The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has described Nigerians as religious people, who are not necessarily godly. According to him, many Nigerians shun hard work but turn to prayers, thinking being religious will guarantee them results. Oloyede called on Nigerians to harness the vast endowment of the country to turn its situation around. He said …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended by two weeks the ongoing registration for Direct Entry to enable all prospective candidates to participate in the process. This is contained in a statement by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Fabian Benjamin on Saturday. The statement reads “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) would be extending the 2024 Direct …

The Bauchi State Government has taken to public through Arewa PUNCH to disclose the payment of a total sum of N396 million for the senior secondary school examination fees of the students in the state. The decision to pay the said amount for the external examination fees of the 14,170 students in the various public secondary schools across the state …

Students from no fewer than 155 institutions may be barred from processing Direct Entry (DE) admissions owing to failed verification from their certificates awarding institutions, according to Sunday PUNCH. The registration for DE examinations, it was gathered, is set to commence on 28 February 2024. In February 2023, JAMB issued an advisory to guide candidates seeking to gain admissions through …

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Isiaq Oloyede, on Saturday, warned prospective students seeking admissions into tertiary institutions across the country to ensure that the letters of provisional admission handed over to them are genuine ones issued by the board, so as not to jeopardise their dreams of furthering their education. This comes as the …

No fewer than 10,378 candidates, who wrote the Direct Entry (DE) examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in 2023, currently have their admission suspended following the failure of their A-level issuing institution to submit a verification report to JAMB. In February 2023, JAMB issued an advisory to guide candidates seeking to gain admissions through Direct Entry …

A Nigerian mother identified as Iphie on her X account has called out the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over an alleged breach of her daughter’s data protection rights. She alleged that a staff member at a JAMB registration center used the phone number used to set up her daughter’s profile while registering for the JAMB examination to contact …

As registration for the Direct Entry (DE) of the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) starts on Monday (today), the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said that Persons Living with Disability (PLWD) would not have to pay for the examinations. While rolling out the registration process, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede announced that said that issuing free application …

The House of Representatives is setting up a committee to look into discrepancies in the remittances of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) into the coffers of the Federal Government. The decision to set up the committee followed the non-reconciliation discovered in the books of the examination body and the account of the Office of the Accountant General of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Monday, increased the registration fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to N7,700 and N6,200. The increment was made known by the examination body on its X handle while announcing the commencement of registration for the 2024 UTME/Direct Entry. “This is to inform all prospective 2024 UTME/DE candidates that the creation …