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Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Dibu Ojerinde has declared as ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘illegal’ the Post-UTME examination conducted by tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The JAMB boss added that the examination body was not responsible for scrapping the...

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has explained the scrapping of Post UTMEs in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Speaking after Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu announced the scrapping of the exam, Ojerinde said universities won't...

Nigeria's Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has scrapped the conduction of post UTMEs in Nigerian universities and other tertiary institution, a report from The Nation says. According to him, the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is sufficient and...

The Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) has accused the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of using the wrong grading software to mark the 2016/2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The group claimed that the error was responsible for the poor and...

Information earlier stated that JAMB had re-scheduled some students who had problems during their exam to re-write it…. Below are the steps to take if you want to know your status 1. Log on to JAMB official website www.jamb.org.ng 2. Click on the 2016 UTME e-registration banner 3. Click on...

Here is how to check if you are among the new set of students that will be re-writing UTME CBT examination as stipulated by Jamb. 1. Log on to Jamb official website www.jamb.org.ng 2. click on the 2016 UTME e-registration banner (you can bypass step1 & 2 by clicking this: Jamb UTME...

The National Universities Commission, NUC has stated that out of the 1.5 million candidates that sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination yearly, only 400,000 gain admission to Nigerian universities. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie said this when the Edo State...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday said the board would reschedule examination for candidates who missed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination because of last hour relocation of centres by the board. The board said it relocated 59,000 candidates in 15 states because...

The report of a 2016 Joint Admission Matriculation Board candidate who broke the 2016 UTME CBT record by scoring a total of 399 of 400 has been proven to be nothing but a hoax. The candidate, Ibrahim Shamwifu, from Kogi State who was reported to have scored a near perfect score of 399 has been...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Tuesday said it has released results over 200,000 candidates who had written the examination even as the test continued. The Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, disclosed this during the monitoring of the exercise...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, yesterday cancelled two centres in the ongoing matriculation examination, following complaints of poor facilities provided by the centres’ administrators in Lagos. Dr Beatrice Okorie, the Coordinator, National Headquarters Annex of the board...

The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced that the results of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be available 30 minutes after leaving the hall. This means that candidates that participated in the JAMB CBT exam will get a graphical result sent to their...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said it would not create any special centre for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UTME, which will be Computer Base Test (CBT) mode all through, is expected...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Monday offered to pay examination fees for Internally Displaced Persons in a camp at Uhogua village, Ovia North East local government area of Edo State. The Speaker, who praised Governor Adams Oshiomhole for providing educational...

Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates in the Southwest, yesterday, protested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over non-availability of exam centres, theNation reports. The candidates marched on most media offices, calling on the government to come to their aid. Speaking...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted four tertiary institutions owned by Osun State Government have been from its website. They were said to be delisted for next two academic sessions on the request of the state government over plans to restructure them. The...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has modified its procedure for students seeking admission for the 2016-2017 academic session with the introduction of the “preferred choice” platform on its portal. This new addition will enable candidates have wider opportunities of securing...

Tongues wagging and frowning in Calabar, Cross River State as Police are yet to arraign in court a dismissed staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, who allegedly shot dead a 22-year-old secondary leaver, Douglas Ochaga Ojugbo for hitting it off with is daughter. Health...