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    Metro Nigeria: JAMB May Conduct a Mock UTME in 2017

    According to JAMB Registrar, Isaac Oloyede, the board is considering conducting mock exercise ahead of the next UTME. Oloyede said although he could not guarantee a hitch-free examination, the innovations being put in place “will send some illegal operators, who are defrauding candidates in...
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    Metro JAMB Issues Strong Warning Over ‘Sale’ of 2017 UTME Forms

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has not started the sale of its 2017 admission application documents, warning prospective candidates against falling victims of con-men. The JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday said that the board would...
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    Metro JAMB Releases New Guidelines For 2017 Examination

    Ahead of the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released new guidelines. The guidelines which border on examination conduct include: 1. The adoption of CCTV cameras for all the CBT centres. 2. The adoption of a...
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    Metro JAMB Orders CBT Centres To Install CCTV Cameras For 2017 UTME

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that all computer-based centres to be accredited for the registration of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), must now have Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. This was revealed by JAMB Registrar...
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    Metro JAMB Issues Statement On Speculations Over 2017 Registration Form

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged the public to disregard the speculations that it had commenced the sales of its application forms for 2017 UTME by some group of persons. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, debunked the speculations in a...
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    Metro No Extension, Universities Admission Closes Tomorrow – JAMB Insists

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has insisted that admission processes for 2016/2017 academic calendar year for both the Federal and state-owned universities will close tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30. The examination body’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Fabian Benjamin...
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    Metro JAMB to Allow Nigerian Universities Set Their Own UTME Cut off Marks

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has indicated that it would soon appropriate to Nigerian varsities the freedom to set their own UTME cut off marks so that they could admit their preferred candidates. Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education shouldn't be...
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    5 Negative Implications of JAMB 3-Years Result Validity

    The Senate last Thursday directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to extend the validity of its results to a period of three years. The news was received with joy from candidates who consider it a stress going through the process of writing exams many times and more from...
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    Metro JAMB Scraps Use of Scratch Cards

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scrapped the use of scratch cards in any of its transactions and services, describing it as “archaic”, its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has announced. A statement issued by the Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin...
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    Metro Nigerian Senate Extends JAMB Result Validity To 3 Years

    The Senate on Thursday passed the amendment to the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The law now extends the validity of the result of the board’s examination from one year to three years.
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    Metro JAMB to Scrap Use of Scratch Cards for UTME Registration, Results Checking

    The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), will cancel the use of scratch cards to register for and check UTME results, the board's Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyode on Tuesday announced. Speaking at the National Executive Council meeting of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) in Abuja...
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    Metro JAMB Issues 8 Conditions For 2016 Admission

    The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, today listed eight, 8 conditions that tertiary institutions must follow when admitting students. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the 8 conditions are: a. Guidelines stipulated by proprietors of the institutions b...
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    Metro Nigeria: JAMB Announces Admission Deadline For 2016/17 Session

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced a deadline for the admissions of students by Nigerian universities for the 2016/17 session. In a statement issued on Friday, JAMB said all universities must've admitted all its students by Wednesday, 30th November, 2016...
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    Metro JAMB Issues New Statement on 2016/2017 Admission

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday said that rules and regulations at individual schools will be followed for admission process. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB's head of media and information team also announced that students who have been offered admission into...
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    Metro 2016 Admissions: JAMB Releases Statement on How Candidates Will Be Assessed

    The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has assured that the 2016 admissions into the country’s tertiary institutions will be smooth even as he stipulated areas candidates will be assessed for admissions by the universities in the country. This...
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    Metro JAMB To Open Examination Centres in U.S., Other Countries

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that plans are underway to establishing more examination centres in the Diaspora to cater for candidates willing to study in Nigeria. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview...
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    Metro Nigeria: Scrapping of Post UTME Will Bring Disaster - Ex Education Minister

    Prof. Chinwe Obaji has condemned the cancellation of Post UTMEs in Nigerian tertiary institutions by current Education Minister Adamu Adamu. Obaji is the education minister introduced the post-UTME exercise in 2005 under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. "We discovered that there was no...
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    Prof. Ishaq Oloyede: 8 Burning Issues New JAMB Registrar Need to Urgently Address

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in 2016 encountered myriad of problems, ranging from the conduct of the UTME examination, discrepancies in results to admission criteria. This according to analysts informed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to axe the Registrar of...
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    Metro Profile of New JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede

    President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as the new registrar of JAMB, relieving Dibu Ojerinde of his position. Here's the profile of the new JAMB registrar: Prof. Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede was born in October 1954. He is married with 4 children and one grandchild...
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    Metro President Buhari Fires JAMB Registrar, Ojeride; Appoints Ishaq Oloyede

    President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Mr. Dibu Ojerinde as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic...
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