The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shared detailed instructions for registering for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The guidelines also highlight common problems candidates may face. JAMB announced on its official X account that the information is to help candidates prepare for registration. Key instructions include: Candidates must ensure their personal…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has revealed that the Board has uncovered no fewer than 15,000 candidates who forged admission letters in order to qualify for participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Oloyede made the revelation on Monday during the 2025 Batch C Pre-Mobilisation…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended the deadline for the admission processes into public universities. This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday. The statement read, “You will recall that the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held on 18th July, 2025, under the…
A tense encounter unfolded at the National Assembly on Wednesday as officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board walked out of a session convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies. The Committee, led by Bayelsa lawmaker, Oboku Oforji, had summoned the examination body to account for its 2023–2024…
The Federal Ministry of Education has dismissed reports circulating in some newspapers and online platforms suggesting that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is no longer required for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In a press release issued on Thursday, the Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa, described the claim as “false, baseless,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has received a report from its Special Committee on Examination Infractions, exposing how technology-driven malpractice is undermining Nigeria’s admission process. Presenting the findings in Abuja, Chairman of the Committee, Jake Epelle, disclosed that investigators uncovered 4,251 cases of finger blending, a biometric fraud technique where candidates manipulate the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all candidates who uploaded their O’level results before the release of the final 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC SSCE) results to revisit accredited centres and re-upload their results. According to JAMB, all previously uploaded results have been cleared from its system to prevent…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the upload of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results has been reactivated for all Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates across the country. JAMB disclosed this in a post on its official X account on Tuesday, August 20, 2025. “Dear UTME…
Universities across Nigeria have been directed to ensure they finalise the admission processes in their institutions by October 31, 2025, for public universities and November 30, 2025, for private ones. The directive was handed to the institutions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, August 18. In a fresh schedule released in…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the temporary closure of its portal for uploading the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. The measure is aimed at resolving technical issues affecting candidates who had earlier uploaded the initially released results. JAMB announced on X that it has temporarily closed the…