JAMB announces Top 3 Scorers in 2025 UTME

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has revealed top three candidates with highest scores in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Speaking at the 2025 Policy Meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede, He said Okeke Chinedu Christian from Anambra State polled the highest scores with 375 out of a maximum score … Read more

Nigerian Government pegs Admission Age at ’16’

The federal government has officially pegged admission entry age into higher institutions at sixteen (16). This came as the government issued warnings on admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS. Stressing that such as is illegal and perpetrators would be prosecuted. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said this on Tuesday while … Read more

99% Scores Below 200 in Resit UTME – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has revealed that there were no high scorers in the just concluded resit exam of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the five states of the South East and Lagos State affected by technical glitches. The board explained in a statement on Sunday that “only a handful scored … Read more

JAMB Announces Date to release UTME Result for resit Candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that it will on Wednesday release the results of 379,000 candidates. The candidates who sat the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between Friday and Monday. JAMB rescheduled the exam following widespread outcry over mass failure during the initial UTME. Earlier reports had that the board admitted to … Read more

ASUU To Sue JAMB Over UTME Mass Failure

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has threatened to sue the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board over the massive failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The chairman of ASUU-UNN, Comrade Óyibo Eze, made the disclosure while briefing journalists in Nsukka, Enugu State, on … Read more

JUST IN: JAMB admits mistake, 173,387 candidates to retake UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that about 173,387 candidates in the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would retake the examination. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. This followed widespread complaints of technical glitches, unusually low scores, and alleged irregularities in … Read more

Candidates to Sue JAMB over UTME technical glitches

Thousands of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are set to file a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), following widespread complaints of technical glitches and incomplete questions that allegedly marred the exam. Last week, JAMB announced that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million that sat … Read more

2025 UTME Results to be Released Today – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that the results of individual candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released on Friday, May 9, 2025. This confirmation was made to iDeemlawful NG by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor at JAMB, stating that candidates who sat for … Read more

Vehicle carrying JAMB candidates crashes in Oyo, 2 killed, 6 injured

2 individuals have lost their lives and 6 injured in a car accident involving candidates on their way to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Oyo. The accident involved a commercial Nissan car which ran into rocks placed as barricades by a construction company near the Ipeba area on the Oyo-Ogbomoso road. … Read more

JAMB blacklists six CBT officials for Engaging in ‘Blank Registration’

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has banned six Computer-Based Test (CBT) officials for reportedly engaged in blank Registration of candidates. The official were said to have registered candidates without their knowledge or consent during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration process. JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Monday while speaking … Read more