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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released another batch of results for candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), continuing its phased announcement of scores nationwide. In a statement issued by JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, confirmed that candidates who participated in the most recent…
The Benue State Police Command and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have dismissed claims that passengers abducted along the Makurdi–Otukpo Road were students travelling to sit for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Both agencies issued separate statements to counter widespread reports circulating across news platforms…
At least 2.2 million candidates have begun sitting for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as the nationwide exercise officially commenced today. The examination, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is taking place across accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide, with authorities introducing stricter security…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the remittance of ₦1,570,671,200 to Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across Nigeria for their participation in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration exercise. The disclosure was contained in the Board’s latest bulletin signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned candidates intending to register for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) to ensure that their National Identification Number (NIN) details are accurate before creating their registration profiles. The advisory was contained in JAMB’s weekly bulletin…
Analysis of data on the admissions conducted for the 2022/2023 admission session in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions of learning revealed that 88 institutions conducted admissions outside of the Central Admissions Processing System popularly referred to as CAPS. According to JAMB, admissions conducted outside CAPS are illegal, null…
dividuals seeking to get admitted to the Nigerian Open University of Nigeria and other open distance learning centres are now mandated to register via the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board. The candidates are also expected to register with their unique National Identification Number. This move, our correspondent learn t, was…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged Nigerians to be wary of any candidate parading printed result slips as currently, the result is not in any paper format. JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday, said the information became necessary as some individuals were already circulating…
The examination body also reassured Nigerians that its “system was neither tampered with nor compromised as the candidate simply falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named “Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle”, who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.”
“printed the result from JAMB portal,” she said. “They now saying that I forged my result is what I don’t know. I am traumatised that they accused me of forging my own result. I am not capable of forging result.”
