A former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Adedibu Ojerinde is praying the Federal High Court Abuja to order his release from detention. Ojerinde is facing trial for allegedly diverting public funds amounting to about 5 billion naira. At the day’s proceedings, his counsel, Mr. Eteya Ogana drew attention of the court to a motion challenging the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Computer Based Test (CBT) was conducted between Tuesday, 25th April and Monday, 1st May. A statement on Tuesday by JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin said 1,595,779 candidates registered to sit in 708 CBT centres in 105 towns. But the results excluded …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed a rescheduled date for candidates unable to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB said candidates who missed their scheduled examination would take it on Saturday, 6th May, 2023. The spokesman of the Board, Fabian Benjamin said candidates under these categories are principally those who were verified at …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that about 947,000 candidates sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) within the last two days. The figure was disclosed by JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, after monitoring the ongoing UTME alongside the Registrar of the board, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, on Thursday in Abuja. Stressing that everybody who registered would …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates in 100 centres due to technical challenges experienced on Tuesday. The board made the announcement in a statement in Abuja by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin on Tuesday night. About 1.6 million candidates across over 700 are expected to take …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the closing date for the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration by one week. In a statement on Monday, the Board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Mr Fabian Benjamin said the DE registration, which started on 20th March, and billed to end on 20th April, had been extended by one week, starting …

This year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations  (UTME) will now hold on 25th April, four days earlier than the initial 29th April, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Sunday. In a statement in Abuja, JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin said the board would hold the rescheduled mock-UTME on 18th April. Benjamin said: “JAMB …

No fewer than 176,408 candidates will sit for the optional mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on 30th March, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. The Board directed the candidates who registered for the optional mock-UTME to proceed to print the notification slips for the examination. The board explained that the notification slip contained the candidate’s registration …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the 2023 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It was earlier fixed for next Thursday, but has now been shifted to Thursday, 30 March. “The shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has trained no fewer than 2,000 invigilators ahead of the 2023 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry examinations. The board also noted that the training availed it the opportunity to review the guidelines for proctors and other examination officials. According to the bulletin published on Monday by the examination …