Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has excluded diagrams, illustrations and maps in test items meant for the conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates with disabilities. JAMB revealed this yesterday in its weekly bulletin by its public communication advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. The bulletin disclosed that JAMB registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, dropped this hint in …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, saying the exam body will be vindicated. Last Wednesday, the Senate agreed to investigate an allegation of admission racketeering in the nation’s universities, following a motion moved by Senator Onyeka Nwebonyi (Ebonyi North). Nwebonyi, who cited admission travails of …

The Senate has launched an investigation into allegations of admission racketeering in universities across the country, following a motion by Senator Onyeka Nwebonyi (Ebonyi North) during Wednesday’s plenary. The Red Chamber further asked the committees to summon the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, and the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede. In his motion, Nwebonyi alleged that university …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has unveiled 10 fresh requirements for the admission of foreign students to Nigerian universities, according to Sunday PUNCH. According to the examination board, the new requirements supersede the earlier requirements released by the board in November 2019. The new requirements were contained in a memo obtained by the Punch on Saturday in Abuja …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have said that existing laws and punishments are “not strong enough and old” to deter Nigerians from certificate forgery. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; and NYSC’s Director-General, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed, both raised the concern during a radio town hall meeting against the upsurge of certificate forgery …

The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee probing job racketeering by Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) on Monday queried the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Isaq Oloyede over employment of 300 staff members without public advertisement of the job vacancies. The panel chaired by …

The 19-year-old candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Mmesoma Ejikeme, accused by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of result forgery has apologised to the examination body for her action. She read an apology letter in an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Committee Ad hoc Committee to probe the matter headed by Hon. Sada …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has offered a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, who emerged best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Soludo said the gesture followed the recent JAMB declaration of Umeh from Anambra State as the highest scorer with a cumulative mark of 360 in the examination. The governor congratulated the remarkable student for …

In 1999, a handsome young man contested a House of Representatives election in his constituency. He did not want to stop there; he also wanted to be the Speaker when he got to the House. Young Salisu Buhari knew that a beautiful university degree would spice up his CV. He had none but believed he could acquire one. “A lot …

I’m not sure what breaks the heart more: her insistence on her innocence or the prospects of a future that now hangs in the balance. For a young adult with a promising future, the emerging facts only suggest one thing: it doesn’t rain, it pours. Mmesoma Ejikeme was one of the numerous students of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS), Nnewi, …