The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 UTME resit examinations while exposing an alarming network of high-tech cheating syndicates involving school owners, tutorial centres, and university undergraduates. The Board’s latest findings shed light on the rising sophistication of examination malpractice and underscore the need for nationwide reform. The
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has revealed that he initially considered resigning following a major technical glitch that marred the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking at a media interaction in Abuja on Wednesday, Oloyede said the failure of one of the Board’s
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has begun the final audit of the results of 379,775 candidates who sat for the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This review is being conducted ahead of the official release of the results, which has now been postponed to Thursday. According to sources close to the
The House of Representatives has tendered an official apology to candidates affected by technical hitches during the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education, Hon. Oboku Oforji, conveyed the apology during a public hearing held at the National
In a significant shift for the 2025 admission cycle, several Nigerian universities have begun adjusting their minimum JAMB cut-off marks downward, with many institutions now accepting candidates with scores as low as 140. This move comes in response to the high number of low performances recorded in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to immediately commission an independent audit of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) infrastructure following widespread technical disruptions during the 2025 exercise. Hon. Kalu made the call in Abuja on Sunday, stressing the need for
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially confirmed that a technical error affected the results of nearly 380,000 candidates who participated in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board has assured that all affected students will have an opportunity to retake the exam at no cost. The announcement came after an
In an unprecedented moment of accountability, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, on Wednesday broke down in tears while publicly apologising over the widespread technical errors and irregularities recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The press briefing, which took place in Abuja, came amid mounting
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is under intense scrutiny following the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, which show that more than 1.5 million out of the 1.95 million candidates who sat for the exam scored below 200 out of a possible 400 marks. The results, released earlier this
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially acknowledged that errors occurred during the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), contributing to the widespread poor performance recorded across the country. Speaking during a press briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, admitted that the examination
