By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATES under the age of sixteen who met the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) criteria for admission have been cleared to proceed to their institutions following the conclusion of the Board’s special screening process for underage applicants. In a statement signed by JAMB...
By Bola BOLAWOLE “GRADUALLY BUT assuredly, the foundations of education are being destroyed in this country. Adequate attention – and commensurate resources – are not being committed to education at all levels. A huge percentage of our children have lost interest in education… Garbage in, garbage out, as they say! The qualit...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RESIT SCORES will be the only recognised results for candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) a second time following widespread technical failures. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that previous scores from the invalidated UTME are n...
By Bola BOLAWOLE THE APPEAL court gave a ruling in the case of the local government chairmanship tussle between the ruling PDP government and its APC predecessor government in Osun state: You thought that settled the matter, but it was the beginning of the melee with both sides claiming that the same judgment gave them […]
By Joke Kujenya ON A grim Monday in Lagos, 19-year-old Timilehin swallowed rat poison and died. Days later, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) admitted to errors in its 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) saying that released results contained some technical errors. Too late, Faith had gone too early fearing th...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has admitted to critical flaws in the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, triggering nationwide concern over credibility and performance outcomes. The Board revealed that nearly 380,000 candidates, primarily from Lagos and t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PUBLIC OUTRAGE over mass failure in the 2025 UTME has forced the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to initiate an immediate review of the examination process. The Board confirmed it was responding to an “unusual volume of complaints” alleging technical errors, incomplete questions, and inexpl...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter OVER TWENTY-seven suspected Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) impersonators have been handed to the Nigeria Police for prosecution, following a crackdown on examination malpractice by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The action comes as part of ongoing efforts to uph...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter CONFUSION ENGULFED Nigerian campuses in April 2024 after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) boldly flagged long-standing university admissions as “fake”, cutting off graduates from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) just days before mobilisation. The move left an estimated 14,0...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter CANDIDATES BELOW 16 years old may now be considered for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions if they achieve a minimum score of 320 out of 400 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced this new benchmark as an exc...
