Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)

Presentation by JAMB Registrar at the 2020 JAMB Policy Meeting The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the presentation done by its Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, during the 2020 policy meeting on admissions to DEGREE, NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION and NATIONAL DIPLOMA – AWARDING INSTITUTIONS. Some of the points presented: The presentation provides …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has just released all its office phone numbers nationwide. According to the document released JAMB terms these office numbers as “SMA(R)T Numbers”. Basically, these are special numbers, which have been customized for each of JAMB offices located in every state. These phone numbers are specific to each state …

Reports has it that over 80,000+ candidates admitted into various tertiary institutions for the 2019/2020 session are yet to accept their admission on the JAMB CAPS Portal. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an updated list of candidates that are yet to accept their admission on JAMB CAPS. The board wishes to …

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Babcock University, Prof. Adeyemo Tayo, has described the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) as a wonderful innovation that has helped to eliminate fraudsters, admission racketeers, and unqualified candidates from the admission value chain. CAPS, a brainchild of Prof. Oloyede that was introduced in 2017, is an automated admission platform for the …

Latest: JAMB Releases 2020 UTME Exam Malpractice List, Says Prosecution of Candidates Interrupted by Pandemic The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that some of the candidates on the malpractice list in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) had already been arraigned for offenses like examination by proxy, double registration, attempt to …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed it has made an interim remittance of N3.5 billion to the Federal Government consolidated revenue account. This was contained in a statement by Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Media in Abuja. According to him, this is in line with Prof. Ishaq Oloyede’s commitment to remit …

JAMB former Registrar, Prof. Ojerinde is under investigation for corruption charges. Some of his properties were also seized by ICPC. See the details below. The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has seized some properties traced to the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof.  Dibu Ojerinde. According to ICPC, the seizure …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has noted that there is a large number of 2019 candidates who have been offered PROVISIONAL ADMISSION BUT ARE YET TO ACCEPT the admission. The board wishes to inform candidates that failed to accept such offers of admission on the CAPS platform would result in the forfeiture of …

JAMB tells candidates to make use of its online ticketing system for complaints; Says over 4000 cases has been resolved using the platform. See the details below. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that it has taken advantage of its online ticketing system to address the enquiries and complaints of candidates during …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that it has reinforced the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) mobile app for all their admission-related issues from the comfort of their homes. According to Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesman, candidates expecting admissions from any institutions need not visit any CBT centre or cyber cafe to …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has donated three ventilators to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada and Bwari General Hospital for the fight against coronavirus. JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. Dr. Benjamin noted that the donation of the three ventilators …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended all services requiring physical contacts in its offices and centres nationwide for a period of two weeks due to the spread of Covid-19. Similarly, all services requiring biometric verification has been suspended indefinitely. This was made known by the Board’s head of media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, …