Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)

The Head of Media and Information of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Fabian Benjamin, has disclosed why the board has restricted candidates from choosing two public universities during the 2017 UTME registration. He said that the choice of public universities was restricted to one but candidates can choose as many colleges of education and …

Kazeem Olajide Bashir, a newly admitted student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), has revealed how he sat for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) 12 times before he was finally given admission in the 2016 UTME. In an interview with newsmen, Bashir disclosed that he started sitting for UTME, with OAU as his first choice in 2004,and …

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has disclosed that the 2017 UTME registration will commence within the next two weeks. He further mentioned that the examination itself will be coming up later in May so it won’t clash with any SSCE examinations, and help the board check any form …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  in preparation for the conduct of the 2017 UTME has emphasized again that all licensed operators of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres must increase the capacity of their centres to accommodate 250 candidates at a sitting. This was contained in a document issues by JAMB. According to JAMB, …

A report reaching us says that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given a hint as to when the 2017 UTME will be conducted. According to the information on the Board’s official twitter handle, the 2017 UTME will hold by May, 2017. However, the actual date the examination is to commence was not …

Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede,  the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday in Abuja, lamented over the activities of some fraudsters using fake websites to dupe unsuspecting public. According to him in a statement, one of such websites www.askjamb.com is using its platforms to solicit payments for malpractice services in the forthcoming …

It has been reportedly brought to our notice that the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that the body has been working with the possibility of conducting a “mock examination” to test its preparedness with the new technology and also examine some people that are desirous of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday disclosed that it has agreed on a harmonised time-table with other examination bodies (WAEC, NECO, NABTEB) ahead of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to ensure a hitch free examination. According to the JAMB’s Spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement in Abuja, the harmonised examination timetable …

Three persons suspected to be selling fake JAMB forms have been arrested by the officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital. The suspects who described themselves as “education consultants”, were arrested at Adebayo and Secretariat Road with counterfeit JAMB forms, cell phones and laptops. It was learnt …

It has been reportedly brought to out notice that the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has moved to suspend blogs and websites that have “jamb” attached to their domain names in order to ensure they do not end up defrauding unsuspecting individuals. This was disclosed by one of the owners of the affected sites. …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has emphasized on the reason the board will be using Closed Circuit Television Cameras for the conduct of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made this known to the public. According to him, this is a part of the measures aimed at …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB has now finalized plans to fix the dates for the 2017 UTME. The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin made this known to the public just recently. The JAMB board members have been scheduled to meet with board members of WAEC, NECO and NABTEB …