstorming session with some critical stakeholders following a meeting with…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the recently conducted 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at impacted centres. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said of the 336,845 who were eventually…
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will conduct additional mop-up examinations for candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting with key stakeholders to address the challenges encountered during the 2025 UTME. Oloyede said that the board…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will today, Wednesday, release the results of the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which was conducted between last Friday and Monday. JAMB rescheduled the examination following widespread outrage over the poor performance recorded during the initial UTME. Out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the…
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Ebonyi has described the resit of the 2025 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as “inactive”. The group in collaboration with the Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room made the statement during a one-day match to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) office in Abakaliki on…
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday broke into tears as he apologised for the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari on Wednesday, took responsibility of the errors in the just concluded examinations. He assured that the 379,997 affected candidates…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) branch, has threatened to sue the Joint Matriculation Board (JAMB) over massive failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME). The Chairman of ASUU-UNN, Comrade Óyibo Eze, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Nsukka on Wednesday. Oyibo said the massive…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has launched an investigation into the alleged technical glitches, following widespread complaints about poor performance in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said…
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has raised concern over the recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, describing it as a reflection of the worsening state of education system. The President of CONUA, Niyi Sunmonu, in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday said the results exposed a “deep-rooted crisis”…
